Xoanon here, seems our reports about Sean Connery being Gandalf all those years ago were NOT far from…
Continue ReadingXoanon here, seems our reports about Sean Connery being Gandalf all those years ago were NOT far from the truth!
It has emerged that Sir Ian McKellan was not the first choice to play pointy-hatted wizard Gandalf in the Lord of the Rings film. Bizarrely, the film’s makers first offered the role to Sean Connery, of all people, who turned it down as soon as he had read the script. ‘I had never read Tolkien, and I didn’t understand the script when they sent it to me. Bobbits? Hobbits?’ [More]
lilcritter writes: There is a store in Houston, but I’m not sure if it’s Circuit City or Best Buy, that is having a midnight release party, too. In addition, our little Blockbuster is now open til 1 a.m. so that we can go get our DVDs at 12:01 tonight instead of waiting til tomorrow morning at 10:00.
Shawna writes: I was one of the lucky folks who managed to make it to the breakfast [with Dominic Monaghan]. I videotaped the majority of it and here’s my report from that. Might need a strong language warning, as I directly quoted him in a few places. With any luck at all, perhaps I’ll get my video up and online at some point. [More]
Raz writes: Just to let you know, I received a confirmation email that EzyDVD (the biggest DVD online shop in Australia) has sent out my copy of the widescreen Fellowship DVD on the 5th. So I’m assuming they already have a hold of the DVDs and are sending them out for the people who preordered.
Durin_the_Dwarf writes: I have two things to report: first, Bestbuy in Alpharetta,GA is having a LotR: FotR DVD release Celebration. Second, I have heard that FotR is Playing in the Fox Theatre in Atlanta.
Yoohoo Baggins writes: Best Buy in Framingham/Natick, Massachusetts to have Midnight party as well. They also have the lowest price for the DVD $16.99.
