Andy Serkis

• Billy Connolly Joins The Hobbit

  09 Feb 2012

  Billy Connolly has landed a part in The Hobbit.

  

• Rango Sweeps Visual Effects Awards

  09 Feb 2012

  Johnny Depp's animated Western Rango was the runaway winner at the 10th annual Visual Effects Society (VES) Awards on Tuesday (07Feb12) after scooping four trophies.

  

• Andy Serkis never intended acting career

  07 Feb 2012

  Andy Serkis never intended to be an actor and he only fell into the career when he took theatre studies as his second subject at college because he "couldn't think of anything better to do".

  

• Andy Serkis says Gollum is alive on Hobbit set

  06 Feb 2012

  Andy Serkis has revealed he is shooting his scenes as Gollum for ''The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey' live alongside his cast mates for the first time.

  

• Mccarthy Falls Ill Ahead of Film Awards

  05 Feb 2012

  Actress MELISSA McCARTHY was forced to pull out of an award ceremony at California's Santa Barbara International Film Festival on Friday (03Feb12)after falling ill.

  

• Elijah Wood Looking Forward To The Hobbit

  25 Jan 2012

  Elijah Wood has admitted that he is excited to see The Hobbit.

  

• Wild Bill

  20 Jan 2012

  A hit at the London Film Festival, where it screened to rave reviews, and nominated for Best Achievement in Production at the 2011 British Independent Film Awards, Wild Bill is Dexter Fletcher

  

• Andy Serkis Says Smaug Will Be 'Extraordinary'

  19 Jan 2012

  Andy Serkis says that the design process of Smaug is a safely guarded secret.

  

• Motion Capture And The Oscars

  17 Jan 2012

  Motion capture performances are now becoming a regular occurrence on the big screen producing some great characters.

  

• Latest Picture From The Hobbit

  16 Jan 2012

  The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is the most anticipated movie of 2012 as Peter Jackson takes us back to Middle Earth.

  

• Andy Serkis Grateful For Franco Support

  12 Jan 2012

  Andy Serkis has thanked James Franco for his Oscar support.

  

• Serkis Slammed By Animators

  03 Dec 2011

  Actor Andy Serkis has been bombarded with letters from several movie animators accusing him of taking too mu...

  

• Andy Serkis Calls Hobbit Directing Role 'Fascinating'

  16 Nov 2011

  Andy Serkis has described working as second unit director on The Hobbit as 'fascinating'.

  

• Rise of the Planet of the Apes Sequel In Pipeline?

  04 Nov 2011

  A Rise of the Planet of the Apes sequel is believed to be in the pipeline - with Andy Serkis set to reprise the role of Caesar.

  

• Thomas Sangster Praises Co-Star Serkis

  14 Oct 2011

  Thomas Sangster says that Andy Serkis is fun to work with and he really helped him through some difficult scenes.

  

• Andy Serkis' chimp troubles

  15 Aug 2011

  Andy Serkis found it difficult to separate being a human and a monkey while filming scenes in Vancouver for 'Rise of the Planet of the Apes'.

  

• Andy Serkis Says Motion Capture Is Like Make-Up

  15 Aug 2011

  Andy Serkis has described working with motion capture like wearing make-up.

  

• Andy Serkis Says Motion Capture Work Is Just Acting

  12 Aug 2011

  Andy Serkis says there is not difference between conventional action and working with motion capture.

  

• The Changing Faces of Andy Serkis

  10 Aug 2011

  In the last ten years Andy Serkis has been one of only a minor number of actors to truly embrace motion capture - taking on a whole host of action roles that have involved this.

  

• Andy Serkis' motion-capture frustrations

  05 Aug 2011

  Andy Serkis continues to be frustrated the general public do not understand there is no distinction between motion capture and acting.

  

• Andy Serkis: 'Rise of the Planet of the Apes was a challenge'

  06 Jul 2011

  Andy Serkis was ''challenged'' portraying Ceaser on 'Rise of the Planet of the Apes' because he had to play a primate who grew older using motion capture technology.

  

• Apes Director Ruled out Using Real Primates

  21 May 2011

  Producers of the Planet of the Apes prequel movie were tempted to use real primates in the film but they scr...

  

• Andy Serkis Lands Directing Job on the Hobbit

  07 Apr 2011

  British actor Andy Serkis has been handed a huge honor on the set of the LORD OF THE RINGS prequel, the Hobbit...

  

• Andy Serkis Agrees Hobbit Appearance

  11 Jan 2011

  Andy Serkis has signed up to reprise his role as ring-obsessed Gollum in the 'Lord of the Rings' prequel 'The Hobbit'.