• The Hobbit to start Shooting on March 21st

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    Production company 3Foot7 Ltd, is pleased to announce that the first day of principal photography for The Hobbit will be Monday 21 March, 2011. It was supposed to start shooting this month, but director Peter Jackson was recently in the hospital for an operation, which kind of slowed down production a bit. He’s OK though, and here’s what the director had to say,

    Despite some delays we are fully back on track and very excited to get started.

    3Foot7 Ltd (who released this news) added,

    This date has been chosen following practical considerations of the filming schedule requirements, actor availability and the NZ seasons. Shooting will take place at Stone Street Studios in Miramar and on location around New Zealand.

    Confirmed cast include Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, Ken Stott, Graham McTavish, William Kircher, James Nesbitt, Stephen Hunter, Rob Kazinsky, Aidan Turner, Peter Hambleton, John Callen, Jed Brophy, Mark Hadlow, Adam Brown, Cate Blanchett, Andy Serkis, Mikael Persbrant, Sylvester McCoy and Elijah Wood.

    The two Hobbit films will be released in December 2012 and December 2013.

  • Pirates of the Caribbean 4 Super Bowl TV Spot

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    Walt Disney Pictures have revealed the official Super Bowl TV spot for upcoming 3D fantasy action-adventure film Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.

    Directed by Rob Marshall, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides is the fourth installment in the hugely successful Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, and stars Johnny Depp, Penélope Cruz, Geoffrey Rush, Ian McShane, Kevin McNally, Richard Griffiths, Stephen Graham and Gemma Ward.

    Captain Jack Sparrow (Depp) crosses paths with a woman from his past (Cruz), and he’s not sure if it’s love — or if she’s a ruthless con artist who’s using him to find the fabled Fountain of Youth. When she forces him aboard the Queen Anne’s Revenge, the ship of the formidable pirate Blackbeard (McShane), Jack finds himself on an unexpected adventure in which he doesn’t know who to fear more: Blackbeard or the woman from his past.

    Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides will be released in the UK on May 18.

  • TRANSFORMERS 3 Super Bowl TV Spot

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    Here’s the Super Bowl TV spot for the upcoming Transformers: Dark of the Moon.

    The third Transformers movie stars Shia LaBeouf, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, Kevin Dunn, Julie White, Frances McDormand, John Malkovich, Ken Jeong, Patrick Dempsey, Alan Tudyk and John Turturro.

  • CAPTAIN AMERICA Super Bowl TV Spot

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    Captain America: The First Avenger Super Bowl TV Spot unleashed!

    Starring Chris Evans, Hugo Weaving, Tommy Lee Jones, Stanley Tucci, Haley Atwell, Sebastian Stan, Dominic Cooper, Toby Jones and Neal McDonough.

    Captain America: The First Avenger will focus on the early days of the Marvel Universe when Steve Rogers volunteers to participate in an experimental program that turns him into the Super Soldier known as Captain America.