West of the Moon writes: Elijah Wood is quoted in the September issue of IN STYLE magazine In response to the question “What is the most precious part of yourself?”. “Eyes. To quote Pink Floyd, eyes are ‘saucers full of secrets.'” [More]
Category: Hobbit Cast News
People have been wondering where Xoanon has been of late — Never fear, Xo has not left us! He’s just taking a much over-due vacation. Thanks for putting up with all of us as we attempt the Herculean task of filling Xo’s shoes (it ain’t easy, I tell ya’!). He will be back soon, unless he decides to stay in his vacation paradise.
TORn Staffer Demosthenes pointed out this story earlier today. It’s a chat with Christopher Lee from earlier this month, who makes a small comment about his role in the LOTR films. [More]
Many people sent in this story from the Hollywood Reporter: Ian McKellen and Andy Serkis, who gained international fame as Gandalf and Gollum in the “Lord of the Rings” movies, are reuniting for a trip into the London sewers, and Hugh Jackman may be joining them. [More]
The Screen Actors Guild Foundation sponsors Storyline Online, an on-line streaming video program featuring SAG members reading childrens books aloud. One of the Storyline Online videos features Elijah Wood reading “Me and My Cat” by Satoshi Kitamura. Go to the site and click on the book title. Thanks to Jen for sending the link in! [More]
Elijah Wood should be home hibernating by now. Principal photography on Everything Is Illuminated, shot mostly in the countryside around Prague, finished on August 12. “I’ll probably take a bit of a break after this,” Wood told The Prague Post. “With the film that I did previous to this, this movie and then all the publicity for Lord of the Rings, I haven’t had a lot of free time.” [More]
Gondowyn writes: Christopher Lee will make an appearance in Amsterdam on September 9th at the music theater “Concertgebouw”. Lee will join conductor Jules van Hessen and the Dutch Theater Orchestra in a LOTR concert. The concert will feature parts from the LOTR score, but also LOTR music composed in 1978 by Leonard Rosenman and musical adaptations of Tolkien poems. He will be performing as ‘storyteller’ in Johan de Meij’s “LOTR symphony”, and will recite “Treebeard’s song” which he recorded earlier with the Tolkien ensemble. Tickets for the concert are available at concertgebouw.nl.