Andy Serkis News

Guillermo Del Toro has revealed that he and Peter Jackson have agreed on a first-choice actor to play Bilbo Baggins in the upcoming Hobbit....

Read news story: DEL TORO WE KNOW WHO WE WANT TO PLAY BILBO BAGGINS

Sir Ian McKellen has confirmed he is to reprise his Oscar-nominated role as Gandalf in the upcoming two-film adaptation of The Hobbit. Pan's....

Read news story: SIR IAN MCKELLEN I WILL RETURN AS GANDALF

Sir Ian McKellen and Andy Serkis are to reprise their roles as Gandalf and Gollum in the upcoming films based on The Hobbit, it has been....

Read news story: MCKELLEN AND SERKIS TO RETURN TO MIDDLE EARTH SAYS DEL TORO

Action thriller 10,000 BC has rumbled to the top of the UK box office charts after its opening weekend on release. The prehistoric epic,....

Read news story: ACTION FILM 10000 BC ROARS TO TOP OF UK BOX OFFICE CHARTS

British actor ANDY SERKIS has lambasted former U.K. prime minister TONY BLAIR and U.S. president GEORGE W. BUSH over the war in Iraq - insisting they....

Read news story: SERKIS HITS OUT AT BLAIR AND BUSH

ANDY SERKIS is the first actor to sign up to the TINTIN movies. While there has been no official announcement of what role he will play, it....

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LORD OF THE RINGS star ANDY SERKIS has become the first name to sign up for STEVEN SPIELBERG's planned TIN TIN movie. The British actor, who played....

Read news story: SERKIS LANDS TIN TIN ROLE

The fifth instalment in the Harry Potter series was the big winner at the first ever National Movie Awards last night. Harry Potter and the....

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Edinburgh's international film festival (EIFF) will move to June in 2008 to encourage more high-profile movie figures to attend the....

Read news story: EDINBURGH FILM FESTIVAL MOVES TO JUNE

HBO and Company Pictures, along with the BBC, have announced that David Tennant and Andy Serkis will star in the new one-off drama Einstein and....

Read news story: TENNANT AND SERKIS TO STAR IN EINSTEIN DRAMA

Ricky Gervais is pitted against long-time writing partner Stephen Merchant in the best comedy performance category at tonight's Bafta television....

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Comedy stars RICKY GERVAIS and VICTORIA WOOD have been nominated for acting prizes at the forthcoming British Academy of Film and Television Arts....

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Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant are to go head-to-head for the best comedy performance at this year's Bafta television awards. The comedy....

Read news story: EXTRAS STARS FACE BAFTA BATTLE

As New Line continues its spectacular fallout with LORD OF THE RINGS director PETER JACKSON, time is running out to find his replacement, with....

Read news story: RAIMI LINKED WITH THE HOBBIT

LORD OF THE RINGS actor ANDY SERKIS and HELEN MIRREN have been added to the star-studded adaptation of CORNELIA FUNKE's (corr) children's fantasy....

Read news story: MIRREN SERKIS JOIN FANTASY CAST

KATE WINSLET's ex-husband JIM THREAPLETON has directed his first movie, and convinced THE LORD OF THE RINGS actor ANDY SERKIS to star in the....

Read news story: WINSLETS EX DIRECTS FIRST MOVIE