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Billy Connolly to Play Dwarf Warrior in Peter Jackson's 'The Hobbit' 15 weeks ago

Peter Jackson has chosen Billy Connolly to play a great dwarf warrior in New Line's two "The Hobbit" movies, thus...

By Joshua L. Weinstein

Andy Serkis Strips, Patton Oswalt Riffs at Santa Barbara Filmfest Tribute

February 4, 2012 By Steve Pond 15 weeks ago

Performance-capture king and comic actor steal the show at tribute that also honors Demian Bichir, Rooney Mara and Shailene Woodley

Andy Serkis Goes Wild: See Him in 'Apes' -- Without Motion-Capture (Video)

January 16, 2012 By Kurt Orzeck 18 weeks ago

Video has emerged of the actor in "Rise," but without the motion-capture-performance technology used to turn him into Caesar

Everyone’s A Winner. Period. The Starry Scene on LA’s Golden Globes Weekend

January 15, 2012 By Mikey Glazer 18 weeks ago

Awards vets and newbies turn out for BAFTA tea party at the Four Seasons

Oscar Ballots Due Today -- 10 Shockers That Could Happen

January 13, 2012 By Steve Pond 19 weeks ago

"The Artist" stumbling? Only five Best Picture noms? How Academy voters could confound expectations ...

Santa Barbara Film Fest Lineup: From 'Barrymore' to Andy Serkis to 'Ben Hur'

January 5, 2012 By Steve Pond 20 weeks ago

Festival announces nearly 200 films, plus awards for Melissa McCarthy, Rooney Mara, Shailene Woodley, Demian Bichir and Patton Oswalt

Andy Serkis's 'Death of a Superhero' Goes to Tribeca Film

October 31, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 29 weeks ago

The movie also stars Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Jessica Schwarz and Aisling Lothus

Will the Academy Deny Spielberg an Animated Film Oscar for 'Tintin'?

October 6, 2011 By Steve Pond 33 weeks ago

Motion-capture technology is causing confusion in the animated film category and causing actors to overlook great performances

'Planet of the Apes' Team Ready for a Sequel ... or Two

August 10, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 41 weeks ago

Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver already know what would happen in the second -- and third -- installments of the rebooted franchise -- all they need is the go-ahead

Andy Serkis: Can't a Guy With an Ape's Face Get Some Oscar Respect?

August 8, 2011 By Steve Pond 41 weeks ago

The "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" renews awards talk for the performance-capture pioneer -- but will voters agree?

'Planet of the Apes': Back on Track After Tim Burton's Flung-Poo Remake

August 4, 2011 By Alonso Duralde 42 weeks ago

Review: It's everything Burton’s movie wasn’t — smart, exciting and thought-provoking, while operating in the realm of the movies’ great misunderstood monsters

COMIC-CON: Fox's Dystopian Outlook, Courtesy of Ridley Scott, Justin Timberlake, Andy Serkis

July 21, 2011 By Sharon Waxman 44 weeks ago

With a slate this grim, one wonders what kind of pessimism has gripped studio chiefs Tom Rothman and Jim Gianopulos

Gollum, Gandalf on Board for Peter Jackson's 'The Hobbit'

January 10, 2011 By Jeff Sneider 1 year ago

Andy Serkis and Ian McKellen will reprise their "Lord of the Rings" roles in the two-part prequel

'Dr. Who' Says He's in Talks for 'Hobbit'

August 30, 2010 By Jeff Sneider 1 year ago

Internet speculation has Sylvester McCoy playing a wizard named Radagast the Brown, not Bilbo

Andy Serkis to Lead 'Rise of the Apes'

June 29, 2010 By Jeff Sneider 1 year ago

Actor will play Caesar, the chimp that leads the uprising among the apes in Rupert Wyatt's 20th Century Fox prequel

Tribeca Film Heads West

May 13, 2010 By Steve Pond 2 years ago

"sex & drugs & rock & roll" among 10 Tribeca films set to screen at L.A. engagement

Academy to Actors: Digital Won't Replace You

April 23, 2010 By Steve Pond 2 years ago

AMPAS event seeks to ally fears of new technology

Isla Fisher, Andy Serkis, Tom Wilkinson Join 'Burke and Hare'

January 22, 2010 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

John Landis' horror comedy stars Simon Pegg