Welcome, King Kong, to Universal Studios Hollywood! An all new attraction will make its grand appearance this summer, obviously during the height of its tourist season. The original animatronic King Kong was destroyed in a back-lot fire in June 2008, and since then, visual effects specialists have been busy at work trying to devise a way to bring Kong back to life. The new attraction has been described by Universal Studios as, “the largest 3-D exhibit in the world.” And not only will visitors get a chance to experience Kong in 3-D, they will have the ability to smell his as well, feel gusts of wind and fell the ground shake.

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“No Time For Goodbyes He said..As he faded Away”….I’m sorry to be the messenger of bad news, which I’m sure you may have caught wind of by now, but Guillermo Del Toro’s “The Hobbit” has been in MY OPINION indefinitely delayed. The media is reporting a bump up of 2012 from 2011 but nowadays, that doesn’t account for shit. Variety Reports:….(And Via Geek Tyrant)

[Warners top dog Alan] Horn won’t predict when the first of the two Hobbit films will be out, but says the most probable scenario would be a release in the fourth quarter of 2012.

Look. I’m just familiar Del Toro’s modus operendi and that is, he is a lethal perfectionist. It may not be running behind because of technical difficulties, but of a big goofy director who gets super excited at creating (amazing) ghoulies, and creepy crawlies! I mean, he has Middle Earth under the Super Thick Lenses of his glasses! He can create a plethora of flaming, fiery badassery! Only problem is, it is a fact that Del Toro goes over the top. In Hellboy 2, in the Troll Market scene, he had created a massive monster that was to be flashed on screen for a mere few seconds, and costing hundreds of thousands of dollars to create. The studio however thought it was too much money, thus, scrapping the creature feature.

This may be the only movie I am getting prickly about in the near future, unless of course a new Star Wars film rolls out of Lucas’s beard, however unlikely, so the longer the wait…Good God, they’re coming up with reasons!!

I wanted so much more for this movie. So much more to happen. In a nutshell The Lovely Bones is about a 14 year old girl named Suzie who is murdered by her neighbor.Suzie is roaming around a blissfully beautiful purgatory watching her family trying to cope with the tragedy, and trying to communicate with them betwixt astral planes of existences to bring her murderer to justice. Now, the nutshell sounds kinda compelling, right? Well it is, except at some points of this melodramatic art piece, the pacing renders you completely frustrated like a punch to the chest…. (more…)

Peter Jackson tells THR that “The Hobbit” is right on schedule for release and the 2nd half is right on the mark, timetablewise. He talks Hobbit casting, the actors, Gandalf, and Middle Earth. Check out the interview from the sleek and slim looking Jackson in a cool interview. Still slated for 2010 release Godwilling.

I know in the past couple months I have made the announcment of Radio City Music Hall’s Fellowship of the Ring presentation with the FULL 300 piece Orchestra!! Sounds good to any NerdBastard who’s a LOTR fan right? Did I mention that the Orchestra is playing the whole original score to the movie, with the movie, at the SAME time as the movie!!?? This is a dream come true for any fan of the film or series! Check out all the info below. This weekend (Oct. 9th and 10th) IS IT, and seats are still available…If Frodo made the trek to Mount Doom, you can sure as hell make your way Radio City Music Hall in New York. Deliciously tempting to lure any NerdBastard with some scratch on the pilgrimage!

THE LORD OF THE RINGS
THE FELLOW SHIP OF THE RING  
HOWARD SHORE’S OSCAR®-WINNING SCORE PERFORMED BY OVER 300 MUSICIANS LIVE TO FILM

There is only one Lord of the Rings.  Come share in the power.

FULL PRESS RELEASE AFTER THE JUMP

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(Note: This pic is fake (obviously) but the question here is does Brad Pitt make He-man look any less gay?)

Well hot dam, that was fast. Just a few weeks ago we reported (via variety) that Warner Bros. and Mattel had a little spat over the screen rights to a live action adaptation of Masters of The Universe. Apparently Mattel didn’t like WB’s creative direction. Maybe it had to do with the fact that the latest script treatment had Prince Adam as an astronaut that lands on Eternia where Skeletor is trying to destroy magic (don’t get me started). Personally, I think both companies couldn’t decide on whether to fuck this project in the ass or the face first. As a fan I won’t accept anything less than an Epic, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Action flick that is a mish mash of 300 and Batman Begins. Since He-man is just too weird and perhaps too gay, anyone, besides Peter Jackson or Guillermo Del Toro will royally fuck it up. Anyway, I digress. The actual news here (via variety again)  is Sony/Columbia Pictures has swooped in like Gollum to the one ring (see what I did there, I made a Hobbit reference ala the fore mentioned directors) and have acquired the rights. There is perhaps a glimmer of hope here given they have tossed that garbage of a script and booted possible director John Stevenson (Kung Fu Panda) and basically want to start from scratch. However, I’m pretty confident that Sony is positioning themselves to rape my childhood……… but hey, I’ll try to keep an open mind.

The official trailer for the astoundingly gorgeous and shiningly brilliant film “The Lovely Bones” is now available for viewing. With a star studded cast and Peter Jackson on the bridge, this film is sure to have some Oscar buzz flying around it with the way the trailer looks…The trailer can’t be embedded, so check it out here. The story is about a young girl’s murder and her witnessing all the events circling around the mystery of her death in the afterlife.

Based on the novel by Alice Sebold, the critically acclaimed book looks at grief, love and loss like turning a diamond over and over in your hands, learneing every facet. The trailer will break your heart and get you pumped all in one.