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!
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When you’ve a well respected actor that everyone thinks is great, there will always be rumors about what you might do next. For James McAvoy, those rumors include playing Bilbo Baggins in Guillermo del Toro’s The Hobbit, and a more recent rumor that he’s going to star as Ian Fleming in a biopic that Animus Films is developing.
But according to McAvoy, it’s all rumors and nothing more. Regarding the Ian Fleming movie, McAvoy says he read the script a long time ago but he never spoke with the producers, so he doesn’t know where the story originates from. He also denies The Hobbit story.
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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!
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With all the discussion about Hobbit casting recently, we thought we’d (finally) update our poll and find out who you would like to be cast as in the upcoming ‘Hobbit’ films. Are you squat and solid like a dwarf? Tall and thin like an Elf? Somewhere in the middle? Vote today and then talk about what character you’d be best cast as on the message boards. You can even upload pictures to prove your point!
Continue reading “If you were cast in The Hobbit, who would you be?”
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SpoilerTV.com just alerted us to a list they posted today of major roles being cast for “The Hobbit.” The complete list of roles can be found on the Spoiler TV.com website . Be sure to share your thoughts about these roles on our Hobbit Discussion board or Barliman’s Chat.
Update: After touching base with more of our contacts, we’ve been notified that this is not a valid list of lead roles and, in fact, some of the roles listed in the links are not relevant. Stay tuned here for more casting information as we get it, and rest assured we will follow every new story to confirm whether or not it is legit.
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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..
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