Archive for May 25th, 2006

Digital makeover knocks 20 years off X-Men Stewart and McKellen

Thursday, May 25th, 2006 Posted in Ian McKellen, Lord of the Rings, LotR: Cast News, LotR: Movies, Old Main News

CANNES, France (AP) - What a pair those dashing young mutants Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart make in X-Men: The Last Stand. The two 60-something actors had 20 years ... Read more..

Cate Blanchett to play Dylan in biopic

Thursday, May 25th, 2006 Posted in Cate Blanchett, Lord of the Rings, LotR: Cast News, LotR: Movies, Old Main News

Cate Blanchett will play Bob Dylan in his "androgenous phase" in a new biopic of the great poet-songwriter's life, it was announced, as Dylan turned 65. But even as ... Read more..

Mortensen to play Nazi in ‘Good’

Thursday, May 25th, 2006 Posted in Lord of the Rings, LotR: Cast News, LotR: Movies, Old Main News, Viggo Mortensen

Viggo Mortensen ("A History of Violence") will play a 1930's German professor turned Nazi supporter in the big screen adaptation of "Good," Production Weekly reports. Brazilian director Vicente Amorim ... Read more..

Lord of the Rings Symphony Nears Milestone

Thursday, May 25th, 2006 Posted in Concerts, Events, Lord of the Rings, Old Main News

The San Francisco Symphony will give the 100th performance of Howard Shore's Lord of the Rings Symphony in July, according to organizers. The work, a concert adaptation of Shore's scores ... Read more..

Trevor Nunn and Ian McKellen Pair Lear with The Seagull

Thursday, May 25th, 2006 Posted in Events, Ian McKellen, Lord of the Rings, LotR: Cast News, LotR: Movies, Old Main News, Stage Productions

Director Trevor Nunn is to pair his forthcoming Royal Shakespeare Company production of King Lear with a revival of Chekhov’s The Seagull, also for the RSC. The two productions, ... Read more..

Happy Birthday Ian McKellen!

Thursday, May 25th, 2006 Posted in Ian McKellen, Lord of the Rings, LotR: Cast News, LotR: Movies, Old Main News

Today is Ian McKellen's birthday! Ian Murray McKellen was born on May 25th, 1939 in Lancashire, England. That makes him 67 years old today! Happy Birthday Sir Ian! Read more..