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The Lord of the Rings Live in Concert Announces 2011 Tour Dates

With The Hobbit -- excuse me, The Hobbit: The Unexpected Journey -- a year and a half away from hitting screens, what's a LOTRer to do with all that free time? If you're a West Coast Middle-earther, circle your calendar for October 2011 when the live Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring concert tour hits, performing Howard Shore's award-winning score in tandem with a digital screening of the film.

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Peter Jackson Explains Why He's Filming The Hobbit at Groundbreaking Frame Rate

Peter Jackson Explains Why He's Filming The Hobbit at Groundbreaking Frame Rate

Writing from the set of The Hobbit, Peter Jackson took to Facebook Monday to blog his thoughts on filming at 48 frames per second -- the increased frame rate championed by folks like James Cameron, who will use it to blow minds in Avatar 2 and 3. Jackson is currently filming The Hobbit in 3-D at 48 fps instead of the industry standard 24 fps, and as a result, the Lord of the Rings follow-up will be the first wide release to pave the way into a brave new digital world of filmmaking -- whether or not theaters around the world are ready for it.

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Chris Nolan and Guillermo del Toro: 10 Highlights From Their Memento Q&A

Chris Nolan and Guillermo del Toro: 10 Highlights From Their Memento Q&A

The filmmaking process and a particular studio head's cojones were among the topics of discussion Friday night when director Guillermo del Toro (Hellboy, Pan's Labyrinth) held a Q&A with Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight, Inception) to celebrate the 10th anniversary Blu-ray release of Nolan's breakout film, the neo-noir psychological mystery Memento. But while the sold-out crowd at L.A.'s Egyptian Theatre got to witness the playful Del Toro warming up straight-laced Nolan like a looser, geekier James Lipton, a few topics were strictly off-limits.

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