MOVIES

Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) will be back soon with a new adventure. The second movie in "The Hobbit" movie trilogy, "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug," is slated to hit the theatres on December 13, 2013 and a new trailer of the movie was released on Tuesday.

The Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia has announced five Australian films for its 2013 line-up. A press release issued by Screen Australia on Monday said, two Australian shorts will have their world premieres and three Australian features will screen at the festival. The festival will be held in Spain from Oct 11–20.

Fans of Cassandra Clare’s novels, “The Mortal Instruments” are in for a lot of surprises once the final instalment of the series arrives March 2014. Aside from revealing that there would be six deaths, Cassie adds that there will be one couple that would forever stay separated. “Shadowhunters” rooting for their “ships” should pray hard their pair stays together and come out alive.

“Divergent”, “Vampire Academy” and “Maze Runner” aren’t the only film adaptations set for release by 2014. Becca Fitzpatrick’s highly-acclaimed novel, “Hush Hush” is also up for a movie but casting is yet to begin. To help out the production studio, here are a few suitable stars for the part of Patch Cipriano.

Warner Bros. recently made a hint that a "Harry Potter" movie spinoff is currently in the planning stages, Sky News Australia reports.

Will Ferrell’s most famous character Ron Burgundy has a message for Australia once again. The fictional news anchor, who was introduced by the U.S. comedian in the 2004 comedy “Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy,” starred in the 44-second clip, telling Aussies to “stay classy” during the AFL Grand Final Day.

19-year-old Justin Bieber decided to stop at Funny Or Die for an interview with the “Hangover” star Zach Galifianakis for his “Between Two Ferns.” But the teen star had no idea what’s in store for him. For Bieber, the interview turned out to be humiliation and assault mixed with humour which Galifianakis is famous for.

After landing one of the biggest film roles in her career, Dakota Johnson’s relationship might be at stake. Reports claim Dakota’s beau, Jordan Masterson, is “nervous” about all the sex involved that he has urged Dakota to join his church, the Church of Scientology. Judging from how Scientology affected the relationship between Masterson’s parents and an iconic Hollywood couple, Dakota’s relationship might just be on the rocks as well.

Has Vanessa Hudgens got something to do with Zac’s newly revealed drug addiction? He was feared to have been the next Cory Monteith and Heath Ledger if Zac Efron didn’t get a kick on the seat of his pants and decided to seek for help.

Ava Estelle, 81, hunted down two rapists who raped her 18-year-old granddaughter and shot their testicles off.

The much awaited Hunger Games: Catching Fire is opening on November 20. Starring Jennifer Lawrence and Liam Hemsworth in the lead roles, the film will begin from where Katniss Everdeen returns back to her home after winning 74th Annual hunger games. There is rebellion on the horizon and Katniss gets the hint of it. However, Capitol is busy with the preparation of 75th Annual Hunger Games.

September is almost over and there is still no good news for the fans of “The Mortal Instruments.” Despite Cassandra Clare’s novels constantly being on the number one spot of New York Time’s best-sellers, the film adaptation’s future looks bleak. “The Mortal Instruments’” sequel, “City of Ashes” was said to be delayed for just a few months but rumour has it the delay may last until the year 2014.

With the main leads having been cast, production for “Fifty Shades of Grey” has already begun. As far as Charlie Hunnam’s co-star in “Crimson Peak” is concerned, Jessica Chastain dishes on a few film titbits. According to the “Zero Dark Thirty” actress, the sex scenes are quite “steamy.” What else did the gorgeous red head have to say?

You heard it right! Former "X-Factor USA" judge Britney Spears is singing LIVE in Las Vegas. She may have been dissed largely by Simon Cowell on the eve of the show’s premieres on Sept. 11 for not having the right words to say, but Britney’s rep ensured that she has the voice to sing, and live in upcoming gigs.

Rumours of the return of the “Millenium Falcon” with Harrison Ford just got stronger, as reports of a casting call for a seven feet tall man emerge. The description for the casting fits the role of Chewbacca perfectly.

Many stars have jumped on the Hunger Games: Mockingjay bandwagon. And why won't they? The film is predicted to rake unprecedented moolah and popularity at the box office once it release.

The highly anticipated sequel to the 2011 horror film blockbuster, ‘Insidious: Chapter 2’ is all set to scare off Australian audiences by October 31.

Screen Australia, in partnership with FilmNation Entertainment, is offering Australia’s budding film producers an internship opportunity. A press release issued on Monday said, two emerging producers will be chosen to spend six months with FilmNation in either Los Angeles or New York from January 2014. The program is supported by Screen Australia’s Talent Escalator program which offers professional development opportunities for Australian filmmakers, focused on building skills and careers in th...

Cody Simpson, La Da Dee, was featured in the animated comedy "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2."

“Fifty Shades of Grey’s” Dakota Johnson is gaining quite the popularity after having nabbed the part of Anastasia Steele. Yet, Dakota’s real life Christian Grey isn’t too pleased about it. In fact, Jordan Masterson is urging Dakota to join the church of Scientology to help “cope with... fame.”

According to latest estimates, the movie tops the chart with $21.4 million weekend collection.

A highly anticipated sequel to the last year's blockbuster "Hunger Games", "Catching Fire" is all set to screen at the Rome film festival. The film would be opening in the non-competitive category before it sets it's foot for a gala US premiere on November 14.

This year’s Emmy Awards offers stuff like it never has before---from an extended “thank you speech” backstage, to top of the line camera works with excellent quality to streaming online and more pre-shows and scrapped programming to give way for the awards night---it’s all happening Sunday, Sept. 23, 2013, 8p.m. on CBS.

Liam Hemsworth may still be dodging interviews following split from Miley Cyrus and simply confirmed break-up by kissing Mexican singer, Eiza Gonzales. But 'Rush' star, Chris Hemsworth has spilled the beans on how his younger brother is holding up after the not-so-surprising Hollywood split.

California's law that mandates porn stars to wear a condom when filming sex scenes was given a boost following the admission by confirmed HIV positive adult movie actress Cameron Bay that her last male partner in an X-rated film didn't wear one.

Does ‘Transit’ have what it takes to be the Philippines’ first film nominated in the Best Foreign Language Film category at the Academy Awards? The film by 26-year old Hannah Espia tells the story of a Filipino family and their struggles to fight the Israeli laws forcing children below 5 to be deported back to their native land.

One of the best actresses in the business, Sandra Bullock, will receive the Hollywood Actress Award at the 17th annual Hollywood Film Awards on Oct. 21 at the Beverly Hilton, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

This is some good news for short filmmakers. Under its talent escalator initiative offering professional development opportunities, Screen Australia on Thursday announced the launched of “Hot Shots,” a new short film programme that will fund up to three short dramas, each up to a maximum of eight minutes, with a budget of $70,000 per project.

There are rumours floating around that one of the locations for the "Star Wars" episode 7 shooting will be in New Mexico. Some fans have speculated that it could be for the dark planet “Korriban.”