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- Peter Jackson Toys With Possibility Of Third 'Hobbit' Movie
Could there be three "Hobbit" movies? If the way Peter Jackson discussed shooting additional footage during the WB press conference at San Diego Comic-Con is any indication, it certainly seems like a possibility.
While Jackson said that all reports of a third movie were premature, he conceded that he's leaving his options open about what to do with all the material.
"It's very premature. I mean we have an incredible source material with the appendices because 'The Hobbit' is obviously a novel but we also have the rights to use this 125 pages of additional notes where Tolkien expanded the world of 'The Hobbit' published at the end of 'Return of the King' and we've used some of it so far and just in the last few weeks as we've been wrapping up the shooting and thinking about the shape of the story, Fran and I have been talking to the studio about other things we haven't been able to shoot and seeing if we persuade them to do a few more weeks of shooting, probably more than a few weeks actually, next year," Jackson said.
"And what form that would actually end up taking, well the discussions are pretty early. So there isn't really anything to report but there's other parts of the story that we'd like to tell that we haven't been able to tell yet."
In Jackson's opinion, all of the "Hobbit" source material spins the film more toward the realm of children's movie. Adding the side plot about Gandalf's quest brought it closer to "Lord of the Rings." "And it was all together a lot darker and more serious than what is written in 'The Hobbit'," Jackson said. "And also to be honest I want to make a series of movies that run together so if any crazy lunatic wants to watch them all in a row there will be a consistency to it, a consistency of tone."
The director also said that the appendices material allows the narrative to make an easier transition into the darker tones of "Lord of the Rings." "So I don't want to make a children's story to go into 'The Lord of the Rings' so we are providing a balance. I mean a lot of the comedy and the charm comes from the characters. You're dealing with Bilbo Baggins who is a bit more reluctant to go on an adventure than Frodo was and with Dwarves who have a personality and camaraderie all of their own, so there's a lot of humor but there are still some serious themes involved."
Would you like a third "Hobbit" movie? Let us know in the comments below and on Twitter!
Переслать - MTV Geek's Livestream Comes To An Epic Close
Today is the final day of San Diego Comic-Con 2012 (sad, we know), but MTV Geek is going out in style with one more day of their so far epic livestream.
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Today brings guests to the livestream from some of the biggest television panels at the convention. The casts of "Supernatural," "Revolution," and "Warehouse 13" will be on to take questions from host Steven Smith.
But is there anything bigger or more Comic-Con than a visit from Captain James Tiberius Kirk himself, William Shatner? No. The answer is no.
Check it all out in the video above, and click the tag below for all of our coverage so far.
Переслать - Comic-Con: 'Pacific Rim' Footage Levels Hall H
Even as "Elysium" won over scores of attendees yesterday in Hall H and people declared it the early winner of San Diego Comic-Con 2012, the general reply to all the praise was "Let's wait until 'Pacific Rim.'"
Arguably the most anticipated of all the panels, Warner Bros kicked off their review of upcoming titles with a look at Guillermo del Toro's giant monsters versus giant robots movie.
Calling the footage "well-received" would be the understatement of the convention. The reaction was nothing short of hysteria.
Before wowing crowds with images of robots fighting monsters, del Toro stopped by MTV News to talk "Pacific Rim" and the movies he loved that inspired it.
"With Warner, I had the relationship with having prepped 'The Hobbit.' With Thomas [Tull] and Jon [Jashni at Legendary], I found an absolute dream. It was like clash of the geeks. It was fantastic," del Toro said. "Discussing with them kaiju and robot battle sequences in an office full of toys and collectibles and posters and original art is like a game changer for me.
"It is the best experience I have ever had professionally, and I really loved creatively and in every way every second of it, so it was truly, truly a respite for the fan-man."
Переслать - Comic-Con: Matt Damon Joined 'Elysium' Because Of 'District 9'
Like the rest of us, Matt Damon was very impressed with Neill Blomkamp's directorial debut "District 9." In fact, that's the main reason he wanted to come on board Blomkamp's upcoming sci-fi project "Elysium" when he was offered a part.
Damon has dabbled in genre before, but this is his first full-blown sci-fi movie. MTV News caught up with him while he was promoting the project at Comic-Con and asked him why he knew this was the right time to head to outerspace.
"When I saw 'D9,' I felt like, 'Man, this guy, he's created this world that I recognize but I've never seen before. And yet it's performance-based too. Those performances are really good. He clearly knows how to work with actors. This is really great,' " Damon recalled. "And so when this kind of fell into my lap, there was no way I was going to turn it down."
There was once a time when Damon had been a major contender for the role of Jake Sully in "Avatar," a role which eventually ended up going to Sam Worthington. Damon still expresses regret that he wasn't able to star in that film or work with director James Cameron.
"I was dying to do 'Avatar,' " he said. "I was dying to work with Jim Cameron, but I just couldn't; it was a scheduling problem. I literally couldn't do it without kind of ducking out of the last 'Bourne' movie before it was really done five years ago. And so, morally, I couldn't do it."
"Elysium" is due out on March 1, 2013.
Do you think Damon is a good fit for a Blomkamp sci-fi film? Tell us in the comments section below or on Twitter!
Переслать - Comic-Con: 'Godzilla' Teaser And Poster Surprise At WB Panel
In the weeks leading up to San Diego Comic-Con, rumors began to swell that Godzilla, the king of all monsters, would make an appearance during the Warner Bros-Legendary panel.
Well, he did, and everyone loved it.
Let's back up a second. Director Gareth Edwards was on hand to present a trailer for his take on the iconic monster. The trailer reportedly had a gritty feel, showing some serious destruction in a ruined city after a monster fight. Flies swarmed around two fallen kaiju, the defeated opponents of Godzilla.
Check out more after the jump!
The trailer concluded with the main monster himself, Godzilla, the design a throwback to the original look of the creature. His roar also came straight from the original Japanese movies.
Shortly after the Comic-Con presentation, the first teaser poster for the reboot popped up online, also honoring the Japanese origins.
What do you think of the new "Godzilla" material? Let us know in the comments below and on Twitter!
Переслать - Comic-Con: 'Twilight' Stars Really, Really Appreciate Their Fans
"The Twilight Saga" has such a huge presence at San Diego Comic-Con because of its passionate fans, and the actors in it know it.
When MTV News caught up with the cast on the "Breaking Dawn: Part 2" press line, they couldn't stop talking about how much the fan support means for them. This is "Twilight's" fourth and final Comic-Con, and their fans have only become more and more fervent as the years have passed.
"Being able to share with these guys, the fans, [they] are an ever-present, motivating, reassuring thing," Kristen Stewart said. "It's really nice, but when they're actually physically in front of you, if you can get over the blast of energy that's thrown at you, it's the most amazing shared energy thing. They're just as invested in it as I am, and to see that is mind-blowing. I love it."
Nikki Reed told us she has become so close with her fans now that recognizes any physical difference in them from previous years.
"Being here with the fans this year has been really special for me," she said. "The fact that they're still here four years later and that I recognize a lot of them — I can see that they've cut their hair or lost weight or they're wearing makeup — all those little things are very bizarre, but I feel like I know a lot of them, and I just can't express how grateful I am to have this, because we are at a time right now where capturing someone's attention for more than five minutes is nearly impossible."
As for Kellan Lutz, he's just glad to come back to Comic-Con because it's the birthplace of his favorite fan group, Slutz for Lutz.
"I love the Slutz for Lutz, that started here, I believe," he said with a smile. "That just always cracks me up every time someone has a shirt or screams 'Slutz for Lutz!' It puts a smile on my face."
What do you think of the "Twilight Saga" fandom? Tell us in the comments section below or on Twitter!
Переслать - Comic-Con Livestream With Co-Host Damon Lindelof Starts Now!
All good things must come to an end, so today will be our final livestream from San Diego Comic-Con. But fret not, we have brought in a special guest to make moving on a little easier.
Damon Lindelof will co-host our livestream with Josh Horowitz today, so expect questions on all things in the geek world but especially ones about "Prometheus" and "Star Trek."
It all begins right now in the video above. Check it out and everything else we have to bring you from San Diego Comic-Con.
Переслать - Comic-Con: Ten Things We Learned At The 'Breaking Bad' Panel
By Tyler Christian
For a show as both critically and commercially successful as AMC's "Breaking Bad," it was only a matter of time before it made its mark at a place like San Diego Comic-Con. It's one of those rare shows that has managed to become progressively better each season to a point where it's been considered the best show on television today. After season 4 ended with a huge bang (and "ding"), season 5 is right on the horizon, and these are the ten biggest things I learned at this illustrious debut panel.
1. Before the panel started, the Comic Con exclusive season 5 trailer was shown to the crowd, which featured riveting footage from both the past and forthcoming seasons of the show.
2. Creator Vince Gilligan asked the crowd if they think that Walter White has fully transformed into Heisenberg. The response was full of silence, and I swear I heard a cricket chirp in the midst of it. As for me, I definitely agree with the crowd's reaction.
3. Gilligan also took the time to acknowledge that Walt's cancer will certainly not be forgotten for the final two seasons.
4. Anna Gunn said that Skyler's lack of knowledge for how deep Walt's business reputation is won't prevent her from protecting the family alongside Walt.
5. Jonathan Banks said that he thinks that Mike doesn't always have things in control like the viewer supposes he does, and has also been "lost" for years because of his past.
6. Bryan Cranston explained that the Gus Fring storyline has helped create an even bigger ego for Walt, to a point where the character hopes to take over the entire crystal meth drug trade of the southwestern United States.
7. Cranston also went on to say that the season premiere is more "intellectual" than shockingly violent compared to the last season's premiere, but also praised the approach for being just as captivating and compelling.
8. In addition, Cranston hyped up the crowd by proclaiming that the opening teaser for the season premiere is "the most revealing one yet" in the show's history.
9. Aaron Paul teased the supposed best line of the season premiere, which was [SPOILER] "Magnets, bitch!"
10. In response to a fan question, Bryan Cranston stated that his favorite episodes of the show are the "Pilot" and "4 Days Out." Paul on the other hand couldn't choose a specific episode, but he said his favorite scene in the show was the ending fight between Walt and Jesse from the season 4 episode "Bug."
Переслать - Comic-Con: Ten Things We Learned At The Sony Panel
By Ryan Gowland
It was sci-fi day at the Sony panel, with the studio revealing footage for the upcoming "Total Recall" remake along with "Looper" and "Elysium." It was a busy day for Hall H with plenty of unhappy attendees waiting in line for hours and hours and still missing out on seeing the latest from "The Walking Dead" and "Game of Thrones." Still, the house was still packed for Sony's presentation, and everyone got a taste of some footage from three beautiful-looking sci-fi films.
Here's what we learned.
1. The biggest difference between the Total Recall remake and the original is tone.
The other two films in the panel are both derived from original ideas, leaving "Total Recall" as the sole remake. Inevitably, talk about the original 1990 film arose, as the only footage shown was an extended version of the trailer that revealed more of Kate Beckinsale trying to attack Colin Farrell and Jessica Biel in a precariously high elevator and other action snippets. With the question of how director Len Wiseman plans to make his "Total Recall" different, the fundamental reason seemed to be tone.
"I think one of the biggest differences between this incarnation and Arnie's film, [director Paul] Verhoeven's film is the tonal shift," said Farrell. "The original has such a wonderful, kind of absurd sense of humor to it, even the violence kind of had an air of comedy to it and this one is played a little straighter. What I'm saying is that I don't have one-liners - thank God. Most of that responsibility falls on Kate's very able shoulders."
Beckinsale also felt that the tone was different, particularly for her character as Farrell's wife, played by Sharon Stone in the original. Beckinsale revealed that her character would be "sort of a mix of a couple of characters from the original movie" and said that her role and Stone's were further differentiated because "our tone is very different."
That doesn't mean there won't be nods to the original, according to Wiseman "The first script that I read… the fact that the film doesn't go to Mars was such a departure already that I went in - there were certain things that I wanted to bring to life in this one that I thought really, just as myself if I wasn't involved in it, that I would want to see," said the director.
"I always wondered who that person was that saw 'Ondine,'" Farrell quipped. "You know what, I hadn't done a big action film in six or seven years. I had, for the last few years, done things that felt personal and felt more intimate and I really enjoyed the work. There's a lot of fun to be had in a film like this - apart from the obvious stuff like the money's better - but genuinely, besides all that there's loads of fun to be had."
2. Len Wiseman convinced the cast to join by sleeping with them
While its true that director Len Wiseman usually casts his wife in his projects, apparently Beckinsale isn't the only one of the cast that was seduced by Wiseman's charms. Farrell got the ball rolling by discussing how he came on board the project. "When I met Len the first time, I read the script and I was a bit dubious as to the idea of my second remake - I was like 'Oh God, could I get any less original?'" said Farrell. "But I read the script and I really liked and I sat with Len and then he showed me artist renderings of the world he was going to create for the movie..."
"That's how he reels you in," Beckinsale interjected.
"That's how he reeled me in," Farrell responded. "I can't imagine what he showed you a picture of back in the day."
Biel admitted that she too was drawn to the project because of "the 'Len spell' that he apparently cast on everybody including myself" to which Bryan Cranston asked: "Wait, everybody here slept with him?"
"The casting couch is not dead," Biel said.
3. Colin Farrell did think about using an Austrian accent
During the Q&A, Farrell was asked if he thought about keeping his Irish accent for the role. "I suppose I could of," said Farrell before looking over at Wiseman. "Can we do it again?" Then Farrell admitted that he had thought about "messing around with an Austrian accent for about seven minutes" before deciding against it.
"I thought you were Austrian," joked Cranston.
The audience's request for Farrell to attempt the accent went unfounded.
4. At least one person didn't have to stand in line for hours
During the Q&A session, one attendee stepped to the microphone and explained that, unlike hundreds that sat outside Hall H in a line that stretched all the way down the nearby marina, that he had only spent two minutes in line to get inside the Sony panel.
"Thanks for your patience, man," responded Farrell.
5. Like Total Recall, Looper was influenced by Phillip K. Dick (But also Terminator)
While not a literal adaptation, writer/director Rian Johnson admitted that his upcoming "Looper" was initially conceived "about ten years ago" when he was "kind of steeped" in Dick's books. From there, Johnson created a story about a mafia in the future hiring hitmen in the past to kill off their needed targets when they are sent back in time. Johnson said he was also influenced by the first "Terminator" when it came to utilizing time travel in the story.
"It's a very different film than the first 'Terminator' but time travel sets up this situation with these character and then gets out of the way," Johnson explained. "It's really about this situation and these people dealing with it."
6. Bruce Willis is a real sweetheart
Too busy shooting "A Good Day to Die Hard" overseas, Willis was not on hand for the panel, but was still a large part of the conversation. Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who revealed that his role was written for him by Johnson and who looks and talks eerily like Willis in the movie, got to know the iconic actor pretty well in order to portray him in the film. When asked about working together, Gordon-Levitt revealed that Willis is actually a "soft-spoken" man. "You know why? He doesn't want other people listening to him, and also he doesn't have to speak up," said Gordon-Levitt. "And I think it goes to show a lot of guys -big, macho guys - that like to have a big presence in the room, they're sort of scared that they don't have a presence in the room. And a guy like Bruce, who's not scared of anything I imagine, he doesn't have to raise his voice, he doesn't have to make sure people know he's there."
Blunt had similar impression. "I remember I sent my dad his favorite picture ever from me working on a movie where Bruce was covered in blood, and I was sitting at that time between takes in the sun and I think he had concerns for my pale British skin and he came over with literally a flowery parasol - I don't know where he found it, this flowery umbrella - and he came and sat next to me and we talked about such nice things. We talked about love and all kids of stuff - and family - and the photographer took a picture and it's him covered in blood holding a parasol. Saving me. That's him. He's a doll."
7. Emily Blunt's character is still a mystery
While panel attendees were again shown an extended trailer that went deeper into the role of the loopers in the movie, mob boss Jeff Daniels received more screen time than Blunt. Turns out that Blunt couldn't say much about her character, but could call out Gordon-Levitt's.
"I can't say too much about my character Sarah," explained Blunt. "She and her family get embroiled in all of this mess when Joe is a pussy and let's Bruce go on the run. She's a very, very tough...she's a bad-ass."
Later, Blunt did elaborate slightly about her character. "It was definitely a challenge and a departure for me," said Blunt. "Play someone who isn't from where I'm from, is nothing like me, looks not like me. The hardest thing really was learning how to chop wood properly."
8. Elysium looks terrific
The most footage arrived when writer/director Neill Blomkamp took the stage for the final portion of the Sony panel. While Blomkamp was quick to point out that the footage was not finished and would, in fact, contain many shots still in pre-visualization, the footage still looked incredible. While it would be impossible to recount it all here, the footage did fill in much of the movie's story that the recently leaked synopsis did not. Like Blomkamp's "District 9," "Elysium" mixes action with social commentary, revealing a desolate Earth where the poor struggle to survive while the rich enjoy the beauty and splendor of a space station called Elysium. Matt Damon's bald, working-class character is inadvertently exposed to radiation while on the job and is only given 5 days to live. Getting to Elysium becomes his primary goal, but to do so he must get outfitted with a metal exoskeleton (that allows him to pull the heads off of robots), kidnap a bureaucrat (William Fichtner) and fight through a similarly outfitted Sharlto Copley, who is tasked with stopping Damon before he can reach Elysium.
9. Sharlto Copley isn't a movie star yet
During the Q&A, Copley was asked what it was like to become a "full-fledged star," a tag the actor is clearly uncomfortable with. "Well, I don't know about the 'full-fledged stardom' thing, but certainly, my life is - I move around a lot," said Copley. "People say where do you live and I don't know right now. Right now I'm living in London trying work out how to play Angelina Jolie's true love [in "Maleficient"] - I still can't believe that's happening. My friends from school are like, 'No way! You play nerds!' I'm like, 'Apparently not!'"
"Elysium" could offer Copley another shot at "full-fledged" stardom, and the actor clearly was pleased to play a villain, even choosing the role himself. "When I read the first draft that Neill showed me," said Copley. "I said to him, 'this villain seems to be something that I resonate with.' You don't a chance to do entertaining, original villains very often, and so he's definitely allowed me to do that and I think, hopefully, I've done something a little bit different from what you'd expect from a movie villain."
10. Damon and Copley breathed in lots of fecal matter during the shoot
Shot partly in Mexico City, a large garbage dump was used as a location for a large action scene in the movie, which required Copley and Damon to breathe in air from a duststorm (created by hovering helicopters) made up almost entirely of fecal matter. "They told us that the dust was comprised mostly of fecal matter," Damon explained. "So at the end of these scenes where Sharlto and I are just sweating, because we're running around, we have all this armor and it's hot. So at the end of these scenes, the helicopter would come through and we would be black with dust. And we'd look at each other and go: 'This is fecal matter.' And Neill would come up with his respirator on and he'd pull it down and he'd go: 'I promise you the photography looks great.'"
Damon wasn't complaining, however. "I just tried not to think about it," he said.
Переслать - Mila Kunis And Michelle Williams Talk 'Oz' Witches
The world we see in "Oz The Great and Powerful," is not the world we're going to be used to from watching "The Wizard of Oz." In the same way, witches Glinda, Theodora and Evanora are not going to be the same cookie-cutter good-versus-evil characters we're used to from the classic 1939 film.
MTV News had the chance to catch up with stars Mila Kunis and Michelle Williams and director Sam Raimi while they were at San Diego Comic-Con, and the two actresses admitted that they're characters are very different than what we're familiar with. Even though we know Kunis will portraying a younger version of the Wicked Witch of the West, she played coy about whether it was her green arm at the end of the recently-released trailer.
"No one said it was my shade of skin," Kunis said. "It was just a shade, maybe of a green tone, not particularly on me. We don't know these things yet."
Even though Glinda the Good is, well, Glinda the Good, Williams also said that her character might not be what we expect.
"I think I would hope to be inspired by [the 'Wizard of Oz' character]," Williams said. "Our story pre-figures 'The Wizard of Oz' — that's who my character turns into, that's her in her most crystallized perfect form,' she added. "I thought it was an opportunity to see who she might have been when she was younger, when she was at the precipice of her powers and wasn't fully realized into the Glinda that we know and love from the classic film."
"Oz, The Great and Powerful" comes out on March 8, 2013.
What do you think of the new developments in these familiar characters? Tell us in the comments section below or on Twitter!
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