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Ian McKellen has confirmed he will don his wizard’s garb again to play the role of Gandalf in upcoming movies based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s Hobbit. McKellen told Empire Magazine Gandalf is not the kind of part you turn down.
Guillermo del Toro will direct two prequels to The Lord of the Rings trilogy with Peter Jackson executive producing. Filming is expected to start in 2009 with the first movie coming sometime in 2010 and the sequel in 2011.
These movies are a veritable license to print money for the New Line Cinema/MGM Studios …read more

King Kong turns 75 in April and what a piece of movie history that big ape has turned out to be.  From his humble beginnings in a 1933 movie to his roles in sequels and remakes, to his likeness lording over used car lots in enormous blow-up form, he is a giant among movie stars.
To celebrate his anniversary, Turner is pairing the original King Kong with the Peter Jackson remake for a double bill showing in April.  The fun begins on April 7 at 8pm ET when TCM presents the 1933 classic starring Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong and Bruce …read more