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del Toro to announce ‘Hobbit’ lead, Jack Black rumored contender

By Quinn Bender
movieset.com

The Los Angeles Times has it on good authority that director Guillermo del Toro will drop in to the San Diego Comic-Con to announce the leading man for his highly anticipated adaptation of JRR Tolkien’s, The Hobbit.
Rumor has it the leading candidates to play the famous Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, have been whittled down …

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The MovieSet Movie Review of ‘Year One’

By Jeff Otto
Movie: Year One
Synopsis: Two primitive hunter-gatherer pals are banished from their village and must embark on a journey through the new and volatile ancient world.
Stars: Jack Black, Michael Cera, David Cross, Oliver Platt, Hank Azaria
Written by: Harold Ramis, Gene Stupnitsky, Lee Eisenberg
Directed by: Harold Ramis
Distributed by: Sony Pictures
Opening on: June 19th, 2009 (wide)
EXPECTATIONS
What …

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‘The Hangover’, ‘Away We Go’ and ‘Year One’ – Behind the Scenes #44

Welcome to another episode of The Behind The Scenes Show with Eric Fell and Shaun Stewart.  This week we take a look at the highly anticipated ‘The Hangover‘, followed by a look at ‘Away We Go‘ and Jack Black and Michael Cera’s ‘Year One‘.

THE HANGOVER. Starring Zach Galifianakis, Ed Helms and Bradley Cooper. From the …

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MovieSet’s Ultimate Summer Movie Preview – June

By Jeff Otto
June 5th
The Hangover

What is it? A group of buddies embark on a night of wild debauchery at their friend’s bachelor party in Sin City. When they wake up, the groomsmen’s gone and they have a baby and a tiger in their room.
Who’s in it? Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Justin Bartha, Zach Galifianakis, Heather …

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Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test casting talk

Director of Milk, Gus Van Sant, has been chatting with MTV about possible casting for his upcoming adaptation of Tom Wolfe’s hippie classic Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test. It appears that he’s having trouble casting the lead:
“Unfortunately, Heath Ledger was a pretty obvious choice, and he’s gone,” Van Sant told MTV News in an exclusive interview. …

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Stephen Chows speaks about bailing on Green Hornet

Thanks to Cinematical and the International Herald Tribune director Stephen Chow is speaking on his reasons for dropping out as director of the upcoming Green Hornet. According to chow, he’ll be directing a superhero comedy starring Jack Black:
“If I direct ‘The Green Hornet,’ the superhero comedy will have to be delayed for two years,” Chow …

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Kung Fu Panda has a choke hold on Annie nominations

No, don’t go skipping ahead to the next blog story just because you know this is the time that awards season begins! This next piece isn’t about any possible Oscar contenders, no Golden Globes, no Peoples Choice Awards, and it’s not even about what stinkers are up for the 2009 Razzies. No, this one’s about …

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