Nienna writes: Brad Dourif is going to awarded a lifetime achievement award according to this article. He certainly deserves it!
Category: LotR Cast News
Inkibus writes: Juts thought you might be interested in the upcoming New Zealand/Auckland filmed fantasy series premiering next Saturday; ‘Legend of the Seeker’ based around Terry Goodkind’s novels. Aside from the NZ locations. it employs some familiar LOTR faces; Bruce Spence, Jay Lagalia, and Craig Parker among them. It’s reportedly being helmed by Sam Raimi, who collaborated famously with the ‘Xenia’ series, which employed much of the pre-LOTR production team. www.legendoftheseeker.com
Mary writes: I found this news tidbit from Entertainment Weekly: Dominic Monaghan is scheduled to be a guest star on the February 2nd episode of “Chuck”!! Here’s the link to the news plus an interview with Dom. Monaghan Returns to TV, Sorta
A time honored tradition on TORN, poll swamping, seems the opportune thing to do on a lazy Sunday evening. This week Hello! Magazine Online is asking who the most attractive is out of their list of attractive ladies. Their choices include Cat Deeley, Jessica Alba, Nelly Furtado, Uma Thurman, Demi Moore, and our very own Liv Tyler. I think you know what to do! “Who do you think was the most attractive woman on our site last week? Vote now for your choice! The week’s winner will be included in a monthly poll and the monthly winners will be entered in a Grand Finale at the end of the year.” Poll Swamping: The Tradition Continues
Viggo Peter Mortensen, Jr. (born October 20, 1958) is a Golden Globe- and Academy Award-nominated American theater and movie actor, poet, musician, photographer and painter. He is perhaps best known for his roles as Aragorn in Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, Frank T. Hopkins in Hidalgo, David Shaw in A Perfect Murder, Tom Stall in David Cronenberg’s A History of Violence and his Academy Award nominated role as Nikolai Luzhin in Cronenberg’s Eastern Promises.
Annette writes: The trailer for Reclaiming the Blade, Galatia Film’s documentary on swords and sword fighting is full of LOTR folks. It begins with comments by John Howe who is followed by Richard Taylor, Viggo Mortensen, John Rhys Davies (the film’s narrator), Karl Urban and, of course, swordmaster Bob Anderson. There are clips of all of our favorite sword fights and the list of authorities on the film’s web site is would make an incredible melee!. Continue reading “Reclaiming the Blade Trailer Boasts LOTR Alumni”