Our latest episode of ‘TheOneRing.net Radio Show’ (we need a better title) is now online and available for listening! Our guest was none other than Sir Ian McKellen, and boy did he dish out on The Hobbit! Along with telling us details about reading the script a little while back, he teased us about his forbidden knowledge of events, new and returning character and more! Check out the latest episode using the player above, or click here.

Our second guest, the great Andy Serkis, was a victim of technical difficulties and we were not able to have him on the air live. What we did record the interview and will have a transcript online this week!

Andy Serkis Lefties among us might recognise Andy Serkis. Of course he was bug-eyed hobbit Gollum in the Lord Of The Rings trilogy. Sure, he gave us a supremely tender King Kong. Yes, he was terrifyingly eloquent as serial killer Ian Brady in the television drama Longford, horribly creepy as French prisoner Rigaud in Little Dorrit and simply monstrous as the interrogator in Extraordinary Rendition. But there’s something else. Wasn’t he the fella who sold the Socialist Worker on the streets of London back in the early 90s? More..

In less than 27 hours TheOneRing.net Radio Show will air live with guests Ian McKellen and Andy Serkis!

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Sir Ian will be starring in ‘Waiting for Godot’ at Theatre Royal Haymarket in London’s West End, January 21 while the film ‘Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll’ starring Andy Serkis will open in UK on January 8, 2010” Continue reading “The Countdown Has Begun!”

We’ve heard news from up on high that even the NEW address to send your Hobbity likeness for possible contention for The Hobbit is not accurate. In fact casting calls will not be announced until February 2010. That being said, get your CV (resume) and headshots ready..we will announce as soon as we have confirmation!

From The BBC: Sir Ian McKellen talks to Andrew Marr about a remake of The Prisoner, the rise of the West End and his return to the Shire. The award-winning actor spoke of his second turn in Waiting For Godot and confirmed Peter Jackson’s involvement in the new films of The Hobbit. More..