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(via CinemaBlend’s gallery for The Raven)

[Image description: NO ONE TOLD ME THERE WOULD BE AWESOME COSTUMES IN THE RAVEN! EXCITE. Who is this, Alice Eve? Long blonde curled hair falling down her back, twisted and pulled back at the top, with sort of a headband/tiara with stars. (It reminds me a little of the Empress Elisabeth-style costume Emmy Rossum had in Phantom of the Opera for “Think of Me.”) She’s looking over her shoulder—speaking of which, it’s an off-the-shoulder 1860s-style gown, or at least it looks like one from what we see, from the elbow up. It’s sort of a mint green, has cap sleeves, and—I’m having a hard time thinking how to describe the shoulderline, as it were, which has some really interesting scalloped frilly business going on. I think she’s holding a matching mask? Also, white wrist gloves and a bracelet.]

(via SDCC: First Promo Images for Snow White and the Huntsman! - ComingSoon.net)

OH MY GOD TUMBLR JUST ATE MY ENTIRE IMAGE DESCRIPTION so we are going to try this again, in a more orderly fashion:

[Image description: Publicity photo, dark nondescript background they just photoshopped in anyway. See also: Kristen Stewart/Snow White post. On the right, uneven white type: “Charlize Theron is The Queen.” Let’s get down to business, which is: the costume.

Hair: very pale blond; braided around head in a rough, wispy fashion.

Makeup: Silver eyeshadow; otherwise icy and pale, with pale pink lips. Actually, Tilda Swinton as the White Witch was the first thing that came to mind.

Collar: High, wide Medici collar, triangular and winged—literally, lined with silvery black feathers. Deep narrow neckline.

Gown: Only seen down to the hip, so we have no idea what the skirt looks like. Covered in black triangular spangles that catch the light. Close-fitting and relatively simple.

Sleeves: Long medieval-style sleeves, possibly floor-length. Sleeves open at the shoulder and may not open at the ends. The way she’s holding her arms, it almost looks kimono-esque, I don’t know. Theron is holding up a curved knife, pointed downwards, with both hands, so we see that the undersleeves are semi-sheer, black, and loop over the middle finger. Actually, now that I look more closely, she seems to be wearing finger armor on each index finger as well.

START SHOPPING FOR COSPLAY… NOW.]

@Movieline: Charlize Theron to Kristen Stewart at the Snow White panel: ‘I’m ready for it, bitch. Let’s go.’ #sdcc

(via SDCC: First Promo Images for Snow White and the Huntsman! - ComingSoon.net)

[Image description: a color-desaturated publicity still, nondescript dark background, “Kristen Stewart is Snow White” in uneven white type to the right. To the left… Kristen Stewart is… kind of looking like she wandered off the Minas Tirith set. Large metal shield with a white tree on it, hair braided around her head with tendrils falling in her face, shoulder armor and chestplate, some kind of anticlimactic leggingery.]

Huh. I… huh. Well, it doesn’t make my eyes bleed like the other one.

Also at the link: Charlize Theron, Chris Hemsworth, and Sam Claflin in costume.

(via Occupation: Girl - Massive double linkspam)

dwg: Should I be breaking out the photoshop to paste a raptor in the background of of the Snow White picture? This has now become my knee-jerk reaction to misty blue forests. At the very least, there needs to be some kind of explosion happening to justify my retinas being blinded by that shade of blue. e__e

cleolinda: I would actually really enjoy a raptor, I think.

dwg: This turned out better than expected. Now instead of being “did I leave the gas on?” she’s like “hunh, there’s nothing to those stories about raptor infested woods…”

[Image description: a screencap from the newest Hobbit production video. Cate Blanchett is standing in a white-walled fitting room in a new Galadriel costume. She’s just walked up a couple of steps in a gown with a huge train, then turned around to face the camera with the fabric still in front of her. ~WARNING: COSTUME NERDITRY AHEAD~ I really cannot tell what kind of fabric it is—maybe a velvet, based on the way the light falls on it (look at the texture on the folds draped over the steps)? It’s kind of a silvery beige, but almost with a pale gold or coppery sheen down the body of the dress. I have a feeling this is going to be another one of those deceptively simple costumes, like the pink/blue/purple Arwen gown, that we study pictures of like it’s the Zapruder film.

The gown itself seems to have or be worn over one of the basic white Galadriel cowl-neck dress fronts. I don’t know if that’s just for a fitting or what. It has a deep, broad V-neck and open, floor-length sleeves hanging straight from the shoulder. Blanchett is also wearing her Galadriel wig and crown, and at the moment I took the screencap, was saying, “Just don’t ask me to walk in it, okay?”]

(via First Look: Lily Collins as the fairy-tale princess in ‘Snow White’ | Inside Movies | EW.com)

[Image description: an aqua/turquoise blue background of sunlit forest, with a very photoshopped-looking Lily Collins in the center, from about head to knee. Her hair is long, straight, black, and partially pulled back (I thought she was a redhead?), and she’s sort of looking up and to the right like she sees something interesting; she’s holding her hands at waist level, fingers sort of touching—you know, one of those doe-eyed super-innocent Snow White poses, generally speaking. Meanwhile, let’s get to the important part: her dress. The short, round puff sleeves are a shiny mint green. The bodice is a flat corset with tabs at the bottom, maybe pink satin, with a green ruffle along the top, and green leaf embroidery (or rick rack?) and at least one blue/pink butterfly. This is kind of awesome. And then we get to the big ballgown-style skirt, where it just all goes to hell. It’s yellow with some kind of green and red floral print, and it just doesn’t go with the pink, or the aqua, or the butterflies. 

There’s also a Kristen Stewart Snow White movie that’s having a panel at SDCC, so we may have dueling pictures soon.]

(via The Hobbit Movie Dwarf Listing - First Look at Richard Armitage as Thorin | Hobbit Movie News and Rumors | TheOneRing.net™)

As a young Dwarf prince, Thorin witnessed the destruction and terror wrought when a great fire-breathing Dragon attacked the Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor. After slaughtering many of Thorin’s kin, the great serpent, Smaug, entered The Lonely Mountain and took possession of its vast store of gold and jewels. No-one came to the aid of the surviving Dwarves, and thus, a once proud and noble race was forced into exile. Through long years of hardship, Thorin grew to be a strong and fearless fighter and revered leader. In his heart a fierce desire grew; a desire to reclaim his homeland and destroy the beast that had brought such misery upon his people. So when fate offers him an unusual ally, he seizes the chance for revenge.

[Image description: a head-to-elbow shot of Richard Dwarfitage leveling Orcrist at the camera, in black dwarfwear and long, grey-streaked dark hair, a thick square ring giving him a permanent Middle Finger, his savage unibrow demanding if you want Some of This. Man. This is like just an inch of too much forehead away from being super hot. Yes, even with the glowerbrow.]

(via Nine New Looks at ‘The Amazing Spider-Man’ | RopeofSilicon.com - Movie News and Reviews Done Right)

[Image description: Black background, white Entertainment Weekly watermark. To the left, a waist-up look at the new Spider-Suit; the eyes seem to have dark, yellowish lenses. I don’t know. To the right: head to knee shot of Andrew Garfield’s ass wearing it. (Garfield is looking down and to the left, not quite over his shoulder, as if to say resignedly, “This is the part where I am objectified for money. I know. It’s a lot of money.”) The Spider-Logo on the suit this time has the four lower legs trailing down the chest and back, which I think is different. Also, the suit is… textured.]

@queenanthai: @cleolinda He looks like they skinned a bunch of basketballs, dyed them red and blue and slapped ‘em on his skin.

Click the link for mechanical webshooters, Emma Stone, Mad Scientist Rhys Ifans, and SO MUCH MORE.

(via Exclusive: New Hobbit Photo - Here’s a first look at Bofur, Bombur and Bifur / IGN.com)

(L-r) Stephen Hunter as Bombur, James Nesbitt as Bofur and William Kircher as Bifur in New Line Cinema’s and MGM’s fantasy adventure The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, a Warner Bros. Pictures release.

While most of the Company of Thorin Oakensheild is related to the royal and noble line of Durin, Bofur, his brother Bombur and their cousin Bifur most definitely are … not. Born and bred in the West, descendants of coal miners and iron workers, they have joined the Quest for the Lonely Mountain partly to seek their fortune and partly because they were told the beer was free.

I have questions.

1) Born and bred in the West, descendants of coal miners and iron workers

Based on this and the costumes, what… what are we actually going for here? I’m concerned.

2) Bombur (far left) is very wide and Weeble-shaped with dark grey trousers, a dull green shirt, an open vest and and a vacant stare. He is not wearing Noble Dwarven Gear; his weapon appears to be a large black ladle. From this angle, I can’t really tell. He has a long red beard pulled back behind his ears and then braided back over his chest like a necklace. WHY?

3) In the middle, Bofur at least gets some Noble Dwarven Arm Bracers. Also, some kind of axhammer propped on his shoulder. And furry boots and a low-slung belt. Does his cap have ear flaps?

4) On the right, Bifur is comparatively shaman-esque, drawing from a completely different visual type. He’s holding a tall spear and has a short sword on a belt. His huge shaggy hair is black on top with a huge grey-white beard with two braids. There’s something in his hair, but at this resolution, I can’t tell if it’s a feather or a braid or just a grey streak. Maybe two of them. I’m not sure. Also, bracers and a cloak, since he apparently knows how to dress for a quest. What is he doing with these chuckleheads? Do he and Dori drown their family-related woes at the Blue Mountain bars? Are they secretly hoping to boot them all into a chasm?

5) BEARD NECKLACE?

(via Fili and Kili Revealed in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - ComingSoon.net)

MSN has this first look at Dean O’Gorman as Fili and Aidan Turner as Kili in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. Two of the youngest dwarves, Fili and Kili have been born into the royal line of Durin and raised under the stern guardianship of their uncle, Thorin Oakensheild. Neither has ever travelled far, nor ever seen the fabled Dwarf City of Erebor. For both, the journey to the Lonely Mountain represents adventure and excitement. Skilled fighters, both brothers set off on their adventure armed with the invincible courage of youth, neither being able to imagine the fate which lies before them.

[Image description: Fili has Legolas hair (seriously, it may actually be a Legolas wig, with the blond and the braids and whatnot) and like some kind of fur pimp collar on his dwarfwear and a smirk. Kili has glowerbrows and dark hair blowing back for… some reason. They both have dwarven machete swords, and Kili also has a bow and quiver, which makes me think he may be the filling the Legolas Action Slot until Actual Legolas shows up—wait, wait, Fili has TWO swords. So they are definitely the Legolai of The Hobbit.]

[The other dwarves are ashamed of their beard-lacking.]

@cleolinda: Ah, the hot dwarves. RT @comingsoonnet: Fili and Kili Revealed in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

@LJmysticowl: @cleolinda There’s some distinct dwarf-elf interbreeding going on with Kili, he didn’t get that “I make my own wind” hair from Uncle Thorin.