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A persistent rumor gets shot down again by Guillermo del Toro and Peter Jackson.

There's been a lot of "Hobbit" news as of late, which makes sense, seeing as Peter Jackson is out promoting "Lovely Bones." What I like about the dude is that on top of being friendly, he actually answers questions with no bs attached.

The scattershot news blast of 3D-crazy blog Marketsaw today brings us some rip-roaring Hobbit gossip, and I can’t help but dream it’s all true, every last word of it (except for the bit I don’t quite ‘get’, but more on that later). First of all, in a nutshell: Peter Jackson wants Guillermo del Toro’s two Hobbit films in 3D, he’s planning a third ‘bridge’ film that he’ll direct himself, Smaug is going to be a blend of CG and practical work and has been described as being “darker” than in the book. Now, in detail…

Sources are telling me Sony pick-up District 9 looks big, right now over $13M Friday from 3,049 theaters and the West Coast could push it higher.

It's shaping up to be a fantastic year for the contents of my bookshelf, as another of my favorite tomes is getting the big screen treatment. I got giddy back in June over the Rachel McAdams-Eric Bana romance "The Time Traveler's Wife" (due out a week from Friday) and now the trailer for "The Lovely Bones," based on Alice Sebold's 2002 novel, has hit the interwebs.

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At Comic-Con, we also chat about ''District 9,'' ''Tintin,'' ''Lovely Bones,'' and the future of filmmaking.

Saoirse Ronan fansite Access-Saoirse has received more scans of photos from Peter Jackson's The Lovely Bones that can be found in the new issue of Empire magazine. Opening December 11, the big screen adaptation of Alice Sebold's best-selling novel stars Mark Wahlberg, Rachel Weisz, Susan Sarandon, Stanley Tucci, Michael Imperioli and Ronan.

The folks at Empire magazine across the pond have received a first look at Steven Spielberg, Peter Jackson, Jamie Bell (Tintin) and Andy Serkis (Captain Haddock) on the set of The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn. You can find the photo here .

Empire talked to director Guillermo del Toro and executive producer Peter Jackson about The Hobbit and its sequel. The second film will not serve as a bridge the the 60-year gap between "The Hobbit" and the start of "Fellowship of the Ring," as was previously believed.