Brian from MTV’s movie blog wrote in to say that they asked Orlando Bloom for his view on possibilities of Legolas’ participation in “The Hobbit”. Anything about Jackson and ‘The Hobbit’ is the question everybody simply must ask these days. You can read Orlando’s response at the MTV movie blog.
Category: Hobbit Movie
Mary writes: I found this in Time Out & thought you’d be interested in this. The new book by Tao Lin, Eeeee Eee Eeee, features a group of dolphins who are plotting to assassinate Elijah Wood & other celebrites. How was Elijah chosen for this plot? Rest easy, the author doesn’t hate Elijah, in fact, “I like Elijah Wood. I don’t want to kill him,” he says. “The dolphins probably wanted to murder him because he’s small and easy to kill. He seems pretty gullible.” LOL!! Read the whole article here.
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MrCere here with a response to a lot of e-mail regarding a scuttle going on about ‘The Hobbit’ movie. Our friends at AICN.com have been running some rumors about possible directors for the film such as Peter Weir, Stephen Summers and Michael Bay. Even AICN says to take this untested source with a grain of salt and that just isn’t credible enough in my opinion. My journalism background informs me that I need two independent sources for a credible story if they are going to go unnamed. That rule gets stretched and bent wildly on the internet but there just isn’t enough here for us to run with the story. However, ‘thank you’ to all the folks who care enough to send in news and tips, your help is highly valued, even if we can’t reply or the tip doesn’t make it. As always contact the news team via e-mail at Spymaster@TheOneRing.net. (And remember, it’s an all volunteer staff!)
Today is Cate Blanchett’s birthday! Cate was born on May 14th, 1969 in Melbourne, Australia. That makes her 38 today! Happy Birthday Cate!
From Wired: In the wake of Spidey 3’s record breaking weekend, Sony Pictures plans to make more Spider-Man movies – – no surprise there. But Sam Raimi, who says he’s “exhausted” after seven and a half straight years in the Spidey tunnel, has not yet committed to directing the next one. “The wheels aren’t spinning,” he told me a few days ago during a conversation about the making of Sandman…Given Peter Jackson’s feud with New Line over the fate of a big screen “Hobbit,” Raimi, a longtime J.R. R. Tolkien fan, seems a natural heir to the middle earth throne. “I love the book but that’s all I can say honestly at this point,” Raimi says. “I did speak to (New Line boss) Bob Shay once, but I’m not sure the rights are sorted out yet. It’s still Peter Jackson’s movie so it wouldn’t be appropriate for me to say if I even had intentions. First, an offer would have to be made to me.” [More]
So many actresses in their early prime seem in arrested adolescence. Their coquetry and little-girl voices suggest they’re campaigning for prom queen, not great film roles. Cate Blanchett is gloriously different. She’s a grownup, radiating an aristocracy that has no fancy airs, just a warm, alert intelligence. Beauty helps, and height (she’s 5 ft. 8 1?2 in.), but what’s crucial is that regal poise. Onscreen her magic can ennoble those in her orbit (when she’s a virgin queen in Elizabeth or the Lady of Lórien in The Lord of the Rings). Sometimes it dashes them on the rocks of malice (as in Veronica Guerin and Notes on a Scandal). Either way, as an icon or a threat, the Blanchett woman is a prize worth fighting, scheming, dying for. [More]