Poking around the interweb, I stumbled upon a Livejournal community for people who populate the TORn IRC server. If you’re a livejournaller, and a regular (or irregular!) visitor to #theonering.net, you might like to add torn_irc to your list of communities and keep up with friends and acquiantances from TORn! [More]
Month: May 2005
TORONTO (CP) – The quality of Canadian actors who have auditioned for parts in the upcoming Mirvish stage presentation of Lord of the Rings has been “gratifying,” says British producer Kevin Wallace. Budgeted at a record $27 million, the ambitious theatrical extravaganza is scheduled to have its world premiere Feb. 2 at Toronto’s Princess of Wales theatre, with rehearsals set to begin this October. Eventually, the production will be headed to London’s West End. [More]
Talk about a Herculean task. NBC trots out a spectacular-looking three-hour event, “Hercules” (8 p.m. Monday, Channel 2), on a night that CBS says goodbye to “Everybody Loves Raymond” and Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland) tries to stop a nuclear missile from hitting its American target on the semifinal episode of “24.” As good as this film directed by Roger Young and shot in New Zealand looks and as often as it makes one’s blood boil, “Hercules” has about as much chance of getting a strong following as Ray Barone (Ray Romano) has of being named husband of the year. [More]
Roheryn writes: Just a little reminder to anyone who is interested in attending the world premwiere of the Lord of the Rings musical, the multi-million dollar stage presentation slated to open in February of 2006 in Toronto, running through June. On-line ticket sales begin this Sunday, May 12 at 9 AM Eastern Daylight Time, with phone sales and in-person box office sales following the next morning. (A London engagement is anticipated for Autumn 2006.) [More]
From ComingSoon & DarkHorizons Viggo Mortensen, Diane Lane, Mickey Rourke and Justin Timberlake are being rumored as the main cast for director John Madden’s (Shakespeare in Love) big-screen adaptation of screenwriter Elmore Leonard Killshot. The thriller follows a woman and her blue-collar husband become the targets of two killers after they stumble on an extortion plot hatched by the bad guys. [More]
Deenan writes: I wanted to let the gamers and Elijah Wood fans know that he will be hosting a half hour show introducing the new Xbox 2 today (May 12th) on MTV. [More]