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LOTR Ripoff Age of the Hobbits Is Changing Its Name, Warner Bros. Is Still Suing Just to Be Sure

by Rebecca Pahle | 2:00 pm, December 13th, 2012

Looks like that’s game, set, and match to Warner Bros. A few months back we got word that A) a company called The Asylum was producing a Lord of the Rings ripoff called Age of the Hobbits and B) Warner Bros. subsidiary New Line Cinema, which is producing The Hobbit trilogy, was planning to sue the pants off them. Now it appears that Warner Bros. has secured their victory, as Asylum has changed the name of of the film (which co-stars Christopher Judge, aka Teal’c from Stargate, interestingly enough) to the non-copyright-infringing Clash of the Empires.

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Not all that glitters is gold

Animals & Slot Machines Cause Lots Of Legal Trouble For The Hobbit, Peter Jackson Responds

by Jill Pantozzi | 12:36 pm, November 20th, 2012

Peter Jackson is probably hoping the old saying, “there’s no such thing as bad publicity” applies to his current predicament. The Hobbit is currently swirling in midst of two very different controversies. The first is allegations of animals dying on production of the films, the other involves unauthorized merchandising not limited to, but including Lord of the Rings slot machines. Jackson has issued a statement on the former.

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Not all that glitters is gold

LOTR Ripoff, Age of The Hobbits, Claims Hobbits Are Real, Sticks Tongue Out At New Line Cinema

by Jill Pantozzi | 2:05 pm, October 18th, 2012

“Mockbusters” are quickly becoming just as big a part of the movie business as porn parodies, though I suppose the two could be interchanged. Regardless, a new one titled Age of the Hobbits is trying to capitalize on the release of Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. Only, the creators are saying their hobbits are the real deal. Just what we’ve always wanted? 

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i'll just leave this here

New Line May Be Pondering a Y: The Last Man Movie Again

by Susana Polo | 12:35 pm, September 11th, 2012

Y: The Last Man has had a lot of time to make it from the comics pages to the big or small screen, and now that The Walking Dead, another long-running, popular-outside-the-average-comic-reader post apocalyptic title has shown its staying power, one wonders why Y: The Last Man hasn’t been put into production before.

If you ask me, it’s probably because studios have balked at the idea of a cast made up almost entirely of women. But according to Vulture, New Line Cinema is stepping up to the plate.

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Not all that glitters is gold

Where Will Peter Jackson Find The Money For The Third Hobbit? (Dwarves LOL)

by Jill Pantozzi | 2:45 pm, August 2nd, 2012

Whatever your reaction was to the news of Peter Jackson making The Hobbit into three films, the reality has set in – how the hell is this actually going to work? You know, because the film doesn’t even have a script and the studios hadn’t budgeted for three. Someone needs to tell the dwarves to dig deeper I guess.

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Not all that glitters is gold

Official: Peter Jackson Is Making 3 Hobbit Films (Whether We Like It Or Not)

by Jill Pantozzi | 2:00 pm, July 30th, 2012

So is the third going to be called The Hobbit: There and Back Again For One More? The Hobbit: An Unexpected Trilogy? The Hobbit: We Want More Gold Than Smaug? I digress, Peter Jackson is officially making three Hobbit films. Read on for details including potential (real) titles.

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