Ian McKellen (Gandalf) has taken pen to paper (well, keyboard to screen) and updated his Grey Book section of Mckellen.com!

Principal photography on The Lord of the Rings ended in a rush the Friday before Christmas. Any financial penalties and rewards have been avoided and earned. I am enroute for home in the UK. [More]

Garth over at DarkHorizons has an interview from an Aussie journalist with Cate Blanchett (Galadriel). Check it out here! [More]

E! Online managed to get an interview with Cate Blanchett (Galadriel) read on!

Cate Blanchett sits in her trailer, studying her scripts for the day’s filming.

She has just 10 days in New Zealand to wrap her scenes as Elf Queen Galadriel–a small but pivotal part in Lord of the Rings (and one of only three major female characters in the trilogy)–and she’s cramming hard before the afternoon cameras roll. [More]

The latest issue of Vogue has an article and full spread pics of Cate Blanchett (Galadriel). While the article only mentions LOTR in one brief paragraph, it is an informative piece. You can get a good look into the Aussie who will play our Elven Queen.

LOTR byte: The films (Blanchett is) currently shooting in New Zealand are very big-budget, indeed-J.R.R. Tolkien’s ‘The Lord of the Rings’ trilogy which Peter Jackson is directing. “I’m really looking foreward to it,” she says, “because it’s not a territory I’ve ever stepped into before technically.” I search my memory for female roles and remember that it was a hombrekind of series. Gandalf? Frodo? Bilbo Bagins? Whom does she play? “Galadriel.” I don’t recall Galadriel. “Queen of the Elves,” she says. “Smart but significant.” Hmmm. Not nearly significant enough to break the $20 Million barrier, even if she has already been fitted for prosthetic elf’s ears. “What do you want so much oney for?” She says.


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