Category: Movie And Video News

Click here for SHADOWLOCKED’s humorous interview with Sylvester McCoy.

Peter Jackson has just announced that Scottish comic Billy Connolly will be playing Dain Ironfoot in the Hobbit movies. For information read the New Zealand Herald article found here.

Andy Serkis has revealed that he is shooting his scenes as Gollum for ”The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey’ live alongside his cast mates for the first time. You can see what he has to say by clicking here .

Click here for a new image of Martin Freeman, as Bilbo, standing with some of the Dwarves.

Filming of the scene where Bilbo and the dwarfs escape from the elves by hiding in barrels has been taking place at the Aratiatia rapids near Taupo in New Zealand. Spill gates from a dam were used and every time there was a dam release 20 to 25 barrels were released. You can read the…

In a recent interview for Entertainment Weekly, Canadian actress Evangeline Lilly discussed her role in the action movie ‘Real Steel’ and also described what it is like playing a warrior elf in Peter Jackson’s ‘ Hobbit’ movies. For the original interview click here.

Click here to watch Peter Jackson explain how to The Hollywood Reporter how much more filming remains to be done on the first Hobbit movie.

Elijah Wood talks about his filming experience on The Hobbit with Collider.com.

Casting calls for extras for The Hobbit are being held in New Zealand. Learn more about it at here.

On Jan 13th Andy Serkis gave an interview and Q&A session to the La Times ‘Hero Complex’ division. Click here for the video of this rather extensive interview in which Serkis discusses screen capture and its use in his roles in TinTin, Rise of The Planet of the Apes, and The Hobbit movies.