With “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,” Peter Jackson triumphantly returns to the franchise that made him one of Hollywood’s most powerful directors. The strengths and weaknesses are largely the same as those of his “Lord of the Rings” films, though “The Hobbit” differs in that it features a simpler, smaller story. This shift in scope […]
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Peter Jackson’s “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” flooded megaplexes this weekend in a bevy of formats, from 2-D to 3-D to High Frame Rate 3-D to IMAX 3-D to IMAX High Frame Rate 3-D to… ah, you can figure out the other potential permutations on your own. Anyhow, it claimed the top spot at the
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Hello and welcome back to Box Office Beat, the column in which I predict the upcoming weekend’s box office grosses. Once again, there is only one new wide release, but this time, it’s a big one. Let’s crunch some numbers… “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,” the first part of Peter Jackson’s trilogy based on J.R.R.
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In reporting on an upcoming live-action web series designed to tie into the release of Microsoft’s highly anticipated Halo 4 video-game–the “largest investment” the company has made in live-action yet–Variety has obtained intel that the project may lead to an attempt to revive the Halo feature film concept. Buried in the article is the following critical piece of reporting:
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In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Peter Jackson has responded to the numerous criticisms bloggers waged against a CinemaCon preview of the 48-frames-per-second shooting style on The Hobbit. This new technology, which uses double the traditional amount of frames to eliminate judder and blur, vastly improving the clarity of action in 3-D presentations, has been
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