Regular readers will know how good Sir Ian McKellen’s ‘Grey Books’ reports are, with their insider’s observations of the LOTR film project and his experiences while playing Gandalf. Sir Ian’s latest update is available here
Category: LotR Cast News
Liv Tyler (Arwen) Armageddon Sky Premier Widescreen UK 
Christopher Lee (Saruman) Talos the Mummy Sky MovieMax 4 UK
Christopher Lee (Saruman) Dracula Has Risen From The Grave Sky Cinema 1 UK 
Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn) A Walk on the Moon TMN
Ian Holm (Bilbo) Night Falls On Manhattan Channel 4 UK & Alien Network 2 UK 
Ian McKellen (Gandalf) X-Men TVND18
John Rhys-Davies (Gimli) Among Giants Sky Premier Widescreen UK 
Sean Astin (Sam) Bulworth Sky Premier 4 UK 
Brad Dourif (Wormtongue) Bride of Chucky Sky MovieMax 4 UK
Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn) Psycho Sky Premier Widescreen UK & Two Small Bodies SUNDAEP The Young Americans ENCACT Ian Holm (Bilbo) Naked Lunch Sky Cinema 1 UK 
Sean Bean (Bilbo) Ronin TMC Ian McKellen (Gandalf) Gods and Monsters SUNDAE Sean Astin (Sam) Dish Dogs WLNY 55 Christopher Lee (Saruman) Talos the Mummy Sky MovieMax 4 UK & The Hound of The Baskervilles Channel 5 UK & Private’s Progress SHOWDT
Bernard Hill (Theoden) True Crime HBOLAT & William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream HBOSIG Brad Dourif (Wormtongue) Urban Legend TMC & Death Machine KTXH & Amos & Andrew TMC2P John Rhys-Davies (Gimli) Canvas TMN
Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn) The Thin Red Line MAX Liv Tyler (Arwen) Can’t Hardly Wait WAPA & Inventing the Abbotts KRRT & Heavy SUNDAE Ian Holm (Bilbo) eXistenZ TMC & Naked Lunch UK 
Hugo Weaving (Elrond) The Matrix ACMAX 
Miranda Otto (Eowyn) The Thin Red Line MAX 
Cate Blanchett (Galadriel) An Ideal Husband STARZ5 & Oscar and Lucinda FMC Ian McKellen (Gandalf) Apt Pupil Sky Premier 2 UK & Amy Foster Sky Premier 2 UK 
Orlando Bloom (Legolas) Wilde SHOW3
Bruce Spence (Mouth of Sauron) Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome WFVT Sean Astin (Sam) Icebreaker ACMAX & Toy Soldiers THMAX Christoher Lee (Saruman) Sleepy Hollow SHOW & The Last Unicorn STARZ4 & Julius Caesar KSTC Bernard Hill (Theoden) Mountains of the Moon TRUE Brad Dourif (Wormtongue) Hidden Agenda TMC2 Bride of Chucky TMN
Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn) The Passion of Darkly Noon SHOW2 & Floundering COMEDY Ian Holm (Bilbo) Henry V IFC & Shout at the Devil FLIX Hugo Weaving (Elrond) Bedrooms & Hallways HBOZ
Elijah Wood (Frodo) The Good Son FX Cate Blanchett (Galadriel) Elizabeth SHOW3 Ian McKellen (Gandalf) Restoration ENCORE Sean Astin (Sam) Staying Together TNTI Christopher Lee (Saruman) Safari 3000 SHOWX Brad Dourif (Wormtongue) The Exorcist III FMC & Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones TRUE
Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn) Albino Alligator STARZ5 & Young Guns II WKCF & Witness MAXS Liv Tyler (Arwen) Stealing Beauty WE Ian Holm (Biblo) Alien TVYou UK Miranda Otto (Eowyn) The Jack Bull Sky Premier 2 UK Elijah Wood (Frodo) Avalon STARZ Ian McKellen (Gandalf) Alfred the Great TCM UK John Rhys-Davies (Gimli) Cyborg Cop KCOP & Firewalker TBS & King Solomon’s Mines WZUP Sean Astin (Sam) Courage Under Fire WABC 7 & Teresa’s Tattoo KMAX & Rudy TNT & Encino Man WVFX Christopher Lee (Saruman) Gremlins 2: The New Batch TNTL & Captain Horatio Hornblower KTRV Scott of the Antarctic HCI Bernard Hill (Theoden) The Ghost and the Darkness WNBC 4 Brad Dourif (Wormtongue) Bride of Chucky Sky MovieMax 1 UK & Body Parts HBOPL & Child’s Play 3 SCIFI
Today, January 13th, is Orlando Bloom’s (Legolas) Birthday! Orlando was born on January 13th l977, in Canterbury, Kent. That makes him 24 today! Happy Birthday Orlando!
The next installment in a set of interviews with Dominic Monaghan (Merry) gives a wonderful insight into his character and that of his colleagues in the Fellowship. [More]
Christopher Lee (Saruman) The Creeping Flesh PLEX
Sean Astin (Sam) Icebreaker AMAXE
Brad Dourif (Wormtongue) Nightwatch Sky MovieMax UK 
Cate Blanchett (Galadriel) Paradise Road Channel 4 UK & Pushing Tin HBOE
Sean Astin (Sam) Kimbery MAXE2
Ian McKellen (Gandalf) X-Men TVND18
Brad Dourif (Wormtongue) Ragtime Carlton Cinema UK
Christopher Lee (Saruman) The Crimson Cult FLIX
Sean Bean (Boromir) Airborne TMN
Viggo Mortensenhttp://theonering.net/movie/cast/mortensen.html (Aragorn) The Thin Red Line MAX & The Portrait of a Lady SHOW3 & Witness MAXS
Ian Holm (Bilbo) eXistenZ TMC2P
Hugo Weaving (Elrond) The Matrix MAX
Miranda Otto (Eowyn) The Thin Red Line MAX
Elijah Wood (Frodo) Paradise KFTY
Cate Blanchett (Galadriel) An Ideal Husband STARZ5 & Elizabeth SHOW3P
Orlando Bloom (Legolas) Wilde SHOW3
Sean Astin (Sam) Icebreaker ACMAX & Toy Soldiers THMAX
Bernard Hill (Theoden) Mountains of the Moon TRUE
Brad Dourif (Wormtongue) Color of Night HBOSIG & Hidden Agenda TMC2
Christopher Lee (Saruman) Dracula Has Risen from the Grave Sky Cinema UK
Ian McKellen (Gandalf) Apt Pupil Sky Premier UK
Viggo Mortensenhttp://theonering.net/movie/cast/mortensen.html (Aragorn) The Passion of Darkly Noon MAX
Ian Holm (Biblo) Time Bandits BRAVO
Sean Bean (Boromir) Ronin TMC
John Rhys-Davies (Gimli) Cyborg Cop KAKW & The Company ITV UK
Sean Astin (Sam) The War of the Roses WSYT & The BRAT Patrol Disney Channel UK
Christopher Lee (Saruman) Return From Witch Mountain ENCORE
Sean Bean (Boromir) When Saturday Comes Channel 5 UK & Ronin TMCE
Viggo Mortensenhttp://theonering.net/movie/cast/mortensen.html (Aragorn) Albino Alligator STARZ5 & The Young Americans ENCACT
Ian McKellen (Gandalf) Last Action Hero TBS
Christopher Lee (Saruman) Sleepy Hollow SHOWDT
Viggo Mortensenhttp://theonering.net/movie/cast/mortensen.html (Aragorn) The Crew FX & Young Guns II WCGV
Ian Holm (Bilbo) The Fifth Element WABC 7 & Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein TNT
Sean Bean (Boromir) Stormy Monday WPGH
Hugo Weaving (Elrond) The Interview MYSTERY
Elijah Wood (Frodo) Internal Affairs WPIX 11
John Rhys-Davies (Gimli) Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Framing KVUE & King Solomon’s Mines KTUL & Double-O-Kid SHOW
Paul Sutera (Lotho) The Brady Bunch Movie HBOPL
Sean Astin (Sam) Teresa’s Tattoo WRGT & Encino Man KXTULP & Icebreaker AMAXE
Christopher Lee (Saruman) Police Academy 7: Mission to Moscow TMC & Safari 3000 SHOWX & The Curse of Frankenstein AMC & The Gorgon Sky Cinema UK
Bernard Hill (Theoden) The Bounty RCN
Brad Dourif (Wormtongue) Amos & Andrew TMC2 & Ragtime WNDY & Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones TRUE
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Rumors are abound that Sean Bean (Boromir) may be up for the lead in a possible Doctor Who movie. I am a HUGE Doctor Who fan (that is where the name Xoanon originates) and would love to see Bean take the role. Unfortunately this is all a rumor, for now.