Liz Smith writes an interesting article on Sir Ian McKellen (Gandalf), and of course she does her research well…Harry Potter Starring Ian McKellen! (and I can’t get a job doing entertainment news on the web…) [More]

“Fans of a certain brooding, soulful vampire will likely be joined by fans of a certain brooding, soulful band of Middle-Earth creatures in watching The WB Monday night. A new full-length trailer for “The Fellowship of the Ring,” the first film of New Line Cinema’s adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s “Lord of the Rings” trilogy, will air during the season premiere of “Angel” 8 p.m.” [More]

“Oscar, time to polish your sword and stand at attention: Fall is nigh and as usual, Hollywood has its eye on the prize. Whether the best of the season’s 100-plus upcoming releases will merit the Motion Picture Academy’s consideration or even the price of a ticket is anybody’s guess.” [More]

The new Marton Csokas (Celeborn) film ‘Garage Days’ now has a website up. Take a look at this Alex Proyas (The Crow) film. [More]

DarkHorizons has posted some cool pics from the new Ian Holm (Bilbo) film ‘From Hell’. Take a look [More]

Orlando Bloom (Legolas) has been a busy man these past few months since finishing production on LOTR. He’s set to star in two films due out in 2002. The first is ‘Chequered Past’ a comedy thriller starring Kellie Bright (Kate Aldridge in “The Archers”). Orlando plays ‘Lance.

He is also set to star in ‘Lullaby of Clubland’, a thriller comedy horror, Orlando plays Finney. Both were filmed in England.