Saoirse Ronan is “really disappointed” she couldn’t appear in ‘The Hobbit’. The 17-year-old actress initially jumped at the chance to work with director Peter Jackson – after previously starring in his adaptation of Alice Sebold’s novel ‘The Lovely Bones’ – but eventually decided she has to concentrate on her Hollywood career rather than moving to New Zealand to be in the film. She said: “I’m really disappointed that I couldn’t do it. I really am. Any excuse for me to go back to New Zealand, and work with those people I’d take. “But there are other projects as well that I’ve had to consider – and to do that for over a year, it wouldn’t have left me time to do anything else.” More..
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Richard Armitage says his face doesn’t “lend itself” to playing happy and nice characters. The British actor stars as villain Heinz Kruger in Marvel Comics superhero adaptation Captain America: The First Avenger, alongside Chris Evans. Richard says his face is perfect to portray film baddies. “I suppose I’m a bit mean. My face on camera doesn’t lend itself to happy nice guys. I think it’s just that my bone structure looks menacing. I don’t smile that often,” he revealed in an interview with British newspaper The Telegraph. More..
Cate Blanchett is offering herself up as a prize for a charity that’s close to her heart. A lunch for four with the Oscar-winning actress at Sydney’s ARIA restaurant will be auctioned on Saturday at the annual Oasis Ball in Sydney. The money raised will be directed to the Salvation Army’s Oasis Youth Support Network, and Oasis Director Major Robbin Moulds said in a statement they anticipate the auction “will break all previous bidding records”. More..
The annual popular culture celebration is over but our coverage continues. If you visit TheOneRing.net/live you can see highlights from our streaming experience. In addition we have articles coming from our one-on-one with actor and director Andy Serkis and the press conference with Peter Jackson and Steven Spielberg (not to be confused with the panel discussion) so look for more content in the coming week.
We also will feature updates on our Traveling Gandalf that all fans can hopefully participate in. Thanks sincerely to those who purchased t-shirts, watched us live and read our stories. Finally, expect The Hobbit to impact SDCC in a huge way in 2012 and TORn will be there to bring it to you but we suggest getting tickets before it sells out as it always does. Come join the fun in 2012.
Some TORn coverage from Comic-Con 2011:
Peter Jackson suprises fans at Comic-Con!
Collecting the precious
Luke Evans interview
Official image of the Dwarves
It’s not been a bad year for Luke Evans, what with turns in Immortals, The Raven and The Three Musketeers all in the bag. He was in San Diego to promote at least two of those movies, so naturally we grabbed him and asked about his latest, and most geek-friendly, role: Bard the Bowman in Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit. More..
On this episode of Hobbit in 5, we talk about Peter Jackson’s latest production diary videos, show off the new trailer for The Lord of the Rings: War in the North, introduce pictures for The Lord of the Rings Online: Rise of Isengard, look for crew accommodations in Piopio, NZ, and find out what Peter Jackson and Andy Serkis think about Mikael Persbrandt. We’ll also cover Thrain in our character study!
Thanks to our executive producers: Henry Tobin and Danielle Logan
Visit our new website – Rebekah has her own Facebook page now! Go check it out and “like” her! – Go like theOneRing.net on Facebook as well! – Peter Jackson’s Facebook Page – LOTR: War in the North – LOTRO: Rise of Isengard – Peter Jackson and Andy Serkis Swedish Interview