Coming this fall: The Hobbit: Armies of the Third Age and The Hobbit: Kingdoms of Middle-Earth. And, no, they aren’t films four and five in the ever-expanding The Hobbit film series from Peter Jackson. Instead, the two titles are the names of games inspired by The Hobbit trilogy.
Kabam and Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment have teamed up on games that will be free to play on mobile devices and the internet. Beginning today, players can signup at https://www.kabam.com/the-hobbit-armies to try out the upcoming beta for The Hobbit: Armies of the Third Age.
“The Hobbit films are among the most anticipated entertainment launches of all time,” stated Kevin Chou, CEO, Kabam. “Kabam’s unique ability to blend the art of game design and the science of free-to-play distribution makes us a natural fit to partner with Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment to deliver thrilling games via the Web and mobile devices for The Hobbit film fans around the world.”
“We are very pleased to work with Kabam in creating immersive free-to-play online games on massive scales across multiple platforms,” added Greg Ballard, Senior Vice President, Digital Games, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. “Kabam’s Armies of the Third Age and Kingdoms of Middle-earth will be an excellent way for The Hobbit film fans around the world to delve more into the iconic story and interact with the characters in the universe.”
The Details [Courtesy of Kabam]:
The Hobbit: Kingdoms of Middle-earth is a game for mobile devices that challenges players to build and manage their own kingdom in Middle-earth, joining with other players to explore and engage in epic war. The Hobbit: Armies of the Third Age is a browser-based game that puts gamers at the helm of an army of Elves, Dwarves or Orcs, controlling heroes including Bilbo Baggins and Gandalf the Grey, in fast-paced strategic combat, with the fate of Middle-earth hanging in the balance. Both games are free to play and will feature iconic locations and characters from The Hobbit Trilogy.
Source: Kabam and Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment
Ready to Play with Hobbits, Dwarves, and Elves?
First Look: ‘The Details’ Trailer Starring Tobey Maguire
A falling piano, a raccoon on a toilet, and Tobey Maguire. What do these things have in common? They’re all featured in the trailer for The Details from director Jacob Aaron Estes. Available on VOD on October 5 followed by a theatrical run on November 2nd, the cast also includes Elizabeth Banks, Laura Linney, Kerry Washington, and Ray Liotta.
The Plot:
After ten years of marriage, Jeff and Nealy Lang (Tobey Maguire and Elizabeth Banks) have an idyllic suburban home… and a relationship on the skids. But, when a family of hungry raccoons ransacks their perfectly manicured backyard, Jeff becomes single-mindedly obsessed with eradicating the pests by any means necessary.
Soon the relentless rodents aren’t merely uprooting the lawn but also overturning the Langs’ entire bourgeois existence, as the man-versus-beast battle leads into an absurd mess of infidelity, extortion, organ donation, and other assorted mayhem.
I Declare War Declared Winner at Fantastic Fest
AUDIENCE AWARD (Presented by Maxwell Locke & Ritter)
I Declare War (dir. Robert Wilson & Jason Lapeyre)
AMD “NEXT WAVE” SPOTLIGHT COMPETITION
Best Picture: Flicker (dir. Patrik Eklund)
Best Director: Charles de Lauzirika (Crave)
Best Screenplay: Max Porcelijn (Plan C)
Best Actor: Michael Eklund (Errors of the Human Body)
Best Actress: Alina Levshin (Combat Girls)
FANTASTIC FEATURES
Best Picture: Vanishing Waves (dir. Kristina Buozyte)
Best Director: Kristina Buozyte (Vanishing Waves)
Best Screenplay: Bruno Samper, Kristina Buozyte (Vanishing Waves)
Best Actor: Rene Bitorajac (Vegetarian Cannibal)
Best Actress: Jurga Jutaite (Vanishing Waves)
HORROR FEATURES
Best Picture: Here Comes the Devil (dir. Adrián García Bogliano)
Best Screenplay: Adrián García Bogliano (Here Comes the Devil)
Best Director: Adrián García Bogliano (Here Comes the Devil)
Special mention: Hajime Ohata (Henge)
Best Actor: Francisco Barreiro (Here Comes the Devil)
Best Actress: Laura Caro (Here Comes the Devil)
Special Mention: Katherine Isabel (American Mary)
GUTBUSTER COMEDY FEATURES
Best Picture: New Kids Nitro (dir. Steffen Haars & Flip Van der Kuil)
Best Director: Dario Russo (Danger 5)
Best Screenplay: John Mitchell (The History of Future Folk)
Best Actor: Chapman To (Vulgaria)
Best Actress: Rina Takeda (Dead Sushi)
DOCUMENTARY FEATURES
Best Picture: The American Scream (dir. Michael Stephenson)
Best Director: Rodney Ascher (Room 237)
SHORT FUSE: HORROR SHORTS
Winner: At The Formal (Andrew Kavanagh, Australia)
Runner-up: The Sleepover (Chris Cullari, USA)
FANTASTIC SHORTS
Winner: Record/Play (Jesse Atlas, USA)
Runner-up: Love (Kaveh Nabatian, Canada)
DRAWN AND QUARTERED: ANIMATED SHORTS
Winner: Bendito Machine IV – (Jossie Malis, Spain)
Runner-up: Tram – (Michaela Pavlátová, Czech Republic)
Source: Fantastic Fest
Fargo Heading to the Small Screen?
The Hollywood Reporter says Joel and Ethan Coen are ready to executive produce a series on FX based on their critically acclaimed 1996 film, Fargo. The filmmaking brothers will be working with writer Noah Hawley (My Generation) in adapting Fargo for the small screen.
Fargo starred Frances McDormand, Steve Buscemi, William H Macy, and Peter Stormare and was set in Fargo, North Dakota. The dark comedy followed McDormand as a police chief investigating a botched kidnapping. The film earned seven Oscar nominations, winning in the Best Actress and Best Original Screenplay categories.
A Fargo series? This is a film-to-TV adaptation that might actually work, if the Coens remained involved.
The Walking Dead Season 3 – Michonne Character Video
Danai Gurira joins the cast of AMC’s popular zombie apocalypse series The Walking Dead in season 3 (although we did get a tiny glimpse of her at the end of season 2). Gurira takes on the role of Michonne, a fan favorite from the comic book series, and in this video from the set, she talks about what it was like to bring the character to life on the small screen.
Watch the video:
The Walking Dead returns on October 14, 2012.
San Diego Film Festival Complete Line-Up
The SDFF runs Wednesday, September 26 to Sunday, September 30.
2012 San Diego Film Festival Line-Up
FEATURE/SPOTLIGHT
· David O. Russell’s Silver Linings Playbook
· Wayne Blaire’s The Sapphires
· Martin McDonagh’s Seven Psychopaths
· Julie Farino’s The Oranges
· Jordan Robert’s 3,2,1…Frankie Go Boom (West Coast Premiere)
· Jonathan Kasdan’s First Time
· Robert Kirbyson’s Redline
· Alonso Mayo’s Story of Luke (World Premiere)
· Dustin Hoffman’s Quartet (U.S Premiere)
· Steven Gyllenhall’s Grassroots
FEATURE
· Mark Jarret’s The Taiwan Oyster
· David Spaltro’s Things I Don’t Understand
· Ryan Little’s Saints and Soldiers
· Manolo Celi’s Tony Tango
· Korinna Sehringer’s Shouting Secrets
· Jon Van Dyke’s Not Today
· Ryan Little’s Saints and Soldiers
· Rob Heydon’s Irvine Welsh’s Ecstasy
· John Kent Harison’s Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler
· Jeremy Cloe’s Liars, Fires, & Bears
· Joaquin Rodriguez’s Time Warrior (World Premiere)
· Savlo Ficarra & Valentino Picone’s Anch Se e Amore
SHORTS
From the “Stranger in a Strange Land” Shorts Track:
· The Grand Design (West Coast Premiere), Zombie Man (World Premiere) The Future, Switchboard, and The Lepidoctor (World Premiere)
From the “A Different Kind of Love” Shorts Track:
· Henri, Caterwaul (West Coast Premiere), Cadaver, A house A Home, Office Romance 2.0, and Please, Alfonso (World Premiere)
From the “Push the Limits” Shorts Track:
· Greenouille D’Hiver, Commerce, Queen, My Left Hand Man (West Coast Premiere), and Easter Eggs
From the “Mind Games” Shorts Track:
· The Carrier, Crackers (West Coast Premiere), Tracer Gun, Retribution, Mind Field
From the “Socially Speaking” Shorts Track:
· Tunnels to Nowhere (West Coast Premiere), Cans at Dawn, Fortunate Son (World Premiere)
From the “For Shorts and Giggles” Shorts Track:
· Love and Germophobia, Sweet, Mary and Jane, Score (World Premiere), Leader of the Pack, Worldless(World Premiere), The Hiccup
From the “Unexpected Comedy” Shorts Track:
· Grandma Must Get Dry, Corporate Bingo, Drowned, Born Yesterday, Plush, and Walter Don’t Dance
From the “The Greatest Love of All” Shorts Track:
· My Name is Your First Love, Valediction, Istavan et la triute afourrure (US Premiere), Record/Play, Blind, A Girl Like you with a Boy Like Me
From the “Mock This” Shorts Track:
· Big Breakin’, PORK…a short film, Thugs, The Musical, The Come Up (West Coast Premiere), Boombox Kids
From the “Dramatic Shorts: Shorts Track:
· Angela Wright, Cherry Waves, The Devils Dosh, Willowbrook
From the “48 Hour FF” Shorts Track:
· A Day in the Life of a Celebrity, Rule 43, Captain of My Desire, Trails, Momentum, Genie Boot Camp, Narci-Fame, Back to You
From the “Native American” Shorts Track:
· Ok Breathe Auralee, Wolf Dog Tales, My Home, Ruser, American Indian Actors
DOCUMENTARIES
· Scott Colthorp’s Trek Nation (playing with the short White Room dir Greg Aronowitz)
· Jeff Orlowsi’s Chasing Ice
· Andrew Simpson’s Wolves Unleashed
· Shasta Grenier & Sabrina Lee’s Not Yet Begun to Fight
· Bernardo Ruiz’s Reportero
· Windy Borman’s Eyes of Thailand
· Kyle Ruddick’s One Day on Earth
· Randy Vasquez’s Thick Dark Fog
· Jessica Yu’s Last Call At The Oasis
· Mark Kuether’s Watershed
· Joey Travolta’s 30 Minutes Tonight (US Premiere)
· Scott Hamilton Kennedy’s Fame High
· Yariv Mozer’s The Invisible Men
· Judd Ehrlich’s Magic Camp
· Rebecca Schaper and Kyle Tekiela’s A Sister’s Call
· Walter Matteson’s Pretty Old
· Matthew Heineman and Susan Froemke’s Escape Fire
FEATURE – WORLD CINEMA
· Mads Matthiesen’s Teddy Bear -Denmark
· Salvo Ficarra & Valentino Picone’s Anche Se e Emore non si Vede – Italy
· Ian Vernon’s Best Little Whorehouse in Rochdale – United Kingdom
· Dan Turner’s The Man Inside – United Kingdom
· Adrian Steinway & Paula Fabiana’s The Curse of the Cages (World Premiere) – Brazil
· Yusuf Pirhasan’s Last Stop Salvation (US Premiere) – Turkey
· Kamei Toru’s Chat Noir Lucy (US Premiere) – (China)
· Geoffrey Enthoven’s Come As You Are (West Coast Premiere) – Denmark
· Justin Thomas Ostensen’s Below Zero – Canada
Source: SDFF
Treme Season 3 October Episode Guide
Treme returned this month for season three, and HBO’s just unveiled details on what fans can expect from upcoming episodes.
The Plot:
First, the people came back. Then, the crime. Now, more than two years after the near death of a great city, the money is starting to arrive, which would sound like a solution if this were some place other than New Orleans, and this was some other era but America at the millennium.
For the people of New Orleans, even the promises of redevelopment come with strings attached, and every dollar that shows up – whether from government disaster relief, or from venture capital, or even from those seeking to remake New Orleans in the wake of Katrina – carries with it new dynamics and new risks. National interest has waned, moving on to the next headline, but those who know and love the Crescent City have no choice. They must find their way back to what matters in the life of their city. However, little of what they can bring to bear yields a quick result, and nothing about New Orleans – its government, its police department and courtrooms, its school system – works as it should. Nothing is easy.
In the end, their only weapons are community. And culture.
Treme October 2012 Episodes:
Episode #24: “Me Donkey Want Water”
Debut: SUNDAY, OCT. 7 (10:00-11:00 p.m. ET/PT)
Other HBO playdates: Oct. 7 (midnight), 9 (10:00 p.m.), 10 (midnight) and 11 (1:50 a.m.)
HBO2 playdates: Oct. 8 (10:00 p.m.), 12 (11:00 p.m.), 13 (9:00 p.m.) and 20 (8:00 p.m.)
Janette (Kim Dickens), Aunt Mimi (Elizabeth Ashley) and Annie (Lucia Micarelli) commit to new deals, with varying degrees of enthusiasm. Toni (Melissa Leo) may have found the killer she seeks, but Terry (David Morse) is still looking for his; L.P. (Chris Coy) meets his victim’s family; Antoine (Wendell Pierce) plays his bone in Texas; Sonny (Michiel Huisman) plays his music closer to home.
Written by George Pelecanos; directed by Adam Davidson.
Episode #25: “The Greatest Love”
Debut: SUNDAY, OCT. 14 (10:00-11:00 p.m.)
Other HBO playdates: Oct. 14 (midnight) 16 (10:00 p.m.), 17 (midnight) and 18 (1:50 a.m.)
HBO2 playdates: Oct. 15 (10:00 p.m.), 19 (11:00 p.m.), 20 (9:00 p.m.) and 27 (8:00 p.m.)
Antoine does a good deed, and a homeowner suspects Nelson’s (Jon Seda) deeds may not be so good. Davis (Steve Zahn) fails to sign “Sugar Boy” Crawford for his opera, but Delmond (Rob Brown) gets his father to sign up for assistance from New Orleans Musicians’ Clinic. L.P. learns that his headless skeleton wasn’t always so.
Story by David Simon; teleplay by Mari Kornhauser & Chris Yakaitis; directed by Ernest Dickerson.
Episode #26: “I Thought I Heard Buddy Bolden Say”
Debut: SUNDAY, OCT. 21 (10:00-11:00 p.m. ET/PT)
Other HBO playdates: Oct. 21 (midnight), 23 (9:00 p.m.), 24 (midnight) and 25 (1:00 a.m.)
HBO2 playdates: Oct. 22 (10:00 p.m.), 26 (11:00 p.m.) and 27 (9:00 p.m.)
Antoine does the “Cupid Shuffle,” as Desiree’s (Phyllis Montana LeBlanc) mother’s house collapses. Annie’s visiting parents learn about her record deal. Albert’s (Clarke Peters) kids learn about his lymphoma. Toni learns about Sofia’s (India Ennenga) boyfriend. Sofia gets stopped by Officer Billy Wilson (Lucky Johnson), prompting Toni to appeal to NOPD captain Marcus Grayson (John Eyez). Janette has a reunion.
Story by Eric Overmyer; teleplay by Lolis Eric Elie & Jen Ralston; directed by Alex Hall.
Episode #27: “Careless Love”
Debut: SUNDAY, OCT. 28 (10:00-11:00 p.m.)
Other HBO playdates: Oct. 28 (midnight), 30 (10:00 p.m.) and 31 (midnight), and Nov. 1 (2:00 a.m.)
HBO2 playdate: Oct. 29 (10:00 p.m.)
Sonny rushes, but still misses the boat. Fats Domino tickles Davis’ fancy and a few of the ivories. Antoine seeks reading help for Jennifer (Jazz Henry). Janette endures corporate hell. Toni and L.P. get a witness. Desiree gets a new ally.
Story by George Pelecanos & Chris Offutt; teleplay by Chris Offutt; directed by Anthony Hemingway.
Source: HBO
Joseph Gordon-Levitt Shows Off His Exotic Dancer Moves
Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s opening monologue for the September 22, 2012 episode of Saturday Night Live was short on words but long on stripping/dancing. Gordon-Levitt asks the audience, “Do you know what my favorite superhero movie of the summer was?” He then answers his own question with: “em>Magic Mike. I’m serious.”
Joseph Gordon-Levitt totally gets into the Magic Mike spirit, going shirtless and dancing to “It’s Raining Men.” Might there be a role in the sequel for Mr. Gordon-Levitt?
Watch the clip:
Oscar Red Carpet Fan Experience – Details on Bleacher Seats Tickets
In years past as many as 20,000 people have completed the application for a chance to win one of only 700 available bleacher seats that line the red carpet on Hollywood Blvd. The winners will be determined by a random drawing.
Winners will be able to take photos and cheer on Oscar nominees and other celebs as they make their way into the DolbyTheatre at Hollywood & Highland. The winners will also be allowed into a nearby theater to watch the Academy Awards and will receive an exclusive fan gift bag.
If you win, you will be expected to pay all of your own travel and hotel expenses. The 2013 Academy Awards will take place on Sunday, February 24, 2013.
Source: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Pitch Perfect – Trailer, Clips, Photos and Cast
Release Date: September 28, 2012 (limited), October 5 (Wide)
Running Time: 112 minutes
Genres: Musical, comedy
Directed By: Jason Moore
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sexual material, language and drug references
News: Pitch Perfect music video contest
Official Synopsis: Beca (Kendrick) is that girl who’d rather listen to what’s coming out of her headphones than what’s coming out of anyone’s mouth. Arriving at Barden University, she finds herself not right for any clique but somehow is muscled into one that she would never have picked on her own: alongside mean girls, sweet girls and weird girls whose only thing in common is how good they sound when they sing together.
When Beca takes this acoustic singing group out of their world of traditional arrangements and perfect harmonies into all-new mash-ups, they fight to climb their way to the top of the cutthroat world of college music competitions. This could wind up either the coolest thing they’ll ever do or the most insane, and it will probably be a little of both.
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Anna Kendrick – ‘Beca’
Brittany Snow – ‘Chloe’
Ben Platt – ‘Benji’
Skylar Astin – ‘Jesse’
Anna Camp – ‘Aubrey’
Rebel Wilson – ‘Fat Amy’
Alexis Knapp – ‘Stacie’
Ester Dean – ‘Cynthia Rose’
Hana Mae Lee – ‘Lilly’
Kelley Alice Jakle – ‘Jessica’
Wanetah Walmsley – ‘Denise’
Shelley Regner – ‘Ashley’
Caroline Fourmy – ‘Mary Elise’
Adam DeVine – ‘Bumper’
Elizabeth Banks – ‘Gail’
John Michael Higgins – ‘John’
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