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Eli Roth Producing Environmental Sci-Fi Action Film 'Invasion'
2 December 2009 11:00 AM, PST | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »
Summit Entertainment, hot off "New Moon"'s golden box office performance, is announcing a number of projects this week, including a sci-fi action movie titled "Invasion," which will be produced by horror filmmaker Eli Roth and Eric Newman ("Children of Men"). According to ShockTillYouDrop.com, the idea is being compared to "Cloverfield," likely in the way it will depict an apocalyptic situation from the limited perspective of a small group of protagonists.
The project, which began with a spec script by Ben Magid, is said to have an environmental theme, putting it in the same boat as "The Happening" and "The Day After Tomorrow." I'd like to suggest Roth and Newman hire filmmaker Larry Fessenden to direct now that he's no longer doing Guillermo del Toro's "Orphanage" remake. Fessenden has proven with films like "The Last Winter" that environmentalist themes don't have to be cheesy or too preachy.
As for the "Cloverfield" similarities, »
- Christopher Campbell
Rumor: The Hobbit Delayed Until 2012?
2 December 2009 8:09 AM, PST | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »
This could either be another piece of false news that Guillermo del Toro or Peter Jackson will soon debunk, or a pretty major downer for us fans: Hot on the heels of Jackson revealing a few days ago that The Hobbit will start filming in summer 2010 – putting it on course for Part 1’s already-planned release of December 2011 – word comes that the adaptation will be delayed a full year, not hitting screens until 2012.
The rumor (as we’re treating it until it’s confirmed otherwise) comes from TheWrap’s column WaxWord, which claims that executives close to Warner Bros. are saying that the studio is likely not going to release Part 1 of The Hobbit until 2012, with Part 2 logically being delayed until 2013. An unnamed executive told WaxWord that, “While it is still possible that it could come out in December 2011, it looks more likely to be 2012.”
Strangely, there’s no detailed information on a possible Hobbit delay, »
- Ross Miller
‘The Hobbit’ Delayed . . . Again
2 December 2009 8:00 AM, PST | The Flickcast | See recent The Flickcast news »
The Hobbit has been on everyone’s radar since the success of the Lord of the Rings films, but has been a long time coming. After New Line was sued by both director Peter Jackson and Tolkien’s heirs, Jackson is now reporting yet another delay to Variety.
Stating that writing on The Hobbit, which will be a two-part film, is slowing down production, Jackson said that he hopes that he along with Fran Walsh, Phillipa Boyens and director Guillermo del Toro will finish writing by the beginning of next year. Production would then start by the middle of next summer, a few months later than expected.
With Jackson as writer/producer and Del Toro at the helm, The Hobbit is sure to be worth the wait. However, fans of both the literature and the “Rings” trilogy are sure to be antsy to return to Middle Earth as soon as possible, »
- Cortney Zamm
The Hobbit Likely Delayed Until Late 2012
2 December 2009 4:01 AM, PST | Reelzchannel.com | See recent ReelzChannel news »
It looks like we'll have to wait a little longer than expected before Guillermo del Toro's adaptation of The Hobbit hits the big screen.
On Monday, TheOneRing.net posted the following quote from Peter Jackson, who is producing:
We're currently working on the second script, which we hope to have completed by the end of this year or beginning of next. When the scripts are completed, we can begin with the exact calculation of the necessary budget. We hope to start filming in the middle of next year. However, we've received no green light from the studio yet.
Then today, The Wrap reported that an unnamed executive close to the project stated that we may not see the movie released until three years from now.
While it is still possible that it could come out in December 2011, it looks more likely to be 2012.
So far, no official casting decisions have been announced, »
- Rich Z Zwelling
Filming on The Hobbit to Start Summer 2010
1 December 2009 8:57 PM, PST | newsinfilm.com | See recent newsinfilm news »
This week there was a quick update on The Hobbit from producer Peter Jackson, who is starting to make the rounds promoting this month’s The Lovely Bones. Jackson and director Guillermo Del Toro have been deliberately vague on details for the double feature, tentatively scheduled for December 2011 and December 2012, but they confirmed in the past few weeks that the first script is complete.
Jackson updated German film site Moviereporter.net on their progress, and it was translated by Tolkien fan site TheOneRing.net:
We’re currently working on the second script which we hope to have completed by the end of this year or beginning of next. When the scripts are completed, we can begin with the exact calculation of the necessary budget. We hope to start filming in the middle of next year. However, we’ve received no green light from the studio yet.
The mid-summer goal is »
- Jeff Leins
'The Hobbit' Delayed Til Mid-2010
1 December 2009 2:05 PM, PST | CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news »
The filmic Middle Earth will get a few more months to shake off the proverbial rust before The Hobbit begins shooting. According to a German news site, executive producer Peter Jackson has stated that production of the Lord of the Rings prequel will not start up until mid-2010, several months later than originally anticipated.
"We’re currently working on the second script which we hope to have completed by the end of this year or beginning of next," Jackson told Moviereporter.net, which was in turn translated by TheOneRing.net. "When the scripts are completed, we can begin with the exact calculation of the necessary budget. We hope to start filming in the middle of next year. However, we’ve received no green light from the studio yet."
About a week ago, it was reported that Jackson, Hobbit director Guillermo del Toro, Philippa Boyens and Fran Walsh were about halfway through the second script. »
Peter Jackson Casually Adds Another Few Months to Hobbit Development Timeline
1 December 2009 7:00 AM, PST | Movieline | See recent Movieline news »
Three months, six months, a year... who's even counting anymore when it comes to the delays on the Peter Jackson-scripted, Guillermo del Toro-directed, two-part adaptation of The Hobbit? Besides a few zillion fans, that is. And probably New Line and MGM. And theater exhibitors. And heaven only knows which other interested parties are rolling their eyes today at the latest hold-up affecting Jackson's billion-dollar baby. »
Hobbit Scripting Continues
1 December 2009 12:16 AM, PST | www.canmag.com | See recent CanMag news »
After all the bumps in the road that The Hobbit has seen already, due most in part to lawsuits, at least we have people at the helm who care about the production. Peter Jackson cares so much that he has no problem announcing that the scripts are taking a bit longer than expected, meaning that production will have to start a few months later than expected.
Script(s) Taking a Bit Longer for The Hobbit
Jackson explained he's hoping to complete the second Hobbit script -- written with Fran Walsh, Phillipa Boyens and director Guillermo del Toro -- by the beginning of next year. Once they have something worth reading, Jackson can then put a budget together for MGM and New Line. »
Peter Jackson predicts 'The Hobbit' to start filming next summer.
30 November 2009 10:35 PM, PST | Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news »
Peter Jackson is predicting that production of "The Hobbit" films will start in the middle of next summer which is a few months later than expected. Jackson's projection was made in a recent interview with a German web site to promote Paramount Pictures' "The Lovely Bones," a drama starring Mark Wahlberg which he directed and produced. According to Variety, Jackson said he was hoping to finish the second "Hobbit" script which he wrote alongside Fran Walsh, Phillipa Boyens and director Guillermo del Toro, by the beginning of next year. This would be able to start the budget calculation and start filming in New Zealand. There has been no word of casting as yet for this and it remains unclear if "The Hobbit" films will keep their announced release dates »
'The Hobbit': production could begin by mid-2010 and casting is moving forward
30 November 2009 3:48 PM, PST | EW - Hollywood Insider.com | See recent EW.com - Hollywood Insider news »
Relax, Middle Earth fans. There's no need to panic. Yesterday, TheOneRing.net posted a story speculating that the release dates of both Hobbit movies could get pushed from their tentative December spots in 2011 and 2012. The theory arose from comments that Hobbit co-writer and exec-producer Peter Jackson recently made to the German website moviereporter.net (currently off line), in which he mentioned that he hoped production would begin by the middle of next year. Jackson was quoted as saying: "We’re currently working on the second script, which we hope to have completed by the end of this year or beginning of next. »
- Missy Schwartz
The Hobbit Filming Next Summer
30 November 2009 12:29 PM, PST | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »
So it begins again. Peter Jackson pulls on his epic hat once again and, according to reports all over the web today, his two film adaptation of The Hobbit will begin filming next summer.
Translating from German site MovieReporter.net, TheOneRing (via Empire) have Jackson commenting that the scripts are being finalised this month and, given the inevitable agreeing of the budget shooting returns to Bag End in the summer of 2010.
No studio would turn this project down, and the success of Jackson’s Rings Trilogy means we can look forward to another fantastical leap in Tolkein’s world when the first film is released in December 2011.
The decision to stretch The Hobbit to two films makes financial sense, and those with cynical minds may point to the similarly bisected Deathly Hallows, but Peter Jackson and Guillermo Del Toro make a formidable team and these films are sure to highly »
- Jon Lyus
'The Hobbit' filming delayed, no green light yet
30 November 2009 10:50 AM, PST | screeninglog.com | See recent screeninglog news »
It now looks like Peter Jackson and Guillermo del Toro will have to delay filming for the upcoming epic adventure "The Hobbit." At least that's what Jackson said at a press conference for "The Lovely Bones."
So, what's going on? According to German site moviereporter.net, Jackson said they may have to push back filming from March 2010 to some time in the summer. Plus, they haven't received green light yet.
Jackson said the script for "The Hobbit: Part 1" is done, and right now, they are working on the second, which they hope will be done by the end of this year or the beginning of 2010. »
- Franck Tabouring
First Glimpse Of Del Toro Produced Julia's Eyes
30 November 2009 9:34 AM, PST | Twitch | See recent Twitch news »
Now a little over a month into production, the first artwork has just been released from Guillem Morales' Los Ojos De Julia. A Spanish production backed by Focus Features in what looks to be a similar arrangement to how Focus was involved with Park Chan-Wook's Thirst, this one has an automatic leg up in that it is being produced by Hellboy and Pan's Labyrinth director Guillermo Del Toro. Because, you know, he's not already busy enough prepping The Hobbit. The story follows a young woman (played by Belen Rueda) dealing with the slow erosion of her sight while investigating the suicide of her blind twin sister. And judging from that image I'm guessing there's something unpleasant behind the sisters' blindness.
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The Hobbit To Start Shooting In Summer 2010?
30 November 2009 8:46 AM, PST | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »
One of the most eagerly anticipated and discussed upcoming movies is Guillermo del Toro and Peter Jackson’s upcoming adaptation of The Hobbit. Little snippets of sometimes true and sometimes false information keep rolling out almost like clockwork, with the last one reported on being just this past weekend when producer Peter Jackson talked about the fact that he’s been scouting shooting locations for The Hobbit, and confirmed the film would Not be coming to us in three-dimensions (thanks God, I say).
However, today we get some more information on The Hobbit, following and related to the news that the script for at least the first part is done and handed into the studio who seem to be happy with it (remember, the film is being split into two parts and released a year apart from one another). A quote from TheOneRing.net, which originated over at a German site called MovieReporter. »
- Ross Miller
'The Hobbit' Shooting Delayed, According To Producer Peter Jackson
30 November 2009 7:00 AM, PST | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »
I feel like I've been giving you lots of morning updates on "The Hobbit" lately. This is odd for a movie which is verifiably more than a year away. Closer to two or three, really. As excited as we all are to plunge back into the "Lord of the Rings" universe, it's going to be some time yet before we see how Guillermo del Toro puts his own unique spin on Peter Jackson's film vision of Middle-earth.
Unfortunately, this may very well be the last "Hobbit" update for awhile. However long we were going to be waiting for the movie's release (the first that is, of a duology), the time just got extended a bit. It was originally believed that the New Zealand shoot would get underway in March. This is no longer the case, according to Jackson.
The producer, speaking to German outlet MovieReporter.net, revealed that production »
- Adam Rosenberg
‘The Hobbit’ Delayed Until Summer
30 November 2009 6:30 AM, PST | ReelLoop.com | See recent Reel Loop news »
While Guillermo Del Toro’s The Hobbit may have survived MGM’s recent dismemberment process, it will also have to face another hurdle before it sees the light of day: the film’s production has been delayed until mid-summer 2010.
This means at least 3 more months of waiting (the film, produced by Peter Jackson, was intended to begin production in March 2010), and who knows what it could imply for the release dates of the two-part film in December of 2011 and 2012.
Here’s what Peter Jackson had to say about the delay during a press conference for The Lovely Bones:
“We’re currently working on the second script which we hope to have completed by the end of this year or beginning of next. When the scripts are completed, we can begin with the exact calculation of the necessary budget. We hope to start filming in the middle of next year. »
- John Cooper
The Hobbit To Shoot Summer 2010
30 November 2009 5:56 AM, PST | FilmShaft.com | See recent FilmShaft.com news »
Peter Jackson announced to Movie Reporter.net that Guillermo Del Toro’s The Hobbit will commence shooting in the summer of 2010. He revealed, too, the script has gone through its second draft with a finish date for next month, or January. This is a minor setback as production was to begin in March. Interestingly, the budget has yet to be sorted, so does this mean The Hobbit is stuck in development hell? Not likely. If there was a dead cert for a blockbuster, then, The Hobbit is it.
Being split into two episodes,with the first arriving, hopefully, in December 2011 and the other in December 2012, Filmshaft will be following this production closely. The Lord of the Rings trilogy earned billions and was an artistic undertaking like no other. Peter Jackson will remain on board as writer and producer. One thing is certain, a return to Middle Earth, will have audience expectation going through the roof. »
- Martyn Conterio
Peter Jackson: The Hobbit is Going to Take a While
30 November 2009 5:01 AM, PST | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »
No one is accusing Peter Jackson of rushing through production on The Hobbit, the Lord of the Rings prequel that he and Guillermo Del Toro (Pan's Labyrinth) are currently scripting. The producer/director has been taking his sweet time, and for the most part it seems as if fans around the world are giving him a pass -- because they know if he gets the time he needs, that he will likely do it right. According to German site MovieReporter.net, Jackson revealed in an interview this week that The Hobbit and its planned sequel will now start filming in mid-summer 2010 instead of the previously-reported March. TheOneRing.net has the translated quote: We're currently working on the second script which we hope to have completed by the end of this year or beginning of next. When the scripts are completed, we can begin with the exact calculation of the necessary budget. We »
- Neil Miller
Hobbit Filming Next Summer... Hopefully!
30 November 2009 2:44 AM, PST | Screenrush | See recent Screenrush news »
The Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson has told the German site Movie Reporter that the The Hobbit films will not start shooting until at least halfway through next year.
Questioned whilst on promotional duties for The Lovely Bones, the Tolkien adapter-extraordinaire said that production is pending both a final draft of the script and that all-important studio green-light.
Jackson will not be taking the helm for these films which represent a sort of prequel to the Rings trilogy but instead has drafted in fellow fantasy-monger Guillermo Del Toro (director of Pan's Labyrinth and Hellboy) to do the honours.
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Filming For The Hobbit to Start in Mid-Summer 2010
30 November 2009 1:33 AM, PST | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
Consider this another addition to the ever-increasing pile of vague factoids for Guillermo Del Toro's The Hobbit. According to TheOneRing.net, Peter Jackson mentioned to reporters (while doing press for The Lovely Bones) that they hope to begin filming towards the middle of next year, a delay from the film's previous March 2010 shooting plan. See the full Jackson quote after the break. We’re currently working on the second script which we hope to have completed by the end of this year or beginning of next. When the scripts are completed, we can begin with the exact calculation of the necessary budget. We hope to start filming in the middle of next year. However, we’ve received no green light from the studio yet. The quote originates from German film site Moviereporter.net, and was translated by TheOneRing. Now that The Hobbit scripts are finally nearing completion, I think »
- Devindra Hardawar
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