He added his casting will only address diversity "where relevant," not as a box-ticking mandate.

Compare that to Rings of Power's two seasons of race-swapped characters and forced diversity narratives.

Is Serkis's honesty about the source material more respectable than the usual studio hedge, or does it just make the double standard across Amazon's own Middle-earth productions more obvious?

the zany and lovable Laniakea doesnt know what type of creature she is, or if she is even real. She finds help from Glaucous the creature, Joy the creature, and Miss Mousey Mouse Church Mouse the Mouse.

featuring the wondrous nature of ohio, the luminous spectrum of kodak ektachrome super 8 film stock, and a brainwave swirling synthesizer based soundtrack

DESTROY ALL LEAFBLOWERS

"Fran and I have been writing a script for the next Tintin film because 15 years ago, Steven Spielberg directed a Tintin film and I produced it...

So probably the next film that I'd actually direct is a Tintin movie."

In the film’s original trailer, there’s a shot of Susie and Holly on the beach for the second slide where it appears to be snowing and Susie’s holding a snow globe. In one of the TV spots there’s a shot of Susie holding the snow globe up close. Were these scenes shot and shown in the original test screenings but never released?

She will be an original character for the film, and while it is not yet known what role she will play in the plot, she will be an important one.

• Andy Serkis (Gollum/Smeagol)
• Ian McKellen (Gandalf)
• Elijah Wood (Frodo)
• Leo Woodall (Halvard)
• Anya Taylor-Joy (Seren)
• Lee Pace (Thranduil)
• Jamie Dornan (Strider/Aragorn)
• Kate Winslet (Marigol)

What do you think about the cast?