Tag Archives: Fantasy

‘Game of Thrones’ Brings In Caesar To Play The King Beyond The Wall

Posted on August 17, 2012 by Jonathan Weilbaecher

Rome was an incredible show on HBO. It was big, it was bloody and it was epic. In a lot of ways it was a spiritual forebearer of Game of Thrones, which is currently the best thing ever. So there is a … Continue reading →

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It’s Official, ‘The Hobbit’ Is A Trilogy

Posted on July 30, 2012 by Jonathan Weilbaecher

Wow, leading up to comic-con this concept was inconceivable. Take the already stretched tale of The Hobbit and transform it into a trilogy, to paraphrase Bilbo, it seemed like an idea that make the story feel like butter spread over too much bread. … Continue reading →

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Is Peter Jackson Really Consider Stretching ‘The Hobbit’ To Three Films?

Posted on July 25, 2012 by Jonathan Weilbaecher

The Lord of the Rings trilogy is one of the greater trilogies in film history. Famously there is a story about Jackson originally pitching the adaptation as two movies. The eventual producer of the films heard the pitch and asked if there were … Continue reading →

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Check Out Some New Stills From ‘The Hobbit’ That Look Stunning

Posted on July 3, 2012 by Jonathan Weilbaecher

Sure The Avengers was great and The Dark Knight Rises has a couple of people interested in checking it out, but the real big boy of the 2012 movie year is The Hobbit. Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings films have … Continue reading →

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The ‘Game of Thrones’ Cameo No One Noticed

Posted on June 14, 2012 by Jonathan Weilbaecher

Game of Thrones is one of those shows that uses the concept of a severed head very liberally. You see them often, so when a scene calls for multiple heads on spikes it might be difficult for the production crew … Continue reading →

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‘Harry Potter’ Book Series Coming to Amazon Kindle

Posted on May 10, 2012 by Chris Ullrich

With seven novels and eight movies, the Harry Potter franchise is one of the most successful of all time. In fact, the Harry Potter books are the most successful series in the history of publishing. With that in mind, it … Continue reading →

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Check Out Previews for Tonight’s New Episode of ‘Grimm’

Posted on April 27, 2012 by Joe Gillis

At first, NBC’s Grimm didn’t exactly blow us away. The performances were pretty wooden and the stories, while sorta interesting, still left something to be desired. Fortunately, the show has vastly improved over the course of its first season and … Continue reading →

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Disney’s ‘Maleficent’ Gets Official Release Date and Director

Posted on April 9, 2012 by Jonathan Weilbaecher

The recent trend of Fairy Tale re-imaginings is going to be around for at least a few more years as Disney announced today that one if its most intriguing in-development projects is moving full steam ahead. Maleficent is a live action re-telling of … Continue reading →

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