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Movie News Cheat Sheet: Hobbits, Apes and Two Dudes with Long Hair

Sunday, June 5th, 2011

Yes, it’s Sunday, but aren’t you getting that summer vibe? Soon enough school will be out and offices will readjust their hours and rules to fit the new season. Regardless, Shockya.com will still be here to bring you the best of the best in film news every Sunday night. The latest movie updates are still useful beach and poolside, right? It should come as no surprise that this weekend’s Cheat Sheet is brimming with, well, for lack of better terms, unoriginal material. We’ve got sequels, book-to-film adaptations and role reprisals as we’ve got updates on The Hobbit, The Hunger Games, a new Dumb and Dumber potentially in the works and…

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The Official Titles of The Hobbit Announced

Monday, May 30th, 2011

Warner Bros has officially announced the titles for Peter Jackson’s “The Hobbit”. The film is separated into two parts so, obviously, there are two titles. The first Hobbit film will be released on December 14th 2012 and will be called “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” and the second part will be released a year later on December 13th 2013 and will be called “The Hobbit: There and Back Again”. The events of “The Hobbit” take place 60 years before the events of “The Lord of The Rings” and the title of part two is a good call back to the third film in that series, “The Lord of The Rings:…

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Ian McKellen and Andy Serkis to appear in 'sThe Hobbit's

Tuesday, January 11th, 2011

It’s finally official! Ian McKellen and Andy Serkis will reprise their roles as Gandalf and Gollum, respectively, in The Hobbit. This news comes on the heels of Elijah Wood announcing his reprisal of Frodo Baggins as well as Cate Blanchett saying she’ll reprise her role as Galadriel. According to Entertainment Weekly, McKellen and Serkis were rumored to be a part of the film for a while, but due to odd casting delays, it was up in the air as to whether they would actually be appearing in the film. These announcements are also further proof that the film’s production is finally shaping up; ever since its inception, filming ofThe Hobbit…

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Warner Bros. Takes Over Financing Rights to The Hobbit

Saturday, January 8th, 2011

Warner Bros. has financially saved ‘The Hobbit,’ the two-part prequel to the ‘Lord of the Rings’ trilogy, which has been continuously plagued with labor and money disputes, Reelzchannel.com is reporting. The studio is taking over the reins from MGM, which solved its bankruptcy dispute last month after acquiring $500 million to reorganize the entire company. The trade happened after the studios were originally planning on splitting the production costs of the two movies equally. But questions arose how MGM would pay its half, as the prequels are expected to cost over $500 million themselves. While Warner Bros. acquired the worldwide theatrical distribution rights with the deal, MG will retain international…

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Orlando Bloom Secretly Marries Australian Model

Monday, July 26th, 2010

A month after publicly confirming their engagement, Orlando Bloom and 27-year-old Australian model Miranda Kerr secretly married and are on their honeymoon, PEOPLE reported on July 23. The wedding comes a surprise, as Kerr, one of the top 10 highest paid models in the world, was scheduled to make an appearance for the Australian department store David Jones. Of the cancellation, Kerr said that “David Jones very graciously released me during this period so we could celebrate an intimate ceremony and honeymoon together.” She added that she’s very committed to her role with the store, and she is grateful to Jones for allowing her to take time off to enjoy her…

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Spielberg and Jackson Team Up for Tintin

Saturday, March 7th, 2009

Variety reports that Steven Spielberg will wrap 32 days of filming on Tintin this week in which he will then hand the project to producer Peter Jackson. Jackson, who is in charge of the film’s special effects, will work on the effects for 18 months. Spielberg originally obtained the rights to Tintin in 1983, but has not felt special effects have been up to par to what was needed until he saw Jackson’s work on the Lord of the Rings trilogy and King Kong, which is why the two have paired up for the project. The Tintin comic book series is about a globetrotting teenaged boy reporter. Tintin originated in…

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Guillermo del Toro Booked Until 2017

Saturday, September 6th, 2008

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…

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POSTER: Monster Camp movie poster

Friday, May 2nd, 2008

Take a look at the latest movie poster for the upcoming documentary “Monster Camp” by director Cullen Hoback. Description: Welcome to Monster Camp, the true story about a world where people transform into creatures, heroes, and monsters to escape their daily lives. In the vein of Lord of the Rings, World of Warcraft, and Dungeons and Dragons; these enthusiasts have developed a complicated world to bring their fantasies to life. Romantic relationships are forged between characters. Friendships are destroyed over plot disputes. Characters are slain and never return. But keeping this world alive takes a lot of real world work. And unless someone is willing to take charge, the fantasy…