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Lincoln 'gamble' on giving Chris Sutton first managerial role

28.09.09
Chris Sutton was named manager of Lincoln City, with the League Two club admitting they had taken a "calculated gamble" on the former Blackburn and Chelsea striker... more

Hobbit movie is on as studio pays up to Tolkien estate

09.09.09
A film version of The Hobbit will go ahead after its producers settled a multi million-pound lawsuit with the heirs of JRR Tolkien’s estate... more

Peter Jackson does sci-fi with shellfish

04.09.09
District 9 has been marketed as Jackson’s return to his roots. And it is, in the sense that it is science fiction, and often quite bad.... more

Billy Elliot star goes from tutu to Tintin

27.01.09
Billy Elliot star Jamie Bell is to play Tintin in a Steven Spielberg film.... more

Booming cinemas are great escape from recession

12.01.09
Analysis: The movie industry has been celebrating itself at the Golden Globes. Given the success of Danny Boyle and Kate Winslet, the UK cinema industry itself could be a star this year... more

All hell is let loose

21.08.08
Guillermo del Toro's imagination runs wild in Hellboy II: The Golden Army, a terrific summer superhero movie full of humour and invention... more

£500,000 Mr Spielberg? Sorry, I've got a date with the Beeb, says the new Dr Who writer

19.07.08
The new man in charge of Doctor Who turned down a £500,000 movie deal with Steven Spielberg so he could take the job.... more

Wizard time in Waterloo

02.05.08
With 12,000 watts of digital surround sound, the BFI Imax presents its second all-night screening of Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings Trilogy. ... more

Sir Ian McKellen returning to role of Gandalf

30.04.08
Sir Ian McKellen has said he will reprise his role as Gandalf in the two-film adaptation of JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit ... more

South London sixth-former scores dream role as Spielberg's Tintin in multimillion dollar trilogy

28.03.08
A south London sixth-former has landed the role of Tintin in a major movie adaptation directed by Steven Spielberg. Thomas Sangster, 17, was chosen by the Oscar-winning director to star in his forthcoming film bringing the boy reporter of Belgian author Herge's comic books to life... more

Blue blistering Barnacles, it's the new Tintin

28.03.08
A south London sixth-former has landed the role of Tintin in a major movie adaptation directed by Steven Spielberg... more

Scare your children into silence

19.02.08
Can a 1000-word epic be reduced to 3 hours? Yes - provided there's a £12.5 million budget.... more

Hobbit deal is a double treat for Rings fans

19.12.07
Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson will make TWO movies out of JRR Tolkien's book The Hobbit, it has been confirmed.... more

Baa, baa bad sheep

19.07.07
A horror movie about a flesh-eating flock is set to be an unlikely hit. 'We were serious about making the best silly film we could,' says director Jonathan King.... more

Weisz to star in Lovely Bones film adaption

14.06.07
Rachel Weisz is to star in the film adaptation of Alice Sebold's novel The Lovely Bones.... more

Orchestrating the orcs

05.06.07
The director of The Lord Of The Rings tells Claire allfree why he's still glad to be bringing JRR Tolkien's book to the stage.... more

Who would want to work with hobbits?

18.05.07
Director Matthew Warchus is juggling a £12.5m budget, a cast of 50 and the biggest show the West End has seen. The Lord of the Rings just has to work on stage, he says.... more

For the love of film

03.05.07
Rottentomatoes is the latest movie website to expand with a special UK version. You can find out everything you need to know about cinema on the internet - but where to look?... more

Spider-Man swings into town for premiere

23.04.07
The UK premiere of Spider-Man 3 takes place in London tonight - marking the start of the cinema blockbuster season.... more

Rabbit made of miraculous stuff

29.03.07
The Last Mimzy is choppily made, as if several different hands got at the editing, with two or three themes that aren't worked out properly. One to set the kids in front of and miss yourself.... more

Madonna is music's No.1 earner

29.09.06
Madonna is the highest-earning female singer in the world, figures have revealed. The mother-of-two, who turned 48 last month, is making some £26.6million a year.... more

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