Source: Peter Jackson Facebook | Posted By: Dan Geer

We haven’t had a behind-the-scenes video blog for The Hobbit Trilogy since the first film, An Unexpected Journey, premiered last December. Now, we can finally enjoy more of what Peter Jackson and his film crew are currently up to with Production Video #11, which just made its way online today.

In the new blog, Jackson starts off by bringing us the news that The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug will not have a presence at San Diego Comic-Con this year, due to the extremely busy schedules of everyone involved with the film. But after that, the production blog kicks into high gear, giving us a sneak-peek at the pickups being shot for the last two films in the trilogy. We get to see a plethora of sets (including Laketown and Mirkwood), and have fun with various members of the cast and crew as they begin their final weeks of filming. We even get to hang with the dwarves as they “train” for The Battle of the Five Armies. Hit the jump to watch!

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Source: Cinema Blend | Posted By: Dan Geer

If you saw yesterday’s featurette for Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel, you have actually seen but a small portion of a 13-minute featurette that just debuted today from Warner Brothers. In this new featurette, not only do you get the cast and crew discussing how they approached creating a Superman film that would appeal to modern audiences, but they also get into more detail regarding the creation of the new Superman suit, as well as how they went about writing the characters of General Zod (Michael Shannon), Louis Lane (Amy Adams), Perry White (Laurence Fishbure), and Kal-El’s adoptive Earth parents Jonathan and Martha Kent (Kevin Costner and Diane Lane). There is much to soak in with this new extended featurette – plenty to get us geeked for what’s to come June 14th. Hit the jump to watch!

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Source: ComingSoon.net | Posted By: Dan Geer

In the latest featurette for Man of Steel (via Sears), director Zack Snyder, writer David S. Goyer, and other select members of the cast and crew of the film discuss the idea of re-imagining the character of Superman to create a story where it feels like the character could really exist in our modern-day world – an idea not too dissimilar from Goyer’s work on The Dark Knight Trilogy with Christopher Nolan, who also co-produced Man of Steel. Hit the jump to check out some new footage and learn more about their approach to the film, and to take a peek at a bit of new footage!

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Source: Yahoo! Movies | Posted By: Dan Geer

A new featurette has debuted online via Yahoo! Movies where Pacific Rim director Guillermo Del Toro takes us on a tour of the massive four-story set built to convey just what exactly it would be like to be on the inside of one of the giant, man-powered robots known as Jaegers in the film. He pretty much describes it as a little amusement park simulator that creates a much more realistic sense of resistance for the actors to bounce off of, and when you watch the featurette, you’ll see just exactly what he means by that, as the actors really were put through quite a ride while trying to act like professional Jaeger pilots. Hit the jump to watch!

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Source: Walmart | Posted By: Dan Geer

Walmart has debuted a new behind-the-scenes featurette for director Zack Snyder’s upcoming Superman reboot, Man of Steel, starring Henry Cavill as Clark Kent/Superman. It features brief interviews with members of the cast and crew, including Snyder, Cavill, producer Deborah Snyder, producer Charles Roven, and co-stars Amy Adams, Laurence Fishburne, Kevin Costner, and Russell Crowe. Not only that, but there is quite a bit of new footage to behold from the film as well. Hit the jump to watch!

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Source: Star Wars Official Website | Posted By: Dan Geer

Last month it was revealed that Dave Filoni, supervising director of Cartoon Network’s recently canceled Star Wars: The Clone Wars, would still be involved in creating a new Star Wars animated series for Disney/Lucasfilm set in an era previously unexplored in TV or film. Today, an official announcement has been made via StarWars.com regarding the series, including the title, what era of the Star Wars universe it will take place in, who will be involved in the creative process, and more! Hit the jump for the official press release containing all of the juicy details, as well as an early behind-the-scenes video!

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Source: io9 | Posted By: Dan Geer

In what has to be the most genius move in advertising I have seen in a while, Audi has teamed up with Paramount with a new commercial designed to promote both the new Audi S7 and J.J. Abrams’ latest film, Star Trek Into Darkness, which has just been bumped up a day to a May 16th release as of this morning. But the genius part isn’t so much Audi working with Paramount, but the fact that the advertisement features Leonard Nimoy and Zachary Quinto racing each other, with Quinto winning with the new Audi S7. Of course, much hilarity ensues. Check out Old Spock vs. New Spock after the jump!

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Source: IGN | Yahoo! Movies | Posted By: Dan Geer

Two new featurettes have made their way online for The Hobbit Trilogy. The first comes from IGN, in which Andy Serkis (Gollum), James Nesbitt (Bofur), and Richard Armitage (Thorin) discuss what they know about the dragon Smaug. It isn’t much, but Serkis does go into detail about what it takes to perfect the art of motion capture, which will be used to create Smaug through the performance of actor Benedict Cumberbatch, and Nesbitt expects that it will “blow people away.” Armitage even claims to have begged to see more of the dragon, since his character would have seen more of it than the rest of his company of dwarves, but of course his pleading didn’t work. Smaug is completely under lock and key, even to the actors.

The second featurette comes from Yahoo! Movies, and puts the three actors on the spot regarding the long running time of the first film, An Unexpected Journey, which some critics had a difficult time with. While this particular featurette won’t give fans the type of detailed response we can expect to get from the various documentaries that will most likely be included with the upcoming extended edition release of the film due out later this year, it does touch briefly upon why one book had to be split into three parts, and that by the time we get to the climax of the trilogy (the Battle of the Five Armies in There and Back Again), we will realize that it was well worth it to take the time to develop the characters in the first film. I, for one, had no problem with the running time, so there needn’t be an explanation for me. But it is great that even the cast members have some idea why, and are willing to address it for those who don’t quite understand.

Anyhow, check out both videos after the jump!

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Source: FirstShowing.net | MovieclipsCOMINGSOON |  Posted By: Dan Geer

A brand new featurette has debuted for director Joseph Kosinski’s latest film, Oblivion, starring Tom Cruise, Morgan Freeman, Andrea Riseborough, and Olga Kurylenko. This time around, Kosinski and Cruise discuss shooting the film for IMAX, and how viewing the film in the larger format will create a much more immersive and satisfying experience, since both the top and bottom of the frame will then be exposed to fill out the entire IMAX screen with the film’s breathtaking landscape shots. Hit the jump to watch!

Update: Another featurette for the movie has also emerged, detailing what it was like to shoot the vast landscapes of Iceland, and how the region’s 24-hour daylight proved to be quite useful for the shoot. Check out both featurettes below!

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Source: Peter Jackson Facebook | Posted By: Dan Geer

Last week, those who purchased The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey on Blu-ray/DVD were given an access code to a live event over at over at TheHobbit.com, where fans could catch their first behind-the-scenes look at the next film in the trilogy, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. The event lasted for about an hour, and gave us all sorts of goodies to salivate over, such as our first look at Evangiline Lily’s Elven character, Tauriel, Orlando Bloom’s reprisal of Legolas, and even a preview of a completed scene featuring Gandalf the Grey and Radaghast the Brown delving further into the mystery of the Morgul Blade we saw in An Unexpected Journey. The event also took us on a tour of director Peter Jackson’s post-production offices, where we were shown some pre-viz being worked on, as well as motion-capture.

Jackson also answered quite a few fan questions, including some submitted by Lord of the Rings veteran Billy Boyd, and even Comedy Central’s own Stephen Colbert, who made sure to humorously exhibit his knowledge of Middle Earth with a long-winded, heavily-detailed inquiry. These questions, along with another fan question about constructing the middle film in a trilogy, are featured in a condensed, six-minute version of the live event that Jackson posted on his Facebook page, along with a peek at new scenes being shot, as well as some great artwork showcasing the realm of Mirkwood. While it’s not nearly as great as seeing the hour-long version of the video, and doesn’t show the new scene with Gandalf and Radaghast, it’s a great preview of what fans experienced last week. Check it out below!

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