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    • Could Hobbit fans soon be able to don a pair of over-sized hairy feet and trudge around the Shire?

      Universal Studios and Warner Bros are rumoured to be planning a Middle Earth theme park, according to reports.

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      Middle Earth... could you be following in Bilbo's footsteps? (Copyright: Warner Bros)

      It's being claimed that Universal has even got to the stage of presenting an idea for a Hobbit/Lord of the Rings-based park to the guardians of the Tolkien estate.

      The reports stem from posts by a 'reputable source' on an Orlando-based forum that claim the producers are using the success of Universal Studio's 'The Wizarding World of Harry Potter', the Harry Potter park in Orlando, as a way to persuade the Tolkiens that it can be done properly.

      It's even suggested that the Tolkien estate has discussed the matter with Potter author JK Rowling.

      The Potter park in Orlando has been a huge success, with further parks now being constructed in Hollywood, at Universal Studios, and in Japan.

      However, any reports should be taken

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    • Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s an amazing radio controlled Superman that appeared in the skies above South California.

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      Spotted by two passing cyclists on the Pacific Coast Highway, this particular Man of Steel was custom made by an unnamed enthusiast

      “During our casual conversation, we had to stop because we saw Superman flying overhead,” said YouTube user triathlonky about his unexpected encounter with the hero. “I grabbed the only thing I had on me, my cell phone, and recorded the second flight… but how cool, it even had a cape.”

      You can catch the real thing, or at least Henry Cavill, in ‘Man Of Steel’, out June 2013.

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    • Is this the first artwork to be seen for ‘Sin City 2’? Maybe.

      Playboy model Crystal McCahill has posted this interesting image on her Instagram account, showing the first-time actress in the classic ‘Sin City’ poster style we’ve come to recognise. Rain and all.

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      A dame to speculate over (Credit: Crystal McCahill/Instagram)
      McCahill’s role hasn't been revealed yet but it seems likely, going by the clothes here, that she may be playing one of the "Girls of The Old Town", if you catch our drift.

      There are rumours though that McCahill could be playing Ava Lord, the “dame to kill for” of the title. It would be a big risk to cast an as yet unpracticed actress, but with the recent news that Angelina Jolie turned down the role, there’s a vacancy sign flashing above the character.

      Is this all wishful thinking or just coincidence? Nobody knows - but it wouldn’t be the first time the glamour girl has let slip about the movie via social media. Last month she

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    • Teaser artwork has been revealed for the hotly-anticipated new projects from animation studio Pixar.

      There's another snapshot of 'Monsters Inc' prequel 'Monsters University', which is set for release this summer, once again featuring the voice talents of John Goodman, Billy Crystal and Steve Buscemi.

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      Monsters University... due in June this year (Copyright: Pixar)

      The action will centre around the first meeting between Goodman's hulking Sully and Crystal's Mike while at college.

      There's also a shot from 'The Good Dinosaur', previously dubbed 'The Untitled Pixar Movie About Dinosaurs', due for May 30, 2014.

      Good Dinosaur... from the writer of 'Finding Nemo' (Copyright: Pixar)

      Bob Peterson will be helming that project, the co-director of 'Up' and the writer of 'Finding Nemo', which poses the notion that an asteroid that changed the course of the Earth missed, meaning that dinosaurs never became extinct.

      Then there's 'The Inside Out', a tale set in the mind of a girl, due for June 19, 2015.

      The Inside Out... set in the human mind (Copyright: Pixar)

      Speaking about the project, which is directed by 'Monsters Inc' and

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    • Who’s the best Batman? Christian Bale? Michael Keaton? How about the classic Adam West? Or even George Clooney? Ok, forget that last one…

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      But wait, you don’t have to decide. You can have them all. Thanks to a Reddit user and some nifty face-morphing software, we can see what all the Bat actors (Bactors?) would look like as one person. The “Perfect Bruce Wayne”.
      Adam West, Michael Keaton, Val Kilmer, George Clooney and Christian Bale(Credit: Reddit)
      The same Reddit user also gave the face-morphing treatment to Superman actors Christopher Reeve, Tom Welling, Brandon Routh and Henry Cavill to see what the perfect Clark Kent would look like.
      Christopher Reeve, Tom Welling, Brandon Routh and Henry Cavill (Credit: Reddit)
      Of course there’s no real reason behind this, but it’s definitely very weird.

      See if you can pick out which features belong to who’s face.

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    • Last year’s ‘The Amazing Spider-Man’ wasn’t perfect, but the one thing that had Spidey-fans all caught up (other than too-good-looking-to-be-Peter-Parker Andrew Garfield), was director Marc Webb’s choice of villain: Dr Curt Connors, aka, The Lizard.

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      But, as it turns out, Sam Raimi toyed with The Lizard too for his Tobey Maguire staring web-slinging series. And now, thanks to ComicBookMovie.com, we can see what Raimi’s reptile might have looked like.
      Raimi's reptile.... What The Lizard might have looked like (Credit: Constantine Sekeris)

      Scary... Sekeris' sketches (Credit: Constantine Sekeris)The creepy images were designed by concept artist Constantine Sekeris for ‘Spider-Man 2’in 2004, when Raimi obviously toyed with the idea of Spidey facing off against The Lizard, played by Dylan Baker.

      Baker did appear as villain-to-be Connors in the film, but his transformation was evidently deferred until a later movie. His incarnation ultimately never happened when Raimi quit the franchise while prepping the aborted ‘Part 4’, and

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    • When Yahoo! Movies sat down with Quentin Tarantino to talk about 'Django Unchained' and his rather stellar career, the Oscar-winning director revealed a surprising guilty pleasure: Kate Hudson rom-coms.

      The video of our epic Q&A is below.

      “I don’t really wanna watch them at home. I don’t wanna leave the house and go see the new Katherine Heigl movie,” said the Quentin, “but if I’m on an airplane, a Kate Hudson movie is what I’m looking for,"

      “I’ll sit there and I’ll cry… I think it’s the altitude or something like that.”

      Set in the South two years before the Civil War, ‘Django Unchained’ stars Jamie Foxx as Django, a slave whose brutal history with his former owners lands him face-to-face with German-born bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz (Christoph Waltz). Schultz is on the trail of the murderous Brittle brothers, and only Django can lead him to his bounty. The unorthodox Schultz acquires Django with a promise to free him upon the capture of the Brittles – dead or alive.

      “When Jamie

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    • Great Scott! Lego has revealed a new set based on 'Back To The Future'.

      The set was devised through the Lego Cuusoo website, where fans send in their designs for a new Lego kits.

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      Back to the future... to be made in Lego (Copyright: Lego)

      If 10,000 people endorse their idea, the design then goes to the Lego review board, who then have the power to put the set into production.

      And now the 'Back To The Future' set, complete with Doc and Marty figures and a Delorean, has been approved.

      “After analyzing the supporters of the Back to the Future project, we learned that this product has a broad, worldwide appeal,” reads the Lego Cuusoo blog.

      “The model presented in this project is built very closely to the LEGO Group’s design standards and has therefore provided a strong base to design the final product. It has a high play value and it fits well with supporters’ price expectations.

      “For these reasons, the Back to the Future project has passed the LEGO Review, and has been selected for

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    • ‘Star Wars’ isn’t the first film that springs to mind this time of year, as you clamber for something to distract you from drunk relatives and impending credit card bills.

      As good a series as it may be, it isn’t exactly festive. But a long time ago on a continent far, far away it did try to be, and the result was… well, it wasn’t great.

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      On 17 November 1978 between the hours of 8 and 10pm Eastern Standard Time the infamous ‘Star Wars Holiday Special’ aired on US network CBS for the first and only time.

      In the decades since it has been mocked relentlessly by its stars, become a cult classic among fans and has been called the number one dumbest event in TV history. Its Wikipedia page even has its own section entitled “Regrets”.

      Epic... Holiday Special was expensive cash-in (Credit: LucasFilm)

      George Lucas himself, who let’s not forget went on make the prequel trilogy, reportedly said of the project: “If I had the time

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