HOLLYWOOD — After a five-year journey through Middle Earth portraying hobbit Frodo Baggins in the phenomenally successful “Lord of the Rings” trilogy, Elijah Wood, 23, is eager to try on other roles for size. In “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,” a bizarre love story starring Jim Carrey, he plays a desperate and manipulative technician who is a far cry from the heroic Frodo. [More]
Month: March 2004
The Lords of the Rhymes, Middle Earth’s mackingest hobbit duo, will rock out on Tech TV on St. Patrick’s Day. That’s Wed, March 17th at 8:30pm PST/11:30pm EST on Tech TV’s ‘Unscrewed w/ Martin Sargent.’ The show will feature interviews with B-dil and Q-Beam, cameos from the Dark Lord, Gollum, and the Grey Pilgrim, and rocking live footage from the Lords’ triumphant West Coast debacle. Not for the faint of heart. [more]
Confirmation on a story we posted over 4 years ago came in the form of a conversation with Elijah Wood on the UK show ‘Graham Norton’. Seems songstress Kylie Minogue did audiiton for the role of Galadriel…but came up short. [More]
Leo here – for those who want to read what Xoanon had to say about this rumor four years ago, look here…
Sideshow/Weta Collectibles has posted some new 360 degree turnarounds of their most popular products. Check out the full view of Gandalf on Shadowfax, Shelob, and the Helm’s Deep environment. [More]
Ringer Spy Taniwha dug up the following story about Thursday’s Oscar Celebration in Wellington: “Wellington City Council is holding a public event on Thursday 18 March to celebrate the Academy Award success of Peter Jackson and his team on The Lord of the Rings. Sixteen Oscar winners, including Peter Jackson and Richard Taylor, will attend the celebration scheduled to take place in Civic Square.” [More]
Brandon Gray from BoxofficeMojo.com writes: ‘Return of the King’ stormed China, its final major territory to conquer. Playing on 350 screens, it raked in $3.4 million, out-grossing ‘The Two Tower’s $2.8 million lifetime total there in its opening weekend alone. [More]