Sunday, October 8

Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn) The Prophecy WPTZ & The Young Americans ENCACT & Boiling Point TNT
Elijah Wood (Frodo) Internal Affairs KJTV
John Rhys-Davies (Gimli) The Nativity FMC
Bruce Spence (Mouth of Sauron) Sweet Talker STARZ5
Sean Astin (Sam) Bulworth MOMAX
Christopher Lee (Saruman) The Man With the Golden Gun TBS & Taste the Blood of Dracula SCIFI & Scream and Scream Again
Bernard Hill (Theoden) The Mill on the Floss WVAN & Mountains of the Moon STARZ5
Brad Dourif (Wormtongue) Progeny Cinemax
Liv Tyler (Arwen) Plunkette and Macleane TMN

Monday, October 9

Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn) The Passion of Darkly Noon MOMAX
Liv Tyler (Arwen) Cookie’s Fortune HBOSIG
Ian Holm (Bilbo) Alice Through the Looking Glass HBOF
Sean Bean (Boromir) Stormy Monday KXTX
Miranda Otto (Eowyn) The Jack Bull ACMAX
Elijah Wood (Frodo) The Good Son WNYW
Cate Blahcett (Galadriel) Elizabeth TMC2 & Oscar and Lucinda FMC
Ian McKellen (Galadriel) I’ll Do Anything HBOSIG
Christopher Lee (Saruman) The Longest Day AMC & The Truth About Women KUSK

Steve Coogan (Unkown) Alice Through the Looking Glass HBOF

Tuesday, October 10

Brad Dourif (Wormtongue) Trauma SHOWB & Bride of Chucky TMN
Liv Tyler (Arwen) Plunkette and Macleane TMN

Wednesday, October 11

Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn) Witness TNT
Ian Holm (Bilbo) A Life Less Ordinary KDKF
Sean Bean (Boromir) Airborne HBOZ
Ian McKellen (Gandalf) Apt Pupil TMC2
Bruce Spence (Mouth of Sauron) Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome WLNY 55
Brad Dourif (Wormtongue) Progeny Cinemax

Thursday, October 12

Liv Tyler (Arwen) That Thing You Do! VH1
Ian McKellen (Galdnalf) Alfred the Great TNTI
Sean Astin (Sam) Toy Soldiers HBOZ
Christopher Lee (Saruman) Private’s Progress TMC2
Brad Dourif (Wormtongue) Hidden Agenda TMC & Body Parts Cinemax
Cate Blanchett (Galadriel) Pushing Tin Cinemax

Friday, October 13

Cate Blanchett (Galadriel) Pushing Tin MAXS
Ian McKellen (Gandalf) Jack & Sarah RCN
John Rhys-Davies (Gimli) Perry Mason: The Case of the Murdered Madam KTBU
Brad Dourif (Wormtongue) Urban Legend TMC2 & Bride of Chucky TMN
Sean Astin (Sam) Bulworth Cinemax
Bernard Hill (Theoden) True Crime Cinemax

Saturday, October 14

Christopher Lee (Saruman) The Oblong Box AMC
Brad Dourif (Wormtongue) Progeny Cinemax

From: Stuff

No baccy ban for lord of the smoke rings

Hobbits and wizards will not succumb to political correctness in The Lord Of The Rings films – they’ll be smoking up a storm. [More]

From: Stuff

No baccy ban for lord of the smoke rings

Hobbits and wizards will not succumb to political correctness in The Lord Of The Rings films – they’ll be smoking up a storm.

The Asthma and Respiratory Foundation is concerned, with executive director Jenny Shieff fearing the impact on viewers, especially children.

The films should be released from late 2001.

British actor Sir Ian McKellen, who plays Gandalf, said in a radio interview yesterday that the characters in the trilogy would smoke pipes.

Having the characters puffing away showed director Peter Jackson was remaining faithful to what was written by the trilogy’s author J R R Tolkien, Sir Ian said.

“I was wondering whether because of political correctness, people’s worries of the dangers of smoking, that in a film a lot of children are likely to see we’d be asked to cut down the smoking or not have it.

“Although it is pipe smoking, which if you don’t inhale is safer than cigarettes. However, the hobbits, played as quite young people in our film, are all smoking away on their pipes . . .”

From: Roger

I looked through all the newspaper web pages for a digital of this article but zip-o so guess this shot will have to do.

Glad to have been some help, oh, VERY sunny, clear, mild temps and no wind at Poolburn today.

Cheers
Roger

While I tend to think the paper managed to snap a pic of the back of the set, it still lets us have a good look at what it may be. Any ideas?

From Our Super Ringer Spy Glaurung comes our very first look at some armor!! It’s a Rohan Warrior Shield!! [More]

!!!Spoilers!!!

From Our Super Ringer Spy Glaurung comes our very first look at some armor!! It’s a Rohan Warrior Shield!!

The emblem in the middle is the rear quarter of a horse (4 in a circle).

There is a strap with buckle to allow the shiled to be worn rather than carried.

There is a handgrip in the middle and a stirrup on the lower left quarter to allow protection while riding.