Sideshow Collectibles continues their Premium Format line-up of Lord of the Rings characters with Gandalf the Grey. From the facebook post they just published, we know that the crystal in Gandalf’s staff will have a light-up feature. The piece priority pre-orders on Friday at 10AM PT at SideshowCollectibles.com. If you are not familiar with the priority pre-order process, you need to be a member of the Sideshow newsletter to be eligible to order the exclusive version of this statue. For full details, check out Sideshow’s website preview. [Gandalf the Grey Preview] [Lord of the Rings In Stock Items]

Our latest episode of ‘TheOneRing.net Radio Show’ (we need a better title) is now online and available for listening! Our guest was none other than Sir Ian McKellen, and boy did he dish out on The Hobbit! Along with telling us details about reading the script a little while back, he teased us about his forbidden knowledge of events, new and returning character and more! Check out the latest episode using the player above, or click here.

Our second guest, the great Andy Serkis, was a victim of technical difficulties and we were not able to have him on the air live. What we did record the interview and will have a transcript online this week!

In less than 27 hours TheOneRing.net Radio Show will air live with guests Ian McKellen and Andy Serkis!

Callers are welcome to join the conversation during the show by calling (646) 721-9952. The live, Internet talk-radio show will stream from the host page at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/theoneringnet.

Sir Ian will be starring in ‘Waiting for Godot’ at Theatre Royal Haymarket in London’s West End, January 21 while the film ‘Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll’ starring Andy Serkis will open in UK on January 8, 2010” Continue reading “The Countdown Has Begun!”

From The BBC: Sir Ian McKellen talks to Andrew Marr about a remake of The Prisoner, the rise of the West End and his return to the Shire. The award-winning actor spoke of his second turn in Waiting For Godot and confirmed Peter Jackson’s involvement in the new films of The Hobbit. More..

Ataahua writes: New Zealand’s TV3 has just broadcast an interview with Peter Jackson ahead of tonight’s NZ premier of The Lovely Bones. When the discussion led to preparations for filming The Hobbit, he had this to say:

“We had slipped a copy of the script to Ian McKellen, who read it – because obviously we want Ian back again as Gandalf. Literally, we had somebody fly to London with the script in their hand baggage, they went to his house, gave him the script and then when he was finished with it he gave it back and that person took it to a shredding machine and shredded the script. The security is so tight.” Continue reading “PJ Talks Hobbit, McKellen & More!”

Blog Talk Radio

Gollum himself, Andy Serkis will be our special guest on TheOneRing.net’s BlogTalk Radio Show Sunday, January 3rd at 2PM ET. Andy’s next film is the the upcoming ‘Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll’, an Ian Dury biopic.

UPDATE Sir Ian McKellen is now also slated to call in on our January 3rd show! Sir Ian returns to the stage of the Theatre Royal Haymarket in London’s West End, January 21 in WAITING FOR GODOT with Roger Rees.

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