Lord Of The Rings hunk Orlando Bloom is taking some time out from his busy filming schedule to allow himself to reflect on his incredible rise to fame. The hunky British actor has become an international sex symbol and a hot property in Hollywood following his performances in the Peter Jackson- directed trilogy and swashbuckling adventure Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl. But Orlando, 26, is finding it hard to cope with the persistent press attention that has accompanied his movie success and wants to escape the media furor in order to keep his feet on the ground. He says, “I’ve bought a place in London and I’m having my first break in a long time. I’m going to furnish it, get back to watching some movies and get myself sorted out. [More]
Day: December 4, 2003
Tfe First Annual Spike TV Video Game Awards are tonight at 9PM. The Return of King is nomintated for Best Game Based on A Movie. It’s up against Enter the Matrix and Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic. Vote for ROTK on spiketv.com. [More]
Weaver writes: Matthew T. Dickerson, author of Following Gandalf: Epic Battles and Moral Victory in the Lord of the Rings, will give a lecture titled “J.R.R. Tolkien and the Real Battle in the Lord of the Rings” today at St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York (Viggo’s alma mater). The lecture will be held at 8 PM in Room 113 of Griffiths Arts Center. [More]
Joe writes: There will be an advance screening of ROTK at the Crown Theaters in Minneapolis, MN today (December 4th). The screening is a benefit for Carleton College, courtesy of producer Barrie Osborne, who graduated from Carleton in 1966 (he set up advance screenings for both previous movies as well). The Carleton website has been updated with the ROTK advance screening info that I email you earlier about.[More]
The dudes over at flipside.com sent us this link to a few videos from the ROTK Premiere. [More]
The Hollywood Reporter: “The Lord of the Rings” director Peter Jackson is keen to shoot the trilogy’s prequel, “The Hobbit,” if the rights become available. Jackson spoke Monday at a news conference in Wellington, New Zealand, just before the premiere of “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King,” which opens Dec. 17 in the United States. Jackson said that while he would like to shoot “The Hobbit,” which was published 17 years before the “Rings” trilogy, he will be tied up for the next two years with his next project, “King Kong,” and then would like to make a New Zealand-originated film. Jackson also hinted that the DVD for “Return of the King” could run for more than four hours.