Andy Serkis is about to hit the big screen again. His new project, The Cottage, a British horror-comedy by director Paul Andrew Williams opens March 14 in the UK. In this interview from the Daily Record, Andy talks about his role in The Cottage as well as his portrayal of Gollum, his top secret involvement in Tintin and his hope to be involved in the filming of The Hobbit. Thanks again to message board member diedye who’s been scouring the internet for articles today.Read More
Day: March 8, 2008
It turns out the multi-talented Dominic Monaghan is a photographer as well as an accomplished actor and singer. Contactmusic.com reports that his photo exhibition, entitled “Happy Accidents,” will run from March 14 to April 27, 2008 at Hamilton-Selway Fine Art in West Hollywood.
The exhibition will include photos of Elijah Wood and Ian McKellen. Check it out if you’re going to be in the area, and thanks again to board member diedye for the story. [Read More]
HOME TIME – putting children in the frame, Leading children’s charity Barnardo’s and a host of well known faces have joined forces with acclaimed photographer Cambridge Jones in a pioneering bid to find permanent homes for the thousands of children awaiting adoption across the UK. Home Time – photography finding a home is an innovative and exciting exhibition which highlights just some of the thousands of children in the care system who have nowhere to call home.
Their stories are the focus of a new exhibition which opens at the Getty Images Gallery in London on April 24. High profile names such as Cherie Blair, Mario Testino, Gail Porter, Sam Taylor-Wood, Laura Bailey, Andrew Lincoln, Claudia Winkleman and Sean Bean have so far offered to become guest photographers for the day to get a snapshot of their lives. [Read More]
Board member diedye alerted us to this article at “Varsity” about a new book by Sir Ian McKellen and an appearance he’s making at The Octagon this Monday:
Premier Magazine has taken a stab at ranking the top 100 sexiest movie stars of all time and Viggo Mortensen ranked a very respectible 23! Seems he’s sandwiched between Michelle Pfeiffer at #24 and Ursula Andres at #22. Way to go, Viggo! Visit Premier’s website to see the entire list and learn who made the top 10. Thanks to board member elf_wannabee for finding the story. [Read More]
Kristin Thompson has a wonderful new article up outlining the success of ‘The Golden Compass’ overseas, and more relevant to Tolkien fans, news about the New Line Logo appearing before the ‘Hobbit’ project:
Read the full article at Kristin’s website, and don’t forget to order your copy of ‘The Frodo Franchise!’ [Read More]