Today, April 17th is Sean Bean’s (Boromir) birthday. Sean was born in 1959 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England. Which makes him 41 today, Happy Birthday Sean!
Month: April 2000
From: Andrew
The local Radio Station in Whakatane had two interviews with Lord Of The Rings Staff.
Claire Raskind media spokesperson and Matt Cooper location scout, and a local man from my home town.
They are shooting at Whakapapa Ski field on Mount Ruapehu and getting fantastic results for the Mordor Battle scenes. 800 staff on set. Ruapehu alpine lifts are showing heaps of support and help for the production. It is not often they have orks on the Lifts!!!
The mountain has been misty and very moody over the last two weeks which is typical. Snow on the peaks but not on the field at this stage.
Our good buddy Michael Martinez ( Tolkien Scholar from Xenite.org ) sent this out today:
Mithrigil has written an encapsulating musical satire called “Peter’s Rings”. If you’ve seen it on the news groups already this is no surprise for you, I suppose, but Mithrigil has graciously permitted us to put it up at Xenite.Org.
I’ll say no more than that you should all hurry over to this site and prepare yourselves for a hearty laugh: [ more ]
You can catch the Sean Astin (Sam) in ‘Like Father Like Son’ on TMN [More]
Frodo and Sam re-cast?
For folks who have no idea about the Foxtrot comic, it follows the trials and tribulations of an average nuclear family with screaming kids, a typical dad, and a pet lizard. Creator Bill Amend seems to be on the ball as far as sci-fi/fantasy fans are concerned, he had a lot of stuff in his strips about Phantom Menace last year. I hope he’s jumping on the LotR bandwagon, because he can be really hilarious with fan mania portrayal.
His youngest character, Jason Fox, is a big geek and loves Star Wars, etc., so maybe this is the beginning of his being a Tolkien fan as well.
From: The Official Foxtrot Website
LOTR Casting Change??? [4/11/00] Rumors out of New Zealand more and more point to a major casting change in the upcoming Peter Jackson-directed Lord of the Rings movie trilogy. Despite official word to the contrary, a careful frame-by-frame analysis of the recently released QuickTime preview offers convincing evidence that the roles of Frodo and Sam will not be played by actors Elijah Wood and Sean Astin as previously reported elsewhere, but rather by a pair of hobbit-sized unknowns. More to follow on this breaking story, we’re sure.
Thanks to TheOneRing.net Staff Member Anwyn for the tip!
You can catch Ian McKellen (Gandalf) in an episode of Masterpiece Theatre on PBS today.
You can see Cate Blanchett (Galadriel) in ‘Pushing Tin’ on TMN [More]
You can catch Christopher Lee (Saruman) in two films on TMN, first is “The Oblong Box” as well as “Scream and Scream Again”.