Ian McKellen is on CNN International’s ‘Connect the World’ programme tonight as ‘Connector of the Day’. This is a segment of the programme that encourages viewers to send their questions online at connecttheworld.blogs.cnn.com, which are then asked by host on air.
Category: Hobbit Cast News
Today is Elijah Wood’s Birthday! Elijah Jordan Wood (born January 28, 1981) is an American actor. Making his film debut with a minor part in the Back to the Future Part II (1989), he landed a succession of subsequent larger roles and became a critically acclaimed child actor by age 13.
After his high-profile role as the Frodo Baggins in Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy, he has resisted typecasting by choosing varied roles in critically-acclaimed films such as Bobby, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Sin City, Green Street and Everything Is Illuminated. Most recently he starred in the film Day Zero (2007) and provided the voice of the main character, Mumble, in the award-winning animated film Happy Feet. He also played an American tourist turned vampire in Paris, je t’aime. In 2005, he started his own record label, Simian Records. His next project is the upcoming Iggy Pop biopic The Passenger.
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]
The Boyzone star is hoping to relocate to America with his wife, Yvonne, and his children this summer as he attempts to make the transition into films. But if his plan succeeds, he may end up having to pack up once again for New Zealand – where Guillermo del Toro’s Lord of the Rings prequel is set to be filmed.
He explains, “We are going there (to Hollywood) in July, Yvonne and the kids. We’ll get the kids enrolled in school there. It may be for six months or we could even give it a year. We’ll see what happens. I’ve done a couple of castings… I’ve done an audition for The Hobbit. That starts shooting in New Zealand in July so we’d be based there for quite a while instead of LA if it happens.” More..
Annarepp sends along the news about the Bafta Nominations. Andy Serkis has landed a leading actor nomination for “Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll”. Saoirse Ronan, leading actress and Stanley Tucci, supporting actor for “Lovely Bones”. District 9 nominated in 7 categories including best director. Take a look at all the nominations here!
Thanks to Ringer Ryan who sent in a rather interesting find. We have not been able to verify the following statement from Ryan is correct, but we thought with Andy Serkis replacing David Tennant in the upcoming ‘Burke and Hare,’ it might just be the smallest of hints who could be cast as Bilbo Baggins. Here’s what Ryan sent us:
‘Simon Pegg wrote on Twitter yesterday “Looks like David Tennant will be visiting Middle Earth”…
He has since…I think…Deleted this post…’
We do know that David Tennant has dropped out of ‘Burke and Hare’ from another Simon Pegg tweet, that has since been removed, but reported on by the MTV Movie Blog. You can read more about that through the following link. [Read More]
Ah, the wonders of casting rumors! What do you think? Would David Tennant make a good Bilbo? Click on the discuss link below and let your voice be heard!