Lee Pace News

Peter Jackson's THE HOBBIT AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY is coming to theaters on December 14, 2012. Check out a just-released international TV spot for the highly-anticipated film below!

TheOneRing.net reports that New Zealand musician Neil Finn will provide the ending credits song for the highly anticipated film THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY. Finn is best known as the lead singer and guitar player for the band Crowded House.

Lynne Meadow (Artistic Director), Barry Grove (Executive Producer), and Mandy Greenfield (Artistic Producer) have announced that THE EXPLORERS CLUB, the world premiere comedy by Tony nominee Nell Benjamin (Legally Blonde), will be directed by Marc Bruni (Ordinary Days, Old Jews Telling Jokes) featuring Obie Award winner Steven Boyer and Tony Award winner Richard Easton.

Roger Friedman of Showbiz411.com reports this morning that Focus Features is now at work on turning the film MISS PETTIGREW LIVES FOR A DAY into a new Broadway musical.

Lynne Meadow (Artistic Director), Barry Grove (Executive Producer), and Mandy Greenfield (Artistic Producer) have just announced full casting for Manhattan Theatre Club's upcoming production of GOLDEN AGE, the new play by four-time Tony Award winner Terrence McNally, directed by Tony Award winner Walter Bobbie.

Peter Jackson's THE HOBBIT AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY is coming to theaters on December 14, 2012. Check out a just-released trailer for the highly-anticipated film below!

Deadline.com reports that THE HOBBIT director Peter Jackson confirms that the saga will be split into three individual films, with the final chapter being released in the summer of 2014.

DreamWorks Pictures has announced a release date today for Steven Spielberg's highly-anticipated film LINCOLN. The film will be released in limited theaters on November 9 before expanding wider on November 16.

According to TV Line, Pushing Daisies creator Bryan Fuller hinted at Comic-Con 2012 that the television show could be gearing up for Broadway.

Peter Jackson has just released a video blog on the making of the highly-anticipated film, THE HOBBIT. The video is one of a series he has produced which give fans a behind-the scenes look at the upcoming film. In the video, Jackson gives a tour of the New Zealand sets where the movie is being shot and shows the actors in and out of character. Check it out below!

Actor Bob Connolly will complete the cast of THE HOBBIT, it was revealed today.

Not to be outdone by their female counterparts, the men of Broadway can boast a banner year. Norbert Leo Butz won a second Tony for Catch Me If You Can, Harry Potter mega-star Daniel Radcliffe made his debut in a Broadway musical to tremendous acclaim, Matt Stone, Trey Parker and Robert Lopez rocked Broadway to its core with the Rialto's latest certified Blockbuster, The Book of Mormon, and Pee-Wee Herman came to the stage at last.

Peter Jackson has just released a fifth 'Behind the Scenes' Hobbit Movie Production video from New Zealand. In this latest episode, viewers get to see all the work that goes into shooting in Middle Earth along with a guest appearance from 'Lord of the Ring' alum Elijah Wood.

THE HOBBIT AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY is coming to theaters on December 14, 2012. The adventure fantasy stars Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Andy Serkis, Sylvester McCoy, Cate Blanchett, Hugo Weaving, Stephen Fry, Lee Pace, Orlando Bloom, Ian Holm and Elijah Wood.

While GLEE's Ryan Murphy's is working on a big screen adaptation of 'The Normal Heart', Larry Kramer is still looking to spread the message of the play on stage. Kramer told Metro Weekly: 'Daryl Roth has been the most amazing producer anyone could ever work with. She's just in love with this play, and she pledged to me that she would take it on tour and that she would get it done in England. And she's working toward both of those.

Peter Jackson has released a new video update on his upcoming film, THE HOBBIT. In the video Jackson talks about the 3D technology used on the movie.

THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY is coming to theaters on December 14th from New Line Cinema. The fantasy adventure film is directed by Peter Jackson.

In a recent interview with Deadline.com, GLEE creator revealed that Julia Roberts might be on board for the upcoming bg screen adaptation of THE NORMAL HEART. Murphy commented: 'Then The Normal Heart is the thing that I'm going to do next. I optioned it and there's a brilliant script that Larry Kramer wrote and I'm going to do that with Mark Ruffalo and maybe Julie Roberts. I believe in that play.'

According to Deadline.com, Broadway veteran Lee Pace will join previously reported Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, and David Strathairn in 'Team of Rivals,' based on Doris Kearns Goodwin's biography of the president. Steven Spielberg will direct the film titled, 'Lincoln,' featuring a screenplay by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tony Kushner.

The Broadway premiere of Larry Kramer's ground-breaking play The Normal Heart will play the final performance of its limited, 12-week engagement this Sunday, July 10 at 7:00 p.m., as scheduled. Produced by Daryl Roth and directed by Joel Grey and George C. Wolfe, The Normal Heart began performances on Tuesday, April 19 at the Golden Theatre (252 West 45th Street) and opened to rave reviews on Wednesday, April 27, 2011.