Sir Ian McKellan, who will confirmed on his personal website that “The Hobbit” films, prequels to the highly successful “Lord Of The Rings” trilogy of films, is set to start shooting in June of 2010. The statement reads; “THE HOBBIT’s, two films, start shooting in New Zealand in June. Filming will take over a year. Casting in Los Angeles, New York City and London has started. The script too proceeds. The first draft is crammed with old and new friends, again on a quest in Middle Earth.” Guillermo del Toro will direct the two highly-anticipated films, which like the “LOTR” films, will be filmed back to back. Stay tuned to…

Here’s a character summary for the upcoming film “The Hobbit” written and produced by Peter Jackson and directed by visionary film director Guillermo Del Toro (Hellboy, Pan’s Labyrinth). Guillermo Del Toro’s recent work includes “Hellboy 2″ starring Ron Perlman and Doug Jones (Hellboy, Carnies). [BILBO] A well-to-do, respectable Hobbit…. Although he doesn’t realize it himself, BILBO has a good deal of courage; he can be practical and resilient. He has a good sense of humour, and is able to appreciate the ridiculous. He is very quick on the uptake and is well read having been encouraged to read widely by his mother. The most distinguishing characteristic about BILBO is his…

In a recent post over at Theonering.net, director Guillermo Del Toro updates us on “The Hobbit” written and produced by Peter Jackson and directed by visionary film director Guillermo Del Toro (Hellboy, Pan’s Labyrinth). Guillermo Del Toro’s recent work includes “Hellboy 2″ starring Ron Perlman and Doug Jones (Hellboy, Carnies). Guillermo Del Toro Writes: So, now that PJ’s Lovely Bones tour is almost over, I thought it wise- seeing how some can whip up into a frenzy- to drop by and chat a bit. A) About ONLY 3 actors returning: I think the emphasis on “only” is what slant the news the wrong way. I cannot imagine Gollum being played…

Check out the latest new movie poster from the upcoming film “Outlander” by director Howard McCain and starring James Caviezel, Sophia Myles, Jack Huston, Ron Perlman (Hellboy 2) and John Hurt. Synopsis: During the reign of the Vikings, Kainan (Caviezel), a man from a far-off world, crash lands on Earth, bringing with him an alien predator known as the Moorwen. Though both man and monster are seeking revenge for violence committed against them, Kainan leads the alliance to kill the Moorwen by fusing his advanced technology with the Viking’s Iron Age weaponry. Stay tuned to Toxic Shock for the latest “Outlander” movie news and posters.

According to an interview with actor Dominic Monaghan, all four Hobbits from The Lord of the Rings may return for “The Hobbit” written and produced by Peter Jackson and directed by visionary film director Guillermo Del Toro (Hellboy, Pan’s Labyrinth). Guillermo Del Toro’s recent work includes “Hellboy 2″ starring Ron Perlman and Doug Jones (Hellboy, Carnies). “They really want us to come back, and I think there’s a really strong chance that we might be back,” Actor Dominic Monaghan told MTV News at the Sundance Film Festival. The four Hobbits include Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Dominic Monaghan and Billy Boyd. Watch the interview below from Mtv.com. Stay tuned to Shockya.com…

Check out the latest movie poster from the upcoming film “Outlander” by director Howard McCain and starring James Caviezel, Sophia Myles, Jack Huston, Ron Perlman (Hellboy 2) and John Hurt. Synopsis: During the reign of the Vikings, Kainan (Caviezel), a man from a far-off world, crash lands on Earth, bringing with him an alien predator known as the Moorwen. Though both man and monster are seeking revenge for violence committed against them, Kainan leads the alliance to kill the Moorwen by fusing his advanced technology with the Viking’s Iron Age weaponry. Stay tuned to Toxic Shock for the latest “Outlander” movie news and posters.

Check out the latest foreign movie poster from the upcoming film “Outlander” by director Howard McCain and starring James Caviezel, Sophia Myles, Jack Huston, Ron Perlman (Hellboy 2) and John Hurt. Synopsis: During the reign of the Vikings, Kainan (Caviezel), a man from a far-off world, crash lands on Earth, bringing with him an alien predator known as the Moorwen. Though both man and monster are seeking revenge for violence committed against them, Kainan leads the alliance to kill the Moorwen by fusing his advanced technology with the Viking’s Iron Age weaponry. Stay tuned to Toxic Shock for the latest “Outlander” movie news and posters.

World renowned book publisher HarperCollins has bought the rights to a thriller vampire trilogy from acclaimed director Guillermo del Toro and award-winning novelist Chuck Hogan. The unnamed series’ first book, The Strain, details the invasion of a vampire-like virus in New York City that was brought in from a plane touching down at the infamous JFK airport. Del Toro says of the series, “The idea is epic in scope. The trilogy advances in unexpected ways and each book contains unique and surprising revelations about the history, physiology and lore of the vampiric race, tracing its roots all the way back to its Old Testament origins.” The publishing house also speaks…

According to an article in Variety, Pan’s Labyrinth and Hellboy director, Guillermo Del Toro, has a large number of projects lined up with Universal Studios which will keep him occupied until the year 2017. Del Toro’s main focus is currently on the Lord of the Rings prequel, The Hobbit, which is set for release in 2012. However, once he is done with the film, he will start on at least four new films for Universal. The movies reportedly slated for production are reboots of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five and Robert Louis Stevenson’s Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. The fourth film is entitled Drood which focuses on author Charles…

We recently had the wonderful opportunity to interview our actor and friend Doug Jones at his Southern California home. In the interview he talks about his past and present roles such as Mimic and Pan’s Labyrinth to his role as Abe Sapien in the upcoming release “Hellboy 2″ by director Guillermo Del Toro coming to theaters on July 11th. You can read the fully transcribed interview or you can watch the two part video interview in its entirety below. Doug Jones Interview Part 1 Doug Jones Interview Part 2 TS: You’ve made a lot of movies, television commercials and music videos, I’m going to go through a list and you…