In an interview today with MTV, Peter Jackson revealed that three Lord of the Rings actors will be returning to reprise their roles in The Hobbit:
“Gandalf, being a 2,000-year-old wizard, is still around and plays a major role in ‘The Hobbit,’ and we’re having Ian McKellen reprise,” explained the filmmaker, who is executive-producing the flick and writing the screenplay. “There’s a couple of other characters: Elrond, who was played by Hugo Weaving [in the original films], and there’s a possibility of Galadriel, who was played by Cate Blanchett.”
Viggo Mortensen was in Montreal (what, you don’t come over for dinner?) this past Friday to celebrate the Montreal Canadiens 100 years. He introduced hockey great Guy Lafleur to the audience in fluent French. Take a look!
Ringer Preston sends us this review of Viggo Mortensen’s ‘The Road’ – which has been in limited release since Nov 25th. Please note, spoilers ahead…
When I first sat down to read The Road, I quickly read ten or so pages and was off to something else; how typical in this era of “must be multitasking.” Returning to the book two days later on a Saturday morning I was mesmerized, completing the balance of the book in one sitting.
Russell Nelson from Leicester Square TV sends this in: LSQTV sat down for an intimate one on one chat with the charming and phenomenally talented John Rhys-Davies last weekend whilst he was meeting UK fans at Collectormania London.
He talks about not only the magic of Tolkien and his experience of making the films, but also about whether or not he’d be interested in returning to the franchise for the upcoming Hobbit films. Continue reading “Video: John Rhys-Davies Talks Tolkien”
Inki writes: Viggo Mortensen will be on PBS’ Tavis Smiley show DEC 1st! From the website: Oscar-nominated actor Viggo Mortensen talks about his new feature film, The Road, and shares how he was able to maintain emotional fragility for his role. More..
In an interview today with MTV, Peter Jackson revealed that three Lord of the Rings actors will be returning to reprise their roles in The Hobbit:
