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By Stephen Nevets On Saturday, May 4th, 2013
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Luke Evans reportedly set for ‘The Crow’ reboot, likely after ‘Dracula’ role

Sources from Relativity claim that Luke Evans has agreed to the title role in The Crow, set to be directed by F. Javier Gutierrez. Deadline confirmed in a May 4 article that Evans was the original choice, but his More...

By Stephen Nevets On Thursday, April 25th, 2013
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‘Pushing Daisies’ and ‘Hobbit’ star Lee Pace set to join ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ as the villain

One of the last major casting role for Marvel’s upcoming Guardians of the Galaxy film appears to be falling into place as Lee Pace appears to be in final negotiations to join the film as the villain. Director More...

By Stephen Nevets On Thursday, April 11th, 2013
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‘Fast & Furious 6’ and ‘The Hobbit Desolation of Smaug’ star Luke Evans cast as lead in ‘Dracula’

The title was ‘Dracula Year Zero’ but first director Gary Shore will be taking the origin of Dracula story to the big screen with Luke Evans as the titular character.  The script for Dracula has been kicking More...

By Stephen Nevets On Tuesday, April 9th, 2013
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Benedict Cumberbatch praised by Ian McKellen for performance in ‘Hobbit The Desolation of Smaug’

With The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug coming to cinemas at the end of the year, Ian McKellen has praised his co-star Benedict Cumberbatch who will appear as the voice to the dragon in the highly anticipated More...

By Stephen Nevets On Monday, January 28th, 2013
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‘Hobbit’ star Martin Freeman praises ‘Sherlock’ writing, says ‘The Office’ is ‘perfect’

Martin Freeman says “Sherlock” is one of the best shows he has worked on and would be a fan of “the Office.” Talking with the Coventry Telegraph, the “Hobbit” star heaped praises for the great scripts More...

By Stephen Nevets On Monday, January 21st, 2013
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Martin Freeman talks about losing privacy with ‘Hobbit’ role, working with Gollum and the ‘family’ feel

Martin Freeman is center stage as the lead in “Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,” the first film of a new trilogy by director Peter Jackson. Freeman stars as the main character, Bilbo Baggins and is now More...

By Stephen Nevets On Wednesday, December 26th, 2012
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‘Sherlock’ stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman talk ‘Hobbit The Desolation of Smaug’

The “Sherlock” co-stars are together again in next year’s second chapter of the “Hobbit” trilogy and both stars offered a few words in the new Empire Magazine. Martin Freeman, who stars More...

By Stephen Nevets On Sunday, December 9th, 2012
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‘The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey’ roundup of videos, photos and clips

“The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey”’s director Peter Jackson talked about the creature design of the dragon Smaug, but now you can get a sneak peek. Two TV spots landed recently: one features a new More...

By Brandon Jones On Tuesday, October 2nd, 2012
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Benedict Cumberbatch talks ‘Hobbit,’ Smaug and his first appearance on screen

In the new Total Film magazine “Sherlock” star Benedict Cumberbatch talked about playing Smaug in the upcoming “Hobbit” trilogy. While the article promises to discuss more about “Star More...

By Brandon Jones On Saturday, September 1st, 2012
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Peter Jackson’s ‘Hobbit’ trilogy gets official names and release dates

Peter Jackson recently announced a third chapter in the “Hobbit” series and now confirms a release date and a shuffling of the titles for two of the three films. Details for the first film, “The More...