Celebriel reports, According to an article on the MTV Movie Blog, Viggo Mortensen is open reprising his role as Aragorn in “The Hobbit.” And according to Viggo, one thing’s for certain: Whether he’s in it or not, he thinks there’s only one man that could possibly bring the story to the big screen. “It seems pretty obvious that Peter Jackson would be the person to direct it,” he said. Read the full report from MTV.
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Viggo Mortensen is slated to be a guest on ‘The Late Show with David Letterman’ tonight on CBS. He is there to promote his latest film ‘Eastern Promises’, which is currently premiering at the Toronto and Montreal Film Festivals, and opens this weekend. ‘The Late Show’ airs on CBS at 11:35PM.
A rep for Viggo Mortensen confirms that the Lord of the Rings star is in early talks to star in the big-screen adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s best-selling, Oprah-approved novel The Road. The story, about a man and his young son traveling through a desperate, post-apocalyptic world, is being adapted by Joe Penhall (Enduring Love). Aussie John Hillcoat, who helmed last year’s down-under Western The Proposition, will direct. [More]
Viggo Mortensen will be a guest on ‘The Late Show with David Letterman’ on Wednesday, September 12th. He is there to promote his latest film ‘Eastern Promises’, a new thriller again directed by David Cronenberg, who worked with Mortensen on ‘A History of Violence’. ‘The Late Show’ airs on CBS at 11:35PM Eastern. ‘Eastern Promises’ is set to be released on September 14th.
Two years ago, director David Cronenberg and actor Viggo Mortensen had a huge triumph with the world premiere of A History of Violence at the Toronto International Film Festival. And when they stroll down the red carpet at Roy Thomson Hall before dusk on Saturday, Sept. 8, at the 2007 festival, you could be pardoned for having a flash of déjà vu. Yes, it’s another Toronto International Film Festival; another world premiere; another night at Roy Thomson Hall; and, once again, the Star has learned, Cronenberg will occupy what some regard as the most desirable slot in the festival: the early gala on the first Saturday. [More]
Laurelin wrote in with this story detailing how Aragorn’s 22-year-old close companion and friend was saved by a surgery. Read all the details right here.