New Zealand’s prime minister held a crisis meeting with studio bosses today in a bid to keep filming of 'The Hobbit' movies, but warned his country would not be drawn into a bidding war.

New Zealand may lose the filming of 'The Hobbit' movies, with financial backers Warner Brothers making arrangements to shift the production offshore, director Peter Jackson warned today.

Anna Faris is to star in a remake of 'Private Benjamin'.

The heirs of JRR Tolkien settled a multimillion-pound lawsuit with the studio behind the 'Lord Of The Rings' trilogy over the blockbuster’s profits.

Plans for a sequel to fantasy film 'The Golden Compass' have reportedly been axed following a series of protests from the Catholic Church.

The makers of 'Sex and the City: The Movie' have come under fire from New Yorkers - because they are not premiering the movie in the city.

BRITISH actor Ian McKellen, who played Gandalf the Wizard in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, is hoping to reprise the role in another tale from Middle Earth.

Ian McKellen, who played Gandalf the Wizard in the 'Lord of the Rings' trilogy, said he hopes to reprise the role in another tale from Middle Earth, 'The Hobbit'.

The estate of 'Lord Of The Rings' creator JRR Tolkien today sued the film studio that released the trilogy based on his books, claiming the company failed to pay a cut of gross profits for the blockbuster films.

Filmmaker Peter Jackson has signed on to produce two movies based on author J.R.R. Tolkien's 'The Hobbit', after resolving his legal feud with studio bosses over unpaid royalties.

PETER JACKSON and New Line Cinema have reached agreement to make JRR Tolkien’s The Hobbit, a planned prequel to the blockbuster trilogy The Lord of the Rings.

FOR the last man on Earth, Will Smith has a lot of friends.

Sex and the City fans may finally get some of their questions answered in a film being spun from the US television series.

ACTOR John Travolta is to play the lead female role in the new film version of Hairspray, according to reports.

Head of film studio New Line Bob Shaye insists 'The Lord of the Rings' Oscar winner Peter Jackson will never be allowed to direct 'The Hobbit' while he is at the company.

Oscar winner Peter Jackson has hit back at New Line boss Bob Shaye, blaming the studio's lack of co-operation as the reason he has filled a lawsuit against them.

Ian McKellen, who played Gandalf in the Lord of the Rings films, has voiced dismay over the decision to drop Peter Jackson as director of The Hobbit.

DIRECTOR Peter Jackson has been told he will not be hired to direct a movie based on JRR Tolkien novel The Hobbit, despite the nearly $3 billion (€2.3bn) global box office success of his Lord of the Ring trilogy that picked up 17 Oscars.

'Lord of the Rings' director Peter Jackson has been told he will not be employed on 'The Hobbit', the next film adaptation of a JRR Tolkien novel.

Movie star Samuel L Jackson is stepping behind the camera to become a big-shot Hollywood producer.

After a long break, John Travolta’s got the music in him again.

Film-maker Peter Jackson's production company has sued New Line Cinema over profits from the first film in the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

The studio behind the Lord of the Rings movie trilogy is being sued for $20m (€16.2m) by movie and music mogul Saul Zaentz in regard to alleged unpaid royalties.

Bosses of Nicole Kidman's latest movie Birth are defending the decision to include the actress in a bathtub scene with a 10-year-old boy.

Los Angeles’ midnight hour proved profitable for Frodo and the gang.

Now he has successfully filmed JRR Tolkein’s Lord Of The Rings trilogy, New Zealander writer-director Peter Jackson is turning his attention to The Hobbit.

New Zealand’s capital lived up to its “Wellywood” nickname today as thousands of fans lined streets to fete stars of Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy ahead of the world premiere of the blockbuster final instalment.

Two of the most enduring horror film characters of recent years, Freddy Krueger from the Nightmare On Elm Street series and Jason from Friday The 13th, will be teaming up in a new film, Freddy vs Jason.

WHEN you’re the world’s most famous cyborg, there’s no need to bring your movie along to make a fuss at the Cannes Film Festival.

Wellington, the New Zealand capital, has salvaged the world premier of the third and final movie in the Lord of the Rings trilogy after agreeing to foot the bill to refurbish the rundown cinema slated to host the event.

FROM Middle-earth to Mallow, Minas Tirith to Tallaght, Gandalf to Galway, the whole world is like one big shire in homage to the second movie of the Lord of the Rings trilogy which opens tomorrow everywhere this side of the Urals.

Destiny’s Child star Kelly Rowland is to make a horrifying big screen debut.

Bob Pittman has stepped down as chief operating officer of AOL Time Warner in a shake-up at the world’s largest media company.

John Lennon wanted to play the grasping, thieving creature Gollum in a 1960s Beatles version of the "Lord of the Rings", New Zealand film director Peter Jackson says.

A row has broken out between the makers of James Bond and Austin Powers about the name of the new spoof spy film.

The first Lord Of The Rings film is ruling the Christmas cinema box office in the US.

The family of JRR Tolkien fear the making of a film trilogy of The Lord of the Rings will force them into hiding because of overzealous fans.