Premier Pop C Pop Culture News – Movies, Comics, Television, Books, Toys, Games, and More “The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies,” a production of New Line Cinema and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures (MGM), has crossed the $800 million mark at the worldwide box office in its fifth week in global release, now standing at more than $803 million and still climbing. The announcement was made …
Read More »The Hobbit Kicks Off The Year At The Top Of The Box Office
Led by Peter Jackson‘s The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, a strong slate of Christmas holdovers and new entry The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death drove revenue up more than 8 percent as the prosperous holiday season came to a close. The spike in moviegoing is welcome news for Hollywood after …
Read More »LEGO Sets Off on a New Journey to Create LEGO The Hobbit
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, TT Games and The LEGO Group announced LEGO The Hobbit, the latest addition to the popular LEGO videogame series that brings to life the enthralling and legendary stories from Oscar-winning filmmaker Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit Trilogy. The game will be available in 2014 for the Xbox One, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4 …
Read More »“The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” Crosses One Billion Dollars
“The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” has surpassed the billion dollar milestone at the worldwide box office. The joint announcement was made today by Toby Emmerich, President and Chief Operating Officer, New Line Cinema; Gary Barber, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios; Dan Fellman, President of Domestic Distribution, Warner Bros. …
Read More »Warner Bros. Unveils Toy Fair Lineup
The Bat-Signal has summoned “The Caped Crusader” to an adventurous Toy Fair season. Warner Bros. Consumer Products (WBCP) is showcasing a powerful roster of global licensees in support of the studio’s unparalleled portfolio of entertainment properties, led by this summer’s blockbuster film The Dark Knight Rises. The epic conclusion to filmmaker Christopher …
Read More »The Hobbit Adds Two More Dwarves
Casting for the Hobbit is now in full swing, with two more names added to The Company of Dwarves in James Nesbitt and newcomer Adam Brown, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Heat Vision blog. James Nesbitt, best known as Jeckyll in the BBC’s Jeckyll and Hyde, will be playing a …
Read More »Jackson Finds His Bilbo Baggins and Then Some
As Peter Jackson and Warner Brothers figure out where they’ll be shooting Parts 1 and 2 of the Hobbit, word has started to spread that Jackson has cast some of the many characters to be seen in both films, according to Deadline. The key role of Bilbo Baggins, the Hobbit …
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