Studio Coffee Run: Mo’ Hobbits, Mo’ problems, Elysium, Kickass 2, Spiderman 2, etc.

Here is a new pic of a very armed and very bald Matt Damon in a teaser image from Neil Blomkamp’s Elysium. The film is set for release in August, 2013 (via Firstshowing.net)

Mo’ Hobbits, mo’ problems. Peter Jackson and Warner Brothers are being plagued by a perfect sh*tstorm of bad press mere weeks before the release of the first installment of The Hobbit trilogy. First came the news earlier this week that twenty-seven animals died on set under inhumane conditions and that countless more were mistreated during the filming. Then came accusations that premiere invitations to members of the press corps are being denied selectively due to negative coverage of the film (a charge Peter Jackson and Warner Brothers vehemently deny). And on top of all that, the Tolkien Estate Ltd, its trustees and News Corp-owned publisher HarperCollins are suing Warner Brothers over Hobbit and Lord of the Rings slot machines, citing that putting hobbitses in a gambling related setting is exploitative and upsetting to fans. In a bit of good Hobbit news, trailers for Star Trek 2 and Man of Steel will be running before screenings of the film (via RadarOnline, Spinoff Online and Deadline)

To take your mind off of all this Hobbit related woe, why not check out all these hottie actors with indie rock haircuts who did screen tests for the role of Harry Osborne in Spiderman 2? (via THR)

You may also be happy to hear that Andrew Garfield will have a much easier time urinating during the filming of Spiderman 2 due to a Spidey suit reboot for the upcoming sequel (via E!Online)

This pre holiday Disney/Star Wars rhetorical question may help you to further take your mind off of things as well: why speculate about the making of Star Wars 7, when it’s much more au courant to speculate about Star Wars 8 and 9? (via Deadline)

My boyfriend, Chris Hemsworth, talked Thor 2 to MTV. The shoot starts in six weeks. (via MTV Splashpage)

Our very good friends over at Bleeding Cool have very good reasons for thinking that my other boyfriend, David Tennant, will be showing up on the Dr. Who 50th Anniversary Special (via BleedingCool.com)

The Dark Horse comic, The Strange Case of Mr. Hyde, by Cole Haddon and M.S. Corley which was optioned back in 2010, has acquired a new screenwriter. Albert Torres, who is also writing adaptations of Akira and Ben 10, is now working on the upcoming film. (via Spinoff Online)

All those little social media happy whippersnappers from Kickass 2 are instagramming the sh*t out of all the

goings ons behind the scenes. (via ComingSoon.net)
The Finnish filmmakers behind the crowdsourced Nazi thriller, Iron Sky, Tero Kaukomaa and Timo Vuorensola  are adapting the BOOM! Studios sci-fi comic Jeremiah Harm (via SpinoffOnline)

If you have been wondering where your Michael Bay Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles epic was, rest assured, it’s comin’, it’s comin… (via NBCChicago)

Aaaannnd let’s close out with this teaser trailer from HBO for Game of Thrones 3rd Season, which premieres in March of 2013. (via Spinoff Online)

Have a nice Turkey Day, people!