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!
BBC Drama Production today announced the key cast for Little Dorrit, Andrew Davies’ major adaptation of Dickens’ novel to be broadcast on BBC One this autumn. Recent newcomer Claire Foy (Being Human) will star as Amy Dorrit, also known as Little Dorrit, the kind sweet girl at the centre of the story. Andy Serkis (Lord Of The Rings, King Kong) plays the dastardly French villain Rigaud. The 15-part drama series began filming last week and will film throughout the summer in locations in and around London, Buckinghamshire, Kent and Herefordshire. Little Dorrit will play out in soap opera format with 14 half-hour episodes following an initial hour-long episode. Read More
Is being a reality show contestant in your future? Gaby writes in: Wife Swap, ABC’s hit primetime show, seeks J.R.R. Tolkien enthusasts! Potential families can live anywhere in the United States, but we ask that families applying for the show consist of two parents and have at least one child, age 7 or older, living at home. Specifically, I’m looking for families whose lives have been transformed by the world of Middle Earth! If you yearn to walk the streets of Bag End, I want to hear from you! Families featured on the show will receive a $20,000 honorarium. If you refer a family that is selected you receive $1,000. To submit for the show, email a family photo and description to: gaby.wifeswap@gmail.com
Join us today on our IRC server at 12:30 EST to watch the LOTR Trilogy Marathon on TNT! To get in the on the fun, join the chat room through our Java chat applet or, for a better experience, take advantage of an IRC client such as mIRC. We’ll hang around to discuss the film “as it happens” and proceed to cheer and jeer (or discuss and argue, if you like!) the finer points of the film. Good clean fun only, please!
Susanne lets us in on a documentary ‘The Worlds of Fantasy’ airing on BBC4 in the UK. “The Worlds of Fantasy: Documentary series about fantasy fiction tells how, in the 1950s, JRR Tolkien and Mervyn Peake created texts that revolutionised and popularised the genre.”
Susanne continues: Great programme half of which is about Tolkein and other about Mervyn Peake. Watchers in the UK can access this via the BBC website for the next 6 days. Not sure if you can access it elsewhere but this the link. Very good interviews with other authors acknowledging their debt to Tolkein, TV footage of the Professor and comments from Tom Shipley and other Tolkein experts. Hope at least some Ringers can access this. Keep the good work and fingers crossed for the Hobbit! [Watch the Episode (UK Only)]
Franky writes: Apparently in Australia, Miranda Otto is appearing on the T.V. breakfast show “The Today Show” on the 5th of March to promote and talk about her new role in “Cashmere Mafia” which is said to be the new “Sex and the City”. [The Today Show]
Dominic Monaghan will be a guest on ‘The Tonight Show with Jay Leno’ on March 12th. The Tonight Show airs on NBC at 11:35PM EST. Keeping with former cast members of Peter Jackson Films, Naomi Watts will be on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ on March 11th on ABC. Set those TiVos!
Claire writes: Billy Boyd is starring in a new series on BBC4 called “Empty”. It’s about “Jacky and Tony …just two ordinary guys, spending their days rummaging through the empty flats of people who have departed.” There are more details on the BBC website. You can see the first episode on the BBC iPlayer site for the next five days. The rest of the series should be available on BBC iPlayer for seven days after each transmission (Thursdays at 10.00pm GMT).
Penny writes: Billy Boyd fans might be interested in knowing that Billy is co-starring in a new TV show set and filmed in Glasgow called Empty. Billy Boyd Running on ‘Empty’
ITV is producing another Sharpe tale starring Sean Bean scheduled to screen later in 2008. Sharpe’s Peril takes up where the 2006 two-parter, watched by seven million viewers, left off. Sharpe and Harper lead an East India Company train through enemy territory and face off the inevitable bandit attack. The adventure is part of a new raft of dramas scheduled by ITV for the autumn. Sean Bean to star in another Sharpe adventure
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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!
BBC Drama Production today announced the key cast for Little Dorrit, Andrew Davies’ major adaptation of Dickens’ novel to be broadcast on BBC One this autumn. Recent newcomer Claire Foy (Being Human) will star as Amy Dorrit, also known as Little Dorrit, the kind sweet girl at the centre of the story. Andy Serkis (Lord Of The Rings, King Kong) plays the dastardly French villain Rigaud. The 15-part drama series began filming last week and will film throughout the summer in locations in and around London, Buckinghamshire, Kent and Herefordshire. Little Dorrit will play out in soap opera format with 14 half-hour episodes following an initial hour-long episode. 
Franky writes: Apparently in Australia, Miranda Otto is appearing on the T.V. breakfast show “The Today Show” on the 5th of March to promote and talk about her new role in “Cashmere Mafia” which is said to be the new “Sex and the City”. [
Dominic Monaghan will be a guest on ‘The Tonight Show with Jay Leno’ on March 12th. The Tonight Show airs on NBC at 11:35PM EST. Keeping with former cast members of Peter Jackson Films, Naomi Watts will be on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ on March 11th on ABC. Set those TiVos!
Claire writes: Billy Boyd is starring in a new series on BBC4 called “Empty”. It’s about “Jacky and Tony …just two ordinary guys, spending their days rummaging through the empty flats of people who have departed.” There are more details on the 
Penny writes: Billy Boyd fans might be interested in knowing that Billy is co-starring in a new TV show set and filmed in Glasgow called Empty. 
ITV is producing another Sharpe tale starring Sean Bean scheduled to screen later in 2008. Sharpe’s Peril takes up where the 2006 two-parter, watched by seven million viewers, left off. Sharpe and Harper lead an East India Company train through enemy territory and face off the inevitable bandit attack. The adventure is part of a new raft of dramas scheduled by ITV for the autumn.