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So here’s a nifty bit of news for you–guess who’s on the short list to try the Bilbo Baggins role for the upcoming Hobbit movie.  And even more interestingly, guess who turned it down?  Both questions have the same answer: none other than Harry Potter himself, Daniel Radcliffe.

And while I DO think he would’ve made a pretty sweet Bilbo, I can’t help but not be disappointed (factor out the negatives–it works) that he didn’t sign on.  Oh, sure, he would’ve handled it well, and I can understand him not wanting to be typecast in fantasy roles (which is probably why he showed up nude in Equus), but I really do think there’s better out there.  Significantly better, in fact.  James McAvoy has already been suggested, and I’m all in favor of that.  Frankly, if it weren’t so obvious, I’d think Elijah Wood handled Frodo just fine–why not let him take a run at the younger Bilbo?

But regardless of who actually takes the role, you know they’re probably going to be the subject of huge discussion in the fan community, because this is just too big to leave in just anyone’s lap, and chances are, someone won’t like the end choice.

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When I was first introduced you to Shane Acker’s 9, I thought the idea was interesting and I was excited. I figured it would make a good movie to go see.  I even viewed all the character cards of the 9 stitchpunks and was fascinated by the detail of each character. Even though I had some interest, I doubted the movie would draw an audience.

 Now, after viewing this film clip where the menacing Winged Beast hunts the stitchpunk beings, I am excited and enthralled. The clip has action, suspense and defines the characters. The film clip shows great imagery of characters as they fight back against the Winged Beast. Each stitchpunk’s personality comes across in the film clip.  I care about the beings and their outcome.  I think, film goers will agree and the film will be a success.

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Adrien Brody, Forest Whitaker, Elijah Wood and Cam Gigandet have been enlisted as test subjects in upcoming psychological thriller The Experiment.

The film will be a remake of Oliver Hirschbiegel’s award-winning German film Das Experiment, which focused on a group of ordinary men recruited to take on the roles of guards and prisoners as part of a research study that examined how the effects of assigned roles, power and control affected the participants.

Brody is set to play the leader of the prisoners; Whitaker plays a guard who is corrupted by the power he is given.

Shooting begins next month with Prison Break creator Paul Scheuring in the director’s chair.

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Shane Acker’s movie 9 features some ultimate art design and superlative CG animation. I came across MTV’s exclusive coverage of 9’s framework like a burlap head and body. The official lowdown on the structure of Elijah Wood’s title character is a MTV’s site. Click on 9’s head to get there.

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Another upcoming fantasy movie titled “9” is scheduled to be unveiled by September 9, 2009 from Focus Pictures. Directed by Shane Acker, the cast includes familiar names such as Elijah Wood, Jennifer Connelly, Crispin Glover, Martin Landau, Christopher Plummer, and John C. Reilly.

Student Academy Award winner Shane Acker directs the animated fantasy epic “9,” a feature-length expansion of his short film of the same name. Produced by Tim Burton, Timur Bekmambetov, and Jim Lemley, the surreal tale takes place in a world parallel to our own, a post-apocalyptic fantasy in which a band of courageous rag dolls battles for the survival of civilization.

(Source) Coming Soon.net

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Shane Acker’s 9 is based on his Oscar nominated short of the same name. The story takes place in a world parallel to our own, in which the very legacy of humanity is threatened. A group of acutely insightful and wise rag dolls, living a post-apocalyptic existence discover one of their own, 9 (Elijah Wood), who displays leadership qualities that may help them to survive.

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