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Stephen Colbert’s Cameo in ‘The Hobbit’ Will Likely Be As Strange As These Other Off-the-Wall Film Cameos

By Ian | October 22, 2012 @ 12:19 pm
One Colbert to Rule Them All?

Just as you all expected, yes, Stephen Colbert will be making a cameo of some kind in the new Hobbit film. Very little is known about the exact nature of the role, with the Comedy Central host playing coy as to the size or description of how he'll be appearing, whether it will be a background role or play a more major character. The only thing that is for certain is that Colbert won't be appearing in this year's The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, but in one of the two follow-up sequels that arrive in December 2013 and Summer 2014.

I don't know about you, but I really hope the cameo is hardly recognizable, like one of those ones you have to freeze frame in order to see his head pop up in the background out-of-focus, because quite frankly, if I see Colbert's face on screen I'm probably going to start laughing thinking about his best bits over the years and not concentrate on some Elves getting their heads bashed in. And that's why I really go to these movies in the first place. Read More » »

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Little Creatures-Big Brawlers Round Four: Oompa Loompa vs The Leprechaun

By Ian | October 19, 2012 @ 8:41 am
Round Four

We're quickly making our way through the opening rounds of Little Creatures-Big Brawlers as we gear up towards the return of Hobbits and Elves in December's The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. This is of course the world's biggest little tournament of champions to see who will survive to face off against the Hobbits in the final round of Little Creatures/Big Brawlers just before the film's release.

To recap last week, we watched the aptly named Tom Thumb thumb wrestle to the death with that pixie dust throwing, short-skirt wearing strumpet Tinker Bell and even though Tom carries a razor sharp wit in that pencil eraser-sized noggin of his, we learned that pain was a dish best served by a woman as Tinker Bell pummeled Tom and his bravado into a matchbox-sized early grave. Remember the song folks: The female of the species is more deadly than the male.

Today we move onto Round Four of our miniscule showdown of the biggest little fighters in the world. Will the Oompa Loompas sing morality tales to victory or will the Hibernian Horror, the Emerald Evil-Doer, the Leprechaun, prevail. Let's check in with our two competitors to find out. Read More » »

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New Stills from ‘The Hobbit’ Give You a Preview of Bilbo’s Grand Adventure

By Hazel Chua | October 17, 2012 @ 10:19 am
New Stills from 'The Hobbit'
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There's still two more months before The Hobbit hits theaters and I'm starting to get antsy. As Percy Jackson has proven with The Lord of the Rings trilogy, he can produce magic when he's behind the camera and we're all just hoping he continues to do so with the epic franchise's prequel.

Given that it's a prequel, we go back to the time when Gandalf was still Grey and Bilbo's hair was still brown. Interestingly, Frodo still looks like the Frodo we know from previous films.

In an effort to get fans of LOTR properly psyched for The Hobbit, five new images were released to offer a preview of Bilbo's grand adventures before he even came across Sauron's ring. They're not much but hey, we'll take anything we can get at this point.

The Hobbit is scheduled to be released on December 14th.

 

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Little Creatures/Big Brawlers Round Three: Tom Thumb vs Tinker Bell

By Ian | October 12, 2012 @ 11:36 am
Round 3!

As you all know by now, as we gear up towards the return of Hobbits and Elves in December's The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, we've begun our tournament of little champions to see who will survive to face off against the Hobbits in the final round of Little Creatures/Big Brawlers just before the film's release.

To recap last week, we watched the Ewoks go tiny toe-to-toe with those thieving temporal tidbits, the Time Bandits and even though the Endorians had the brawn, the Bandits had the brains, which put them over the top. The lesson to be learned was that when push comes to shove, fight dirty.

Today we move onto Round Three of our miniscule showdown of the biggest little fighters in the world. Will a thumbs up for victory go to two-incher Tom Thumb or the mini-dress wearing, tight-lipped fairy fighter Tinker Bell? Let's find out. Read More » »

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Sequel Talk: What’s Up with ‘Iron Man 3′, ‘Captain America 2′, and ‘The Hobbit’

By Hazel Chua | October 7, 2012 @ 3:02 pm
Sequel Talk: What
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There might've been a couple of hiccups in the making of Iron Man 3, what with Robert Downey Jr. getting injured and all. But then again, what movie hasn't encountered a couple of problems here and there while in production? It's been a month since his injury and it looks like Iron Man is fully recovered since filming in Miami resumed earlier this week. A couple of set photos were released as well, featuring Iron Man's Mark XLVII and Iron Patriot armor.

Keep your eyes (and ears) peeled as well, because the first trailer for Iron Man 3 will debut later this month on October 23rd.

Iron Man's fellow Avenger, Captain America, isn't doing too shabbily on his sequel either. In fact, things are going great for Chris Evans. The production folks are currently in the process of choosing a leading lady for Chris, and all of the prospects are knock-outs. Standing in line are to star opposite Chris are Emilia Clarke, Jessica Brown Findlay, Imogen Poots, Teresa Palmer and Alison Brie. Personally, my vote's on Emilia.

Lastly, we've got a quick update on The Hobbit. Well, not on the movie itself, but on what Warner Bros. is doing to promote it. They've already launched an app for the movie that offered bonus content and images (we featured it earlier here), and now they're trying to drum up the hype through an online game called Riddles In the Dark.

Check out the gallery for the full scoop on each of these sequels!

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Little Creatures/Big Brawlers Round Two: The Time Bandits vs. Ewoks

By Ian | October 5, 2012 @ 10:01 am

As you all know by now, as we gear up towards the return of Hobbits and Elves in December's The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, we've begun our tournament of little champions to see who will survive to face off against the Hobbits in the final round just before the film's release.

Last week we saw the Seven Dwarfs body-slam the Lollipop Guild onto the mat like they were Andy Kaufman trying to maintain some celebrity.  Today we move onto Round Two of our little creature smackdown where those Empire-ending Endorian entities, the Ewoks, take their turn in the ring against the temporal travelling, totally tenacious Time Bandits. Now let's see who will live to survive to next week's fight. Read More » »

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‘The Hobbit’ Is Getting Its Own Boardgame. I Knew It Was a Good Idea to Build Three Hotels on Shire Avenue

By Ian | October 3, 2012 @ 12:30 pm
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Before computer games, before Angry Birds, before alcohol, I had to kill time somehow and that somehow was with board games. You can tell a lot about how an adolescent will turn out from which boardgames they become obsessed with. My friends who loved Hungry, Hungry Hippos all grew up to be morbidly obese. The ones who were into Monopoly ironically now all work on Wall Street. And my one friend who loved Guess Who became a police officer reprimanded for racial profiling. But this is the first new board game I've been excited about in decades.

It looks like later this year, Warner Brothers will be releasing a board game version of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. The game will let players reenact the quest of Bilbo Baggins and Co., but only...you know...in board game form, which is nowhere near as exhilarating or exciting.

Actually, now that I think about it, board games are kind of incredibly boring. Especially when I can't cheat by secretly stacking the deck of Trivial Pursuit cards. But the only thing more boring than a normal board game, is one based on a big action-packed movie. How are you going to match the energy of taking out the Death Star when you have to roll a die to see if you've landed at Endor, or if you've been eaten by a womprat?

So hopefully The Hobbit will find a way to retain the attention span of children raised on Japanese anime cartoons that give you seizures and video games where you can bludgeon some 13-year-old Bangladeshi kid's avatar to death online with a nuke-powered assault rifle.

Check out the gallery for some of the worst Movie-to-Board Game adaptations.

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