Australian thespian John Noble is best known to the U.S. crowd for a pair of pleasingly unhinged performances. In Peter Jackson’s “The Lord of the Rings” saga, he brought wild-eyed tragedy to the role of fallen king Denethor. And in Fox’s sci-fi hit “Fringe,” he embodies the central part of mad scientist Walter Bishop with unabashed vigor. More..

From greendragon:   Bruce Hopkins (Gamling) is looking for listeners across the globe!  He currently hosts a talk show called The Overnighter with Bruce Hopkins on alternate Sundays from 1 to 6 a.m. New Zealand time, but folks in the USA can catch him Saturday mornings starting at 9 a.m. E.S.T.  live.  Go to http://www.radiolive.co.nz/ for an upcoming schedule of shows, stream the show live, and read Bruce’s blog.
 
Tune in if you can – and if you send Bruce a message he may even say hi to you on air!

Sean Astin is getting back into character as Samwise Gamgee, Frodo Baggins’ faithful hobbit friend in the Lord of the Rings trilogy—but he’s not prepping to shoot The Hobbit, because that is set before his character was even born. Samwise will be appearing in the new Warner Brothers Interactive video game The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn’s Quest.

“There’s a video game coming out soon,” Astin said in a group interview on May 15 in Burbank, Calif., where he was promoting his Disney Channel series Special Agent Oso. “Tomorrow I’m doing like my last day on it. That’s all about what happens after The Lord of the Rings. It’s set sort of in Hobbiton, and Sam has all his children and other children and is telling them these stories. Then as he starts telling the stories, the game kind of kicks in and you can be Aragorn.” More..

The folks from Revolver Entertainment send along the trailer for Sean Bean’s latest film ‘Black Death’: The film is a historical epic set during the deadly pandemic of the 14th Century. Sean Bean stars as the fearsome knight Ulrich, who is tasked with leading his group of mercenaries to a remote village where it is rumoured there are no traces of the pestilence. Their quest is to hunt down a necromancer – someone able to bring the dead back to life.

Their journey is treacherous and filled with danger; encountering deadly bandits and vicious witch-burnings that will put their faith to the ultimate test. Though it’s upon entering the village that their true horror begins…