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Hobbit filming finished
The Hobbit director Peter Jackson has announced on his Facebook page that principal photography on the films has finished. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is due in cinemas December 14 followed a year later by There and Back Again.
Bolger joins Once Upon a Time
Former Tudors co-star Sarah Bolger is set to recur as Princess Aurora, aka Sleeping Beauty, in the upcoming second season of US ABC's Once Upon a Time, TVLine reports.
First Look at Watts' Diana
Ecosse Films has announced the official production start of director Oliver Hirschbiegel's upcoming biopic Diana, formerly titled Caught in Flight, & revealed the first official look at British-born Aussie actress Naomi Watts as the iconic Princess.
MGM sues to stop Raging Bull II
MGM is suing 91-year old former boxer Jake LaMotta & RB II Productions in an attempt to halt production on the upcoming indie sequel to Raging Bull. MGM claims LaMotta had no right to allow RB II the rights to his 1986 sequel book without first offering it to them.
Amazing Spider-Man webs 1st record
Sony's The Amazing Spider-Man opened this week in the US and its US$35 million opening day has already snared it a new record, beating the previous Tuesday record of US$27.8 million set by Michael Bay's first Transformers movie.
Malone is Catching Fire
Jena Malone has been offered the key role of Johanna Mason in The Hunger Games sequel Catching Fire, THR's Heat Vision reports. Mason is a former Hunger Games winner from District 7 who aligns herself with Katniss & Peeta in their return to the arena for an all-star deathmatch.
R.I.P. Eric Sykes
Veteran British comedic actor Eric Sykes has passed away at age 89. Sykes began his career as a comedy writer in the 1940s. His TV breakthrough came in 1960 with Sykes and a... in which he co-starred with Hatti Jacques.
Marvel's Avengers Assemble at Comic Con
Marvel have announced they will be unveiling their newest animated series', Avengers Assemble & Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H., at next week's Comic Con International in San Diego. Both series are set to premiere in the US in 2013.
