The new trailer for The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies doesn’t give away much in terms of the plot of Peter Jackson’s sixth (and presumably final) Tolkien adaptation. What it does give us, however, is a sense of just how epic the Middle Earth send-off will be: The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Main Trailer This is basically the sort of film IMAX was made for. Thanks to the power of CGI, the five armies look more like 5 thousand armies, and the menagerie of mystical creatures look as real as the wrinkles on Ian McKellen’s face. And if earlier films in the franchise are any indication, The Battle of Five Armies can expect a box office gross as big as its effects. Last year, Desolation of Smaug smoked box office competition and went on to earn nearly a billion dollars worldwide. Not bad for an adaptation of a 77-year-old YA fantasy novel. Of course, a lot is riding on this final installment. Jackson’s decision to pad the beloved novel with enough extra material to fill three very long movies was a controversial one. The critical consensus is that it’s worked out (for the most part) thus far, but if The Battle of the Five Armies fails to both wow audiences and deliver a satisfying conclusion, it may cast the entire trilogy in a new light. 36 Memorable Movie Posters 1. Gone Girl Poster Ben Affleck stars in Gone Girl. We can’t wait to see this movie!!!
Thanks to Comic-Con in San Diego this weekend, it’s a very exciting time to be a movie fan. First, the Mad Max Fury Road trailer hit the Internet. Then, it was time for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay trailer . Now, fans can feast their eyes on the first preview for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, the final installment of Peter Jackson’s beloved trilogy that will hit theaters on December 17. What will be the aftermath of Smaug’s Laketown attack? And of the Battle of the Five Armies, which refers to the fight between the Goblins and the Wargs against the Men of Dale, the Elves, the Dwarves, the Eagles and a Shape-shifter? Check out this extended trailer now: The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Trailer Ready, film fans? Set? REACT!
‘Never say never,’ Andy Serkis tells MTV News of his character’s future with the Peter Jackson films. By Kara Warner, with reporting by Josh Horowitz Gollum in “The Hobbit” Photo: MGM
Warner Bros. won its lawsuit against mock-buster Age of the Hobbits . Also in Tuesday’s news round-up, Amy Adams will be feted for The Master ; Tim Buckley feature is heading to U.S. theaters; Disney will adapt Dolphin pic for a feature; and Gus Van Sant is lending his name for the U.S. release of acclaimed Laurence Anyways . Warner Bros. Triumphs in Hobbit Mock-buster Case A federal judge granted Warner Bros., MGM and others a restraining order against mock-buster Age of The Hobbits , saying the victory over Global Asylum’s “cynical business model.” Global had planned a to release a parallel pic, Age of the Hobbit against Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey , Deadline reports . Amy Adams to Receive Santa Barbara International Film Festival’s Cinema Vanguard Award The three-time Oscar-nominated actress will be presented the events’s prize January 31st. Adams is a contender for Best Supporting Actress for her role as the wife of a cult leader in Paul Thomas Anderson’s The Master , THR reports . Greetings From Tim Buckley Heads to U.S. Theaters Directed by Dan Algrant, the Toronto Film Festival feature explores two generations of musicians, Tim and Jeff Buckley. Penn Badgley plays Jeff Buckley as a young musician who rehearses his public singing debut at a Brooklyn tribute to his father and struggling to come to terms with his legacy with the help of an unlikely woman at the show. While they discover each other and New York City, the film also explores Tim’s (Mr. Rosenfield) 1960s heyday, as he drives cross-country with a girlfriend and finds himself on the verge of stardom. Tribeca Film will distribute the pic with Focus World, a subsidiary of Focus Features. Disney to Adapt Dolphin Boy Feature The studio secured rights to the Israeli documentary, which revolves around a teenager from an Arab village in northern Israel who is traumatized from a violent attack and slowly recovers with the help of dolphins. The Bucket List writer Justin Zackham will write the script for Disney, Variety reports . Gus Van Sant Joins Xavier Dolan’s Laurence Anyways in U.S. Release Van Sant’s Promised Land is gathering some Oscar buzz, but he’ll lend his name as executive producer to acclaimed young Quebecois filmmaker Xavier Dolan’s third Cannes title, Laurence Anyways as it heads out to U.S. screens in 2013. Set in the ’90s, Laurence Anyways is the tale of a young couple and the difficult decisions they must face after the man decides to start living his life as a woman.
Peter Jackson tells MTV News that the ‘Hobbit’ trilogy ‘will be the end of Middle-earth on film’ for legal reasons. By Josh Wigler, with reporting by Josh Horowitz Peter Jackson Photo: MTV News
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey held its THIRD global premiere on Thursday — this time stateside at the Ziegfeld Theater in New York. I was on the red carpet, and in light of the debate over Peter Jackson’s decision to shoot the movie at a high 48 frames per second , I asked Warner Bros. Pictures President Jeff Robinov if the studio was getting behind the groundbreaking but controversial technique. Robinov told me that while Jackson’s enthusiasm was contagious, the studio will see how its limited release of the high-frame-rate cut does in theaters before making any major commitments. I also got the chance to ask Andy Serkis what he feels it will take for Hollywood to seriously consider motion capture performance as acting. Also on the red carpet were the actors who play dwarves in The Hobbit . I couldn’t help asking if they could take on their Disney counterparts, and let’s just say they’ve been strategizing about how to take their rivals down. Check out the full interview below: Read More on The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey : ‘The Hobbit’ 3-D Early Review: Back Again, But Not Quite There ‘The Hobbit’ At 48 FPS: A High Frame Rate Fiasco? ‘Hobbit’ Fans Complain Of Dizziness & Nausea No One’s Heaving At ‘The Hobbit’ According To Warner Bros. Follow Movieline on Twitter . Follow Grace Randolph on Twitter .
The Hobbit doesn’t make you heave, according to Warner Bros. The studio behind the first film in Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings prequel trilogy is batting down reports that the the high-frame rate of the picture caused nausea and dizziness for some fans who saw early screenings of the picture in New Zealand. Here’s the statement that the studio released on the matter: “We have been screening the full-length HFR 3D presentation of THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY extensively and feedback has been extremely positive, with none of thousands who have seen the film projected in this format expressing any of the issues described by two anonymous sources in media reports. We share the filmmakers’ belief that by offering filmgoers the additional choice of HFR 3D, alongside traditional viewing formats, they have an opportunity to be part of a groundbreaking advancement in the moviegoing experience and we look forward to having audiences everywhere share in this new way of storytelling.” Warner is reacting to reports by the New Zealand Herald and ABC News that some moviegoers found the film’s frame-rate hard to stomach. The Down Under publication cited “some viewers” who said the “filming technique made them nauseous and dizzy, with some even complaining of migraines.” ABC News quoted a Hobbit fan who tweeted: “You have to hold your stomach down and let your eyes pop at first to adjust.” Jackson’s decision to shoot the movie at 48 frames-per-second — twice the rate of most films — has also prompted complaints that high-definition result requires the moviegoer to process too much visual information. The New Zealander does have one Hollywood heavyweight in his corner. James Cameron predicted that Jackson’s decision to shoot The Hobbit at 48 frames per second would do for high-definition filmmaking what his Avatar did for 3D movies. “We charged out ahead on 3D with Avatar , now Peter’s doing it with The Hobbit . It takes that kind of bold move to make change.” RELATED STORIES: ‘Hobbit’ Fans Complain Of Dizziness & Nausea ‘The Hobbit’ At 48 FPS: A High Frame Rate Fiasco? ‘The Hobbit’ 3-D Early Review: Back Again, But Not Quite There [ New Zealand Herald , ABC News ] Follow Frank DiGiacomo on Twitter. Follow Movieline on Twitter.
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