Ringer Preston sends us this review of Viggo Mortensen’s ‘The Road’ – which has been in limited release…
Continue ReadingRinger Preston sends us this review of Viggo Mortensen’s ‘The Road’ – which has been in limited release since Nov 25th. Please note, spoilers ahead…
On the next TORN radio show on Sunday, December 6th at 2PM Eastern, our guest and author Ethan Gilsdorf will be giving away a copy of his new book Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks. All you need to do to win is listen in, and be the first person who emails the correct answer to a fantasy or Tolkien trivia question.
We’ll also be taking questions from listeners via chat, email, text and the old fashioned phone! Visit our BlogTalk Radio page to listen in!
Epleterte writes: Again an awesome Hobbit casting rumour from Aintitcool’s “AICN: Downunder” column, From Latauro’s post: AICN-Downunder: your one-stop shop for HOBBIT casting news. There’s nothing like breaking the (admittedly-unconfirmed) news about Brian Cox getting all dwarf-like to bring your old sources out of the woodwork. Another trusted anonymous name from way back — who, I might add, had heard the Brian Cox rumours before I published them — has another name to add to the pile: Tom Waits. As much as I’d like to say he’s a lock, I’m told he’s simply someone the production is talking about — but they seem to be talking about him pretty seriously. But how inspired is this? So very left field, yet oddly perfect. And here I was thinking Cox was the coolest guy they could hand an axe to.
US, December 5, 2009 – IGN Movies chatted exclusively tonight with Oscar-winning director Peter Jackson at a cocktail reception for his new film The Lovely Bones, during which time he spoke about The Hobbit.
We specifically asked Jackson if he could rule out any of the oft-rumored candidates to play Bilbo Baggins in the Lord of the Rings prequel, specifically Daniel Radcliffe, Martin Freeman, James McAvoy and David Tennant. He said some of them were not under consideration, but refused to say who had been ruled out because he didn’t want anyone to figure anything out via process of elimination. More..
The folks from Turbine write: With this week’s release of Siege of Mirkwood™ we thought we’d make sure you’ve seen all the content and coverage surrounding the launch! Consider this installment the ultimate launch recap! If you missed anything, it’s probably in here! Continue reading “LOTR Online: Siege of Mirkwood Update”
Russell Nelson from Leicester Square TV sends this in: LSQTV sat down for an intimate one on one chat with the charming and phenomenally talented John Rhys-Davies last weekend whilst he was meeting UK fans at Collectormania London.
He talks about not only the magic of Tolkien and his experience of making the films, but also about whether or not he’d be interested in returning to the franchise for the upcoming Hobbit films. Continue reading “Video: John Rhys-Davies Talks Tolkien”
