Sir Ian McKellen talks Hobbit films and X-Men Origins: Magneto

Empire Magazine chatted up Sir Ian McKellen at the San Sebastian Film Festival recently about his involvement with The Hobbit, as well as the fate of the X-Men. The distinguished actor was attending the event to accept a lifetime achievement award. Regarding The Hobbit: It’s been established that McKellen would reprise his role as Gandalf ….

Award-winning festival films to stream on net and mobile platforms

Jaman, an online destination for high-def entertainment, has partnered with Cinetic Rights Management, a leading provider of strategic advisory services to the entertainment and media industries. The collaboration expands Jaman’s catalogue to more than 7000 films, including Oscar-winning documentaries and contenders from the world’s premiere film festivals. Now Jaman members can watch such independent hits ….

Behind-the-scenes featurette about AMC’s Prisoner remake – and FREE streaming episodes of the original U.K. series

A few sites have been posting this material, and I just had to share why I’m excited about it. AMC has been posting behind-the-scenes video interviews and clips about the making of its upcoming mini-series remake, based on the short-lived 1960s cult classic sci-fi TV series The Prisoner. James Caviezel stars at No. 6 (the ….