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!”
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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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In an interview today with MTV, Peter Jackson revealed that three Lord of the Rings actors will be returning to reprise their roles in The Hobbit:
“Gandalf, being a 2,000-year-old wizard, is still around and plays a major role in ‘The Hobbit,’ and we’re having Ian McKellen reprise,” explained the filmmaker, who is executive-producing the flick and writing the screenplay. “There’s a couple of other characters: Elrond, who was played by Hugo Weaving [in the original films], and there’s a possibility of Galadriel, who was played by Cate Blanchett.”
Read the rest of the article here..
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Sir Ian Mckellen and Kevin Spacey have been honoured for their contribution to the arts at a glitzy ceremony in London. The Lord of the Rings star walked away with a trophy for his hard work in showbusiness at the annual Variety Club Awards on Sunday. Spacey, who serves as artistic director for London’s Old Vic theatre, was presented with the theatre award. More..
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NEW YORK – A man named Michael from New York wakes up in the desert, much to his surprise. Fortunately, a pleasant-looking village is nearby. Unfortunately, Michael wants to get back to New York and finds he can’t. “That’s not possible,” the Village elder tells him. “There is no New York. There’s only the Village.” “I want out!” Michael says. “There is no out,” insists the leader. “There is only in.” More..
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Graphic representations of how movie stars and their critics rate, according to Metacritic.com. Metacritic.com is an acclaimed Web site that combines thousands of media reviews of entertainment offerings — movies, games, books and albums — into a Metascore, a sort of weighted average of critics’ reviews that ranges from zero to 100. Analysis of just a small subset of the site’s information shows the power of numbers to confirm — or defy — expectation. More..
On the star list: Elijah Wood (#1), Viggo Mortensen (#3), Ian Holm (#4), Ian McKellen (#31), Cate Blanchett (#38)
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