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Guillermo del Toro reveals discussions are underway for The Hobbit in 3D

Last year Guillermo del Toro shot down reports that MGM and Warner Brothers were discussing releasing The Hobbit in 3D, and in fact denying the reports on TheOneRing.net forums.  However, at the time Del Toro also wrote that if at any point in the future those discussions did take place, he would update the site.  [...]

The Hobbit Pushed Back to 2012?

In an article at Variety, New Line Cinema executive Alan Horn revealed that the first of the two Hobbit films may not be released until late 2012, which would be a year longer than what was originally announced (December 2011 for The Hobbit: Part One and December 2012 for The Hobbit: Part Two):

Thursday Box Office (1/21/2010)

Avatar grossed $3.945 million on Thursday, an increase of about 4% from the day prior and only -16% below what it did last Thursday (which was better, in terms of percentage hold, from last week’s Thursday-to-Thursday performance). Through 35 days, Avatar stands at $516.797M domestically.  The film will pass The Dark Knight’s domestic haul ($533.345M) [...]

Wednesday Box Office (Jan. 20, 2010)

Although Avatar’s $3.793 million Wednesday marks the first time the 3D sci-fi epic has dipped below the $4M mark, it was a drop of only 9.5% from Tuesday.  The film’s domestic cume now stands at $512.852M, and it continues to be on pace to pass The Dark Knight ($533.345M) and Titanic’s $600.788M to become #1 [...]

Weekend Box Office Estimates (Jan. 15-17, 2010 + Jan. 18): Record $54.6M for Avatar, The Book of Eli in 2nd With $38.0M and The Lovely Bones in 3rd With $20.5M

UPDATE: CLICK HERE for final Actual box office data.

Original article follows below

Including the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, Avatar grossed an estimated $54.6 million. The number is based on Friday, Saturday, Sunday estimates of $10.4M, $17.25M and $15.15M, respectively, and a Monday projection of $11.8M. In addition to Avatar scoring the biggest 5th weekend of [...]

Weekend Box Office Estimates (Jan. 15-17, 2010): 5th Straight No. 1 Weekend for Avatar ($42.8M), Book of Eli 2nd With $32.77M and The Lovely Bones 3rd With $17.02M

Avatar grossed an estimated $42.8 million over the weekend, breaking the record for best 5th weekend ever (previously held by Titanic’s $30.01M).  Avatar was down just 15% from the week prior which for a movie  in its 5th weekend in release is remarkable enough, but even more impressive given it lost 137 theaters this weekend [...]

The Hobbit Will Begin Production This June

Production Weekly is reporting on their Twitter page that Guillermo del Toro’s adaptation of the J.R.R. Tolkien novel The Hobbit will begin production this June.  The production schedule will run for 14 months:

Guillermo del Toro’s adaptation of JRR Tolkien’s “The Hobbit” is due to begin a 14 month production schedule this June in [...]

The Hobbit Casting Begins + Peter Jackson Clarifies Production Rumors

Peter Jackson has revealed that casting for the two Hobbit films started this week.  Jackson, who will produce the two films and is writing with screenwriters Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens and director Guillermo del Toro also discussed some details on its status:

“We’re still working on the script, and of course it’s going to be [...]