When IESB asked if he would be willing to return to the big screens and reprise his role of Bilbo Baggins, “That would be fantastic, there has been talk about doing the Hobbit and I know that Peter would love to do it but there are some legal issues with two studios but once they get that handled I would love go back and do it, but that will be a few years from now, you know Peter is working on King Kong.” [More]
Category: LotR Cast News
The Hollywood Reporter Announced details about the Cate Blanchett starrer “Little Fish,” by Australian production unit Porchlight Films. Penned by Jacqueline Perske and directed by Rowan Woods, “Fish” follows Blanchett as a former drug addict trying to rebuild her life. Nguyen will take on the role of Blanchett’s ex-lover, a onetime druggie-turned-stockbroker. Martin Henderson, Hugo Weaving and Sam Neill also star in the film, set in the Little Saigon section of Sydney’s suburbs.
Linuxelf writes: Sean Astin will now be attending the Armageddon Pulp Expo Con in Wellington. Another guest added is Jed Brophy, best known for his roles in the Lord of the Rings Trilogy as Snaga and Sharku as well as Void in Peter Jacksons Brain Dead. Due to filming commitments Jed will only be attending Armageddon on the Sunday 26th September. [More]
The folks from twenty-five-percent.com write: News got out today that Karl Urban (Eomer) will attend RingCon in Bonn/Germany by the end of October. The website is not updated yet as the webmaster is on holidays. But Karl Urban’s appearance is confirmed. Tickets are still available at ringcon.de
It’s been a busy day for Narnia News. Narniafans.com reports that Sala Baker [whom you last saw as Sauron] is rumoured to have signed on to LWW, though not as a cast member. [More] From the same site: the release date has been moved from Christmas 2005 to Dec. 9 2005. [More]
Philippa writes: I was in Prague the other week and picked up a copy of ‘Premiere’ magazine which had Elijah Wood on the cover and an interview inside. I didn’t scan the whole interview (as it’s in Czech!) but have done the cover and pages with pictures on. [More]