Ian McKellen has signed up to provide the voice for the magical character Zebedee in Pathe’s movie version of the U.K. children TV classic The Magic Roundabout. He joins a voice cast that includes Robbie Williams, Jim Broadbent, Ray Winstone, Kylie Minogue and Bill Nighy. [More]
Category: LotR Cast News
In the opening scenes of new spy thriller The Bourne Supremacy, a Russian hitman packing an arsenal of weapons pursues Matt Damon’s character, Jason Bourne, through a bustling seaside village in Goa, India. The hitman in India, an assassin named Kirill, is played by Wellington-born Karl Urban, and Marton Csokas, who hails from Invercargill, plays the German killer, Jarda. It begs the question, why does Hollywood think New Zealanders make great assassins? [More]
gilgalad70 writes: At the recent Memorabilia show (attended by Sala Baker and Lawrence Makoare, amongst others) it was announced that Eomer himself, Karl Urban was to be attending the upcoming Milton Keynes Collectormania this coming October 1st to 3rd.
Fletch writes: In the British football magazine, FourFourTwo, there is an article/interview with Elijah Wood, his support of West Ham, and work on ‘The Yank.’ [More]
Bruce Hopkins aka Gamling the Old pointed out that since both he and Bernard Hill will be at the Fellowship Festival in London later this month, this would be a rare opportunity to see both of them actng together. Rumours are that some lucky fans may get to be involved in some interactive drama with them – but this is only a RUMOUR at this point. But if you want another reason to book a ticket to the Festival, just remember – every ticket purchased enters you in the draw for a free trip to New Zealand to tour LOTR locations – courtesy of Red Carpet Tours.
Still need a good reason the attend the Fellowship festival in two weeks time? Well, here ya go: Mark Ferguson (Gil-Galad) has written a special comedy play starring the rest of the cast attending which will be performed exclusively just for you at the forthcoming Fellowship Festival. This won’t be repeated anywhere else in the world. It is aptly entitled: “Lord of The Rings 4: The Return of the Towering Fellowship”. [Fellowship Festival website]
(I guess the ‘towering’ bit means Craig “platform shoe” Parker won’t be involved 😉 – leo)