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Peter Jackson has officially announced that Martin Freeman will be Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit—which hopefully means the movie is nearing the end of its stint in development hell. Martin Freeman was great as John Watson in Sherlock and Arthur Dent in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, so I suspect he’ll do well in this. Also cast in supporting roles? Richard Armitage (from Robin Hood) will play the leader of the dwarves, while Aidan Turner (Mitchell from Being Human) will be someone in the Company of Dwarves. And thus, my friends list exploded all over everything.

Rumored names that have been floating around, and have yet to be confirmed or denied include: Ian McKellen, Andy Serkis, David Tennant, Saoirse Ronan, and James Nesbitt. The first two are more than likely to happen.

10 Things Den of Geek Loves About Sam Raimi’s The Evil Dead. The only movie in that trilogy that I’ve ever seen is Army of Darkness. It was my first R movie when I was 11, and I’ll probably always love the insanity of it. Because of what I've heard about the tree scene in the first one, and certain things involving eyeballs being flung in the second, I might not ever watch those two.

Exclusive Look Inside Back to the Future 2’s Futuristic World.

Found via moonanstars: Living Dead Nurse posted how to stay safe and survive a horror movie. Well...#18 sort of applies to our house. And #9. So I guess I’m doomed?