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Do you have extraordinarily hairy feet that you never slip into shoes? Do you eat an unusual amount of meals throughout the day without putting on any extra weight to speak of? Are you just generally funny looking? If you fit the bill for any of the aforementioned qualities, then maybe — just maybe — you're [...]  

Are you between two and four feet tall? Do the tops of your feet look like Donald Trump's head? Would you feel at home in the Shire? Then you should probably submit your application to be in The Hobbit. The Guillermo del Toro-directed and Peter Jackson-written film is officially accepting applications to appear in the film and all you have to do is send in a casting video by snail mail. Finally, a chance to prove that memorizing that map...  

New Delhi, Dec 27 (IANS) American writer of suspense Chuck Hogan says he is 'drawn to stories of man at his extremes'. He is now busy spooking readers with 'The Strain', a book on vampires that he has co-authored with Oscar-winning director Guillermo del Toro.  

Tobey Maguire denied he was to slip on the furry feet earlier this week. But Bilbo Baggins aside, which other characters need shoehorning into Peter Jackson and Guillermo del Toro's film? And who should play them?Just about every diminutive actor in Hollywood (and beyond) has been mentioned in connection with the role of Bilbo Baggins in Guillermo Del Toro and Peter Jackson's adaptation of The Hobbit. Harry Potter's Daniel Radcliffe was the...  

Peter Jackson is making the Hobbit sequels with Guillermo del Toro, we know that. And he's making Tintin with Steven Spielberg, we know that too. But now word has come that he may also be working on a super-secret sci-fi project called Mortal Engines.  

Director Guillermo del Toro says that when it comes to casting his upcoming two-part "The Hobbit" that he wants several of the actors from Peter Jacksons' "Lord of the Rings" trilogy to reprise their roles. One them them is, of course, Ian McKellan as Gandalf.  

Responding to rumors that he'd been cast as Bilbo Baggins in the upcoming Guillermo del Toro directed version of "The Hobbit," actor Toby Maguire say that while he hasn't been cast for the role, he'd still like a part in the movie. “I have not met with del Toro. We don’t have any near future plans,” Maguire said. “I don’t know if something got misconstrued or miscommunicated but the source was not accurate at all.”  

With The Hobbit, Tintin, and Temeraire all on the pre-production slate, you'd think Peter Jackson would have enough to do. But perhaps he's feeling a need to compete with his Hobbit pal and co-conspirator Guillermo Del Toro, because he's reportedly taken on another fantasy epic. According to The Dominion Post, Jackson will adapt Philip Reeve's Mortal Engines series. (I must note that in the U.S. they're called the Hungry City Chronicles. Pick...  

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Oscar-winning Mexican director Guillermo del Toro, known for making films like "Pan's Labyrinth" and "Hellboy", is all ready to spook the audience, but this time he is using his pen instead of the camera with his book on vampires "The Strain". But...  

Only a few hours ago, I brought you an update from Guillermo del Toro, director of "The Hobbit," the "Lord of the Rings" prequel which officially begins casting today. His "all is well, things proceeding as planned" message is comforting to fans who have been worrying about delays and the like, but it doesn't really [...]  

The Hobbit, the much-anticipated film from director Guillermo del Toro (Hellboy)  may feature a turn from Tom Waits, or so says AICN.  Waits would inject some creepy fun into a cast that so far consists of Ian McKellan (LOTR) – although casting of The Hobbit has begun as of this week. If you can [...]  

Peter Jackson has revealed that casting for The Hobbit will go ahead this week.Jackson and the movie’s director Guillermo Del Toro are casting for every role except Gandalf, which will see Ian McKellan return to the role, and Andy Serkis is also expected to return as Gollum.In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter the director said: "We're...  

The gravel-voiced one is reportedly being considered for a role in the forthcoming film of JRR Tolkien's novel. Our bet is that he'll play Smaug, the fire-breathing dragonWill Tom Waits battle Bilbo Baggins? A "trusted" source working on Guillermo del Toro's production of The Hobbit claims that the singer-songwriter is up for a part.Waits has acted before, in films such as Terry Gilliam's The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Robert Altman's...  

Peter Jackson and Guillermo Del Toro have been dropping some heavy hints about their Lord of the Rings prequel, but the important question about splitting it into two parts still remains …What a strange volte face there has been in the ­attitudes of Hollywood studios in the last 30 years. Originally, JRR Tolkien's tales of Middle Earth was a ­literary series which producers struggled to squeeze into uncomfortably curtailed celluloid confines...