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The entries for the 2005 Star Wars Fan Film Awards are off and running – and you can view and vote for them over at Atom Films.

The web site for the uncoming The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy has been updated – exactly 42 days before the movie opens (on April 29th). Now you can get all sorts of information on the characters, movie, etc. plus a few games, with more coming soon.

In two separate reports, George Lucas called Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, “I describe it as a ‘Titanic’ in space. It’s a real tearjerker, and it will be received in a way that none of us can expect.” In the second report, Lucas isn’t done changing his movies – he plans to re-release A New Hope in 3D in time for the 30th anniversary of the original film, and the rest in one-year increments.

Can a film made for only $25,000 be good? Well, check out this trailer at iFilm. This film seems to have a high production quality (CGI is a little on the weak side) for a “cheap basement” film. It will be interesting to see what kind of distribution Jason Tomaric can gain for it. The official site can be found here.

With the rights issue still unresolved, Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson said when asked when he could begin work on the prequel The Hobbit, “Three or four years would be accurate, I would say.” With MGM (who hold distribution rights) being sold to Sony, Sony and New Line (with the filming rights) would have to duke it out for a deal before anything could be done.

If you didn’t watch (or at least TiVo) The O.C. to see the trailer for Star Wars Espiode III: Revenge of the Sith, you can now view it online (Quicktime only), thanks to Moviefone and AOL. There is also some behind the scenes footage available.

Due to the more mature theming of the upcoming Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, it could be the only movie in the franchise to be rated PG-13. George Lucas says he expects the rating, because it “is much more dark…more emotional. It’s much more of a tragedy,” with Anakin Skywalker decending into Lucas’ version of hell – complete with lava.

UnderGround Online has an exclusive film trailer for The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy available. This one gives us the Guide entry for “Movie Trailers”.

As per CNN, You can catch the trailer for Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith on the March 10th episode on FOX’s The O.C., and will hit theaters the day after. The movie opens May 19th.

JMS just posted in rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated that a deal could not be reached in the end to produce his script for Babylon 5: The Memory of Shadows. Since the article is not on jmsnews.com yet, I’ll reprint here. Read More for the full article.

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