Robert Zemeckis will direct The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, based on Kate DiCamillo's popular children's novel. Variety reported the project "has been set at New Line for the past seven years with Wendy Finerman producing. Zemeckis' Imagemovers partners Steve Starkey and Jack Rapke will also produce." Jeff Stockwell has written the adaptation.
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A pair of new TV spots for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug "emphasize director Peter Jackson's frantic grasp of action and the connection to the later Lord of the Rings trilogy," Indiewire reported, noting that "both do a great job underlining Jackson's calamitous approach to action, with sequences building and then toppling over on themselves (and other, adjoining sequences)." The movie opens December 13.
