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TV Watch: Liv Tyler on Letterman

Liv Tyler Liv Tyler is slated to be a guest on ‘The Late Show with David Letterman’ on May 23rd. She will be there to promote her latest films ‘The Incredible Hulk’ and ‘The Strangers’. ‘The Tonight Show’ airs on CBS at 11:35PM. Set those TiVos!

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Viggo Mortensen Exhibition in Reykjavík

viggomortenson.jpg From icelandreview.com: Reykjavík Museum of Photography proudly presents the exhibition “Skovbo” by Viggo Mortensen. It is not surprising that many people would rather connect the name of this multi-talented artist with acting than photography. He has been very successful as a movie star and was recently nominated for the Oscars Academy Awards. Viggo Mortensen Exhibition in Reykjavík

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Peter Jackson sci-fi auditions start

Peter Jackson From The Dominion Post (via www.stuff.co.nz) Auditions have started in Johannesburg for a big-budget sci-fi film produced by Peter Jackson. South Africa’s The Times said some of the alien invasion film District 9, directed by Neill Blomkamp, would be shot in Soweto later this year. The South African film industry had nicknamed it “Star Wars in Soweto”. Blomkamp was to have directed the now-mothballed Halo in Wellington.

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‘To be Continued’ Radio Transcript

To Be Continued Logo Ringer Spy Elven was kind enough to transcribe the ‘To be Continued’ interview from last weekend. This latest episode features news on ‘The Hobbit’ casting, our back-and-forth with del Toro about Smaug, and Pandemic’s LOTR: Conquest!

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What do Aragorn and Freddie Krueger have in common?

ROTK PosterTheir movies are both part of a New Line retrospective put together by Rotten Tomatoes of their 25 favorite New Line offerings:

“New Line Cinema: Thanks for giving us a great horror icon, for helping subversive filmmakers bubble up to the mainstream, and for getting some beloved fantasy books the big-screen treatment they deserved. Today, Rotten Tomatoes celebrates four decades of independent existence (they’re now part of WB) by proffering our 25 studio favorites.”

So, in a contest between Aragorn and Freddie, guess who wins? Thanks to Anna for the link. Read More

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Tehanu Reviews Weta Workshop’s “Dr Grordbort’s Contrapulatronic Dingus Directory”

drgrordborts2Fantastic Nonsense! Or as Dr Grordbort himself might say, “absolute balderdash.” And what fun! Dr Grordbort’s Contrapulatronic Dingus Directory is a recent product of Weta Workshops, launched in New Zealand last month, though available overseas before that. I got hold of a copy recently and found it zany, funny as heck, and a lovely object in its own right.

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The Dragon Solution: GDT shares his thoughts

VermithraxRecently, TheOneRing.net featured an essay on the challenges and opportunities faced by Guillermo del Toro and WETA workshops in brining the Magnificent Smaug to movie screens in the upcoming Hobbit film. The fan-friendly director has long been open to fans and can be found posting at DelToroFilms.com”. Del Toro, or “GDT” as he is affectionately already known on the TORn message boards, responded to the thread, giving a healthy discussion an extra shot of energy.

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Greening the Screen

Peter Jackson’s Park Road Post facility thinks about ways to make its business more environmentally friendly. Read More

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Tolkien’s formidable Aunt

Beren over at the Tolkien Library has just released his interview with Andrew Moreton. Moreton has written a book on one of the lesser-known, but possibly quite influential people in Tolkien’s early years: His Aunt Neave. Owner of the farm called Bag End, and a woman of wit, learning and strength, her relationship with her famous nephew is explored for the first time in the book Tolkien’s Gedling.
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What is “THE LORD OF THE RINGS: CONQUEST”? Pandemic Studios’ Eric “Giz” Gewirtz Tells Us About It!

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Pandemic Studios, the geeks behind Star Wars: Battlefront I & II, Mercenaries, Destroy All Humans, and other titles contacted us a while back giddy with excitement over their new project ‘Lord of the Rings: Conquest’. This is setting up to be the battle game to end all battle games, I sat with game director Eric “Giz” Gewirtz to talk about it. Take a look!

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