Chris writes: Andy Serkis was a guest on the television programme Something for the Weekend on BBC2 in the UK today (17th January). He was asked if would be reprising the role of Gollum in The Hobbit and he said that although nothing had yet been signed, he expected to be returning. The programme will soon be available to watch on the BBC iPlayer website at the following link. Unfortunately, it can only be viewed by people in the UK. More..
Category: Hobbit Cast News
Keith sends this in: Andy Serkis will take questions following a screening of his new film,”Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll” Monday January 18 at 6:10pm, at the Curzon Cinemas on Shaftesbury Avenue in Soho, London. More..
New York, Jan 11 : For the first time, ‘Lord of the Rings’ star Elijah Wood hosted an eating contest – aptly titled Lord of the Wings. The diminutive actor hosted the competition at Epstein”s Bar on the Lower East Side and stayed until 3 a.m. to celebrate with the winners. Overall champ was “Big Dan” Graff, a bartender at Max Fish. “It was a fun night. I ate 14 wings in three minutes,” the New York Post quoted him as saying. More..
Film Weekly gets 2010 off to a blistering start with actor Andy Serkis, who has gone from playing Gollum and King Kong to inhabiting the skin and withered limb of the late Ian Dury in Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll. Serkis tells Jason Solomons about channelling the spit and fury of the uncompromising late 70s jazz-punk warrior, and how bringing Dury to life on the big screen forced him to dig deep into his skills as an artist, actor and musician. Serkis also discusses his return to playing Gollum in The Hobbit and why motion-capture technology will never put actors out of work. More..
‘Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll’ is now playing in select cities in the UK, click here for tickets and showtimes!
Christopher Lee, likely the world’s coolest man over 80, has cut a high-concept metal album, “Charlemagne: By the Sword and the Cross,” as we already reported. But a thanks to Michelf for sending along this official link and a quick interview. MTV also blogs about this and other wizard rock. Enjoy!
Ryan sends along word that Christopher Lee’s metal album, ‘Charlemagne’, now has a release date. From the website: Legendary actor Christopher Lee, who has appeared in such cinematic milestones as “Lord Of The Rings”, “Star Wars”, “The Man with the Golden Gun” and “Dracula”, will release “Charlemagne”, a concept album with original words and symphonic metal music, on March 15, 2010. More..