The Fanboy film and TV mag ‘Filmfax’ has a cover story dedicated to Christopher Lee (Saruman) this month. The Mag talks to Lee regarding his past and future roles, curiously enough, no mention of LOTR. Yet it sill is a great insight to our Saruman.

Visit the FilmFax Magazine Website here.

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Greetings – Quickbeam here.

It’s not officially autumn until you’ve stuck your nose in a book. So open up Green Books and enjoy our new features. You’ll find all this more:

• Time to vote for a new President… will it be Gandalf or Saruman? Go Out on a Limb with me for a satirical look at American politics, Tolkien style.
• You ask, we tell. We have new Questions & Answers:

1. Why is 13 an unlucky number in Middle-earth?
2. How did Gandalf conceal Narya?
3. What’s the origin of the word “Gollum”?
4. Why did Aragorn dismiss the Army of the Dead?

All these and more can be found here.

• The remarkable Terry Pratchett (Discworld, Good Omens) pays Tribute to the wonder of Tolkien.
• Laugh out loud at our new song parodies over at Moon Letters! And of course there’s essays… and poetry… and fiction…
• Look for new updates in red to previous Q&A articles.

Next month we provide a special Hallowe’en edition of Green Books that’s going to be full of surprises (and ghosts). Join us as we explore the WORDS and WORLD of Tolkien.

Much too hasty,

Quickbeam

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Now we have a definite time for interview with Sir Ian on the Kim Hill show, thanks to Peter B:

“Kim Hill just mentioned, on her National Radio show this morning, her upcoming interview with Ian McKellan. I called Radio NZ, and they inform me that the interview is scheduled for Friday 6 October at 11 AM. So lock in your tuners!

By the way, most (all?) Radio NZ shows can be purchased after the fact on tape, in a scheme they call Replay Radio. Worth checking into.”
OK, so for those of you outside of NZ, this interview can be heard live on the Radio New Zealand website. For those of you on EST, that’s going to be THURSDAY at 6pm.

The webmaster has said he may be able to host a clip of the interview on the RNZ website for those that want to listen to it in subsequent days.

The replay radio clips are available for sale from the website too.

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More fun than watching your dog eat peanut butter! (well…maybe not) [More]

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Another chance to catch your favorite LOTR stars on the small screen! [More]

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Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn) Psycho STARZ & The Thin Red Line ACMAX
Miranda Otto (Eowyn) The thin Red Line ACMAX
Elijah Wood (Frodo) The Faculty SHOWX
John Rhys-Davies (Gimli) Au Pair FAM & The Trial of the Incredible Hulk SCIFI & Perry Mason: The Case of the Murdered Madam KUSI
Andy Serkis (Gollum) Topsy-Turvy TVND33
Bruce Spence (Mouth of Sauron) Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome WABM
Sean Astin (Sam) Harrison Bergeron WBKI
Christopher Lee (Saruman) Police Academy 7: Mission to Moscow TMC & Gremlins 2: The New Batch WFXG
Bernard Hill (Theoden) The Mill on the Floss WOSU & True Crime MAX
Brad Dourif (Wormtongue) Mississippi Burning KCIT & Body Parts MAX
Liv Tyler (Arwen) Plunkett & MacLeane TMN

Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn) Boiling Point TNT
Liv Tyler (Arwen) Cookie’s Fortune HBODT
Ian Holm (Bilbo) Mary, Queen of Scots IFRC1
Sean Bean (Boromir) Ronin TMC & Jacob ODSY
Ian McKellen (Gandalf) Windmills of the Gods RCN
Christopher Lee (Saruman) Private’s Progress TMC2 & The Crimson Pirate AMC
Bernard Hill (Thedoen) True Crime MAXS & William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream HBOSIG
Brad Dourif (Wormtongue) Body Parts MAXS

Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn) The Young Americans ENCACT
Cate Blanchett (Galadriel) Elizabeth TMC2
Sean Astin (Sam) Bulworth MOMAX & The War of the Roses WLMT
Brad Dourif (Wormtongue) Progeny MAX & Color of Night
PETER JACKSON FILM Braindead Terrestrial TV, Channel 4 UK

Liv Tyler (Arwen) Heavy SUNDAE & Plunkette & Macleane TMN
Ian Holm (Bilbo) Alice Through the Looking Glass HBOF
Miranda Otto (Eowyn) The Jack Bull ACMAX
Elijah Wood (Frodo) North SHOWX
Cate Blanchett (Galadriel) Pushing Tin MAX
Ian McKellen (Gandalf) The Shadow USA
Sean Astin (Sam) Safe Passage TNTI
Christopher Lee (Saruman) The Three Musketeers AMC
Steve Coogan (Unknown) Alice Through the Looking Glass HBOF
Brad Dourif (Wormtongue) Death Machine KVVU & Color of Night MAX

Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn) Witness TSO
Hugo Weaving (Elrond) The Matrix HBOPL
Dominic Monaghan (Merry) Hostile Waters TBS
Christopher Lee (Saruman) The Last Unicorn STARZ & The Man With the Golden Gun WTBSLOC
Bernard Hill (Theoden) Gandhi KCKA
Brad Dourif (Wormtongue) Urban Legend TMC & Trauma SHOWB & The Bride of Chucky TMN
John Rhys-Davies (Gimli) Canvas TMN

Ian Holm (Bilbo) Shout at the Devil FLIX & Nicholas and Alexandra MOMAX
John Rhys-Davies (Gimli) The Living Daylights WTBSLOC
Andy Serkis (Gollum) Among Giants HBOPL
Christopher Lee (Saruman) Dracula Has Risen From the Grave WAMI
Brad Dourif (Wormtongue) Body Parts MAX

Ian McKellen (Gandalf) Gods and Monsters TMC2

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