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New Lord of the Rings RPG On The Way?

With the success of Dragon Age: Origins, it looks like Warner Bros. Interactive Games wants a slice of the fantasy rpg pie and is going to use Lord of the Rings to get it. From what little details exist, publisher Snowblind Studios (Justice League Heroes) says Lord of the Rings: War in the North will be an online, three player co-op RPG that takes place in parts unseen in the movie. Players will interact with key LotR characters from the movies as they forge their own destiny in the War of the R...

Does Tobey Maguire Want To Be Bilbo?

This could be real. Latin Review is reporting that during the press junket for Brother, Tobey Maguire was asked which director he'd like to work with next and the answer was Guillermo del Toro. Maguire also elaborated that it might be soon. Del Toro is pretty well spoken for the next decade between the two Hobbit movies and commiting to redoing the Universal monster movies. Once he's done filming Spider-Man 4, Maguire will be able to commit to another franchise giving the rumors that Spider-Man ...

MGM’s Financial Problems Won’t Be A Problem For The Hobbit…

Last week, when MGM shareholders talked about letting the company simply fade away - everybody wondered about The Hobbit and James Bond franchises. I guess the shareholders have found a will to live. MGM only has a 50% stake in The Hobbit, the other half being held by Warner Bros. (who have absorbed New Line...). Warner Bros. seems to have agreed to cover the expenses of the production until MGM can get their financial woes straightened out (I imagine the deal states that MGM only has a certain ...

ComicCenter Reviews the District 9 Movie

San Diego Comic-Con District 9 Movie Panel

The Peter Jackson produced movie District 9, was another “combo” panel that shared time with Pandorum and Legion (stay tuned for that post…) in Hall H at San Diego Comic-Con. I had heard a little bit about the movie before the Con, but I wasn’t really interested. Comic-Con officially started the full-court marketing press for District 9 as they brought out all stops and showed a lot of clips (sorry, same film Nazis around…). I have to say that what we were shown did pique my interest. I had the ...