Movie News: Sunday, November 19

It's Official: Peter Jackson Is Not Directing The Hobbit
   For some time now, I've been saying that for one reason or another, Peter Jackson would NOT be back to direct the upcoming Hobbit film(s). I've also said that it wouldn't be the end of the world if I was right. Just 5 or 6 weeks ago I wrote: I find the whole idea of thinking any casting or director decision "MUST" be any one person, who already happend to play the role or direct a film, a bit...

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"History Boys" makes loud transition to film (Reuters)
   Reuters - "The History Boys" reunites the team behind the award-winning play -- playwright Alan Bennett, director Nicholas Hytner and the key cast members of the London and Broadway stage version -- for a film where precious little has been done to accommodate the change in medium.

Kiwi killer movie set for U.S. release (Reuters)
   Reuters - The Weinstein Co. and IFC Entertainment have co-acquired North American rights to the serial-killer drama "Out of the Blue."

Happy Feet has better Tuxedoes
   Looks like an army of dancing tuxedoes is all it takes to dethrone the most anticpated tux clad superspy in generations. The new James Bond movie Casino Royale has been getting rave reviews and what seemed like a sure victory at the boxoffice turned into a brilliant #2 spot for openning weekend. Yahoo Movies says: James Bond has met his match not a fellow spy but a tap-dancing penguin. The...

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Penguins Ice Bond (E! Online)
   

E! Online - Goldfinger, Blofeld, Dr. No and Jaws--a bunch of pansies compared to Mumble.

Fans lament access to Cruise wedding (AP)
   

AP - In the end, Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes' "wedding of the year" in this lakeside Italian town gave little satisfaction to fans closest to it.

'Never-ending kiss' caps TomKat wedding (AP)
   

AP - The lavish weekend wedding of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes bore many symbols of the singular 18-month relationship between the two stars.

Rocky stumps for casino license in Pa. (AP)
   

AP - Sylvester Stallone winked and brought his fist to his chest as if to say, "I know you'll do the right thing." Who could say no to that?

Dancing penguins beat James Bond at box office (Reuters)
   Reuters - Where James Bond villains Goldfinger and Blofeld failed, a group of cartoon penguins got the better of Agent 007 in an unusually tight race at the weekend box office in North America.

'Happy Feet' dances to top of box office (AP)
   

AP - James Bond has met his match — not a fellow spy but a tap-dancing penguin. The Warner Bros. animated penguin romp "Happy Feet" debuted with $42.3 million, grabbing an edge for the weekend's No. 1 slot over Sony's Bond adventure "Casino Royale," which opened with $40.6 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.

Father of boy in Madonna's custody weds (AP)
   

AP - The biological father of the 13-month-old Malawian toddler that Madonna wants to adopt has remarried, a relative said Saturday.