Saw Harry Potter on Monday. Loved it - all the moments I particularly liked from the book were present, correct and really well done. And one or two things I really didn't like in the book were notably absent, so that was good too. SNAAAAAAAAPE OMFG.

Lots of fun things from Comic Con, including Joss Whedon panel (tbh, there's not a lot of new info ( Read more... )

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And mostly made of squee (or ooooooooooh).

Benedict Cumberbatch is motion-capture Smaug - also the voice of 'the Necromancer'. Oh, and they've cast Bard, but he's someone I haven't heard of. So in two or three years time I will look back and go OMG how did I make this post without even mentioning Luke Evans' name?

Possible Dark Knight spoilers, ( Read more... )

A whole bunch of little things.

More on Benedict Cumberbatch in the Hobbit - Ian McKellan confirms it, but is all tease-y about what part he's playing. I've seen people posit both Bard and Smaug-in-mo-cap - I still think either is a bit of a waste of a clearly Elvish face, but who knows ( Read more... )