BAFTA Honors Christopher Lee

February 8th, 2011 by Calisuri | Source: BAFTA.org | Discuss | | 4 Comments »

BAFTA has announced that Christopher Lee (Saruman) will receive the Academy Fellowship – the most cherished prize of the Orange British Academy Film Awards – at prize ceremonies on Sunday.

Awarded annually by the Academy, the Fellowship is the highest accolade bestowed upon an individual in recognition of an outstanding and exceptional contribution to film. Previously honoured Fellows include Charlie Chaplin, Alfred Hitchcock, Steven Spielberg, Sean Connery, Elizabeth Taylor, Julie Christie, John Barry, Stanley Kubrick, Anthony Hopkins, Terry Gilliam and Judi Dench. Last year’s recipient was Vanessa Redgrave.

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Sir Christopher Returns in The Hobbit

January 11th, 2011 by xoanon | 23 Comments »

From Sir Christopher Lee’s Official Site: Slowly but surely, Peter Jackson has managed to secure the return of the majority of the major stars from The Lord of the Rings franchise for his soon to be shooting prequel, based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit.

Sir. Christopher Lee had been in talks to reprise his role as the wizard Saruman and it now looks certain, providing that he is in good health, that he will be appearing in the movie.

TORn waves the year goodbye with ‘Fictional Fronteirs’

December 28th, 2010 by MrCere | Discuss | | No Comments »

Sohaib at Fictional Frontiers keeps asking us back to his radio show and podcast and when it comes to popular culture and talking about the works and adaptations of J.R.R. Tolkien, how can we say no? This week, among many other things, we chatted about our hopes and fears for “The Hobbit” film including a tie to those crazy Burger King toys. You can hear the conversation, which already aired live on the radio, right here as a podcast.

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Lee Joins Scorsese’s “Hugo Cabret”

June 29th, 2010 by DiveTwin | Source: PR Newswire | No Comments »

Production has begun in London on Academy Award®-winner Martin Scorsese’s adventure film Hugo Cabret.  The live-action film, to be photographed in 3D, stars Academy Award®-winner Ben Kingsley (Shutter Island), Sacha Baron Cohen (Bruno), Asa Butterfield (The Boy in the Striped Pajamas), and Chloe Moretz (Kick-Ass).

Hugo Cabret, Scorsese’s first film shot in 3D, tells the tale of an orphan boy living a secret life in the walls of a Paris train station.   When Hugo encounters a broken machine, an eccentric girl, and the cold, reserved man who runs the toy shop, he is caught up in a magical, mysterious adventure that could put all of his secrets in jeopardy.

Also appearing in the all-star cast are Academy Award®-nominee Jude Law (Sherlock Holmes), Ray Winstone (London Boulevard), Christopher Lee (Lord of the Rings), Helen McCrory (“The Special Relationship”), Frances de la Tour (Alice In Wonderland), and Richard Griffiths (The History Boys).  Read

More Goodies from the Video Vault

April 29th, 2010 by xoanon Comments Off

Linuxelf sends along two more clips from the LOTR days of yore. A clip from the FOTR premiere in New Zealand and New York!

FOTR NZ Premiere Snippets

Middle-earth Conspiracy Theories – Saruman’s True Intentions

April 18th, 2010 by Ataahua | Discuss | Comments Off

Join the discussion board regulars as they consider the latest Middle-earth Conspiracy Theory:

What was Saruman’s real reason for wanting to get his hands on the One Ring?

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Christopher Lee: The Metal Years

January 10th, 2010 by MrCere Comments Off

Christopher Lee, likely the world’s coolest man over 80, has cut a high-concept metal album, “Charlemagne: By the Sword and the Cross,” as we already reported. But a thanks to Michelf for sending along this official link and a quick interview. MTV also blogs about this and other wizard rock. Enjoy!

Christopher Lee’s Metal Album Street Date, Wait..What?

January 4th, 2010 by xoanon Comments Off

Ryan sends along word that Christopher Lee’s metal album, ‘Charlemagne’, now has a release date. From the website: Legendary actor Christopher Lee, who has appeared in such cinematic milestones as “Lord Of The Rings”, “Star Wars”, “The Man with the Golden Gun” and “Dracula”, will release “Charlemagne”, a concept album with original words and symphonic metal music, on March 15, 2010. More..

Arise, Sir Dracula: prince knights Christopher Lee

October 30th, 2009 by Altaira | Source: guardian.co.uk | Discuss | Comments Off

All of us at TheOneRing.net would like to offer our warmest congratulations to *Sir* Chrstopher Lee for this well-deserved honor! 

Finding oneself opposite a tall, baleful celluloid vampire would have most people reaching for a head of the most pungent Spanish garlic, a large crucifix or a sharp stake. The Prince of Wales, however, opted for a ceremonial sword, even as the 1.95-metre (6ft 5ins) vision of Count Dracula leaned worryingly close to the royal neck. Fortunately, the prince had little to fear. Christopher Lee – aka Counts Dracula and Dooku, not to mention Lord Summerisle and the Duc de Richleau – had been invited to Buckingham Palace today to receive a knighthood for his services to drama and to charity. The 87-year-old is one of cinema’s most prolific actors, appearing in more than 250 films over the course of a career that has so far spanned 61 years. More..

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Christopher Lee Interview on ‘Troldspejlet’

October 7th, 2009 by xoanon Comments Off

Lasse sends along a translation of a Danish interview from ‘Troldspejlet’, a Danish TV show: Lee talks LOTR – for instance some of the scenes that were shot but never made it to the screen – and a little of his love of fantasy in general. The interviewer also tries to get him to talk of his roles as count Dracula and other classic horror characters some 50+ years ago – this seems to annoy him a bit, as he was never payed much for acting in these films, which on the other hand earned quite a sum for the film companies!

The show that ran the interview is called “Troldspejlet” which translates into something like “The Magic Mirror” and is a much loved weekly show that has existed since 1989 telling news of books/films of fantasy and sci-fi as well as computer games.

Prince of darkness: A rare audience with Sir Christopher Lee

July 4th, 2009 by xoanon Comments Off

Christopher Frank Carandini Lee CBE; it was a mouthful even before the announcement of his knighthood in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List last month, shortly before his 87th birthday, for services to the dramatic arts. Unofficially, Christopher Lee remains the king of the franchises, the only common denominator between the Lord of the Rings trilogy, the Star Wars series, the Bond films and the Hammer horrors.

By the estimation of most movie buffs Lee is the most prolific actor alive, possibly in cinematic history, with more than 350 big-screen credits to his name. Nor is there any sign of him slowing down. He plays a Spanish psychiatrist in the forthcoming Triage, one of four 2009 releases graced by his distinctive basso-profundo tones, if not always his aristocratic features (one of them is the animation Monster Mania, which he gleefully describes as “extremely funny”). More..

Sir Christopher Lee Follows the White Rabbit

June 30th, 2009 by xoanon Comments Off

stormcrow20 writes: Sir Christopher Lee is once again collaborating with Tim Burton in the director’s adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s “Alice in Wonderland”. Mr. Lee will be portraying the Jabberwock. Check out the link for more casting information, as well as a small assortment of photos of the main players. More..