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It’s official: Daniel Radcliffe, who has pretty much defined his career by playing boy wizard Harry Potter, has announced that he will not be playing Bilbo Baggins in Guillermo del Toro’s two-part film adaptation of The Hobbit, the prequel to the Lord of the Rings trilogy.  In fact, Radcliffe, [...]

Casting rumors are big in regards to the film adaptation of The Hobbit, which will be split into two films directed by Guillermo del Toro and produced by Peter Jackson, due in December, 2011 and December, 2012.  So far, it looks like Ian McKellen, Andy Serkis and Hugo Weaving will be reprising their roles as [...]

 
As soon as the master of the Evil Dead finishes SPIDERMAN 4 his next project is the movie version of Blizzard Entertainment’s the online rpg World of Warcraft. With more than 11.5 million monthly subscribers World of Warcraft is currently the world’s most-subscribed online role-playing game. No details are available yet as to who will [...]

Michael Swanwick is author of “The Iron Dragon’s Daughter” which was named a New York Times Notable Book of the Year and and is currently working on a novel featuring Darger and Surplus. Mr. Swanwick’s book-length study of the fantasy writer Hope Mirrlees comes out July 10th on Temporary Culture publishing. For lots more [...]