Deej writes: Unfortunately, due to work commitments John Noble will not be attending DragonCon this year. However, the wonderful Craig Parker was just added to the guest list! He joins the impressive lineup of Tolkien scholars and artists already confirmed, as well as TORn’s own MrCere and his eagerly awaited panel on the upcoming ‘Hobbit’ film. More..
Category: LotR Cast News
Ringer White Crow sends us the following from the UK Mail:
“Thieves have raided the LA home of Orlando Bloom, making away with belongings worth about £300,000. His vintage watches – including one worth around £150,000, jewellery and cash are thought to have been stolen, after burglars entered the Hollywood Hills home through a window.” [Complete Article]
The plan was to be impartial and emotionless in the printed word and provide interested parties (hopefully you dear reader) all the facts and information from Peter Jackson’s un-press conference in San Diego as possible.
After all, he had 40 or so of us delighted to be trapped in a room with him in a small but luxurious hotel a few hundred meters from the convention center where the world’s biggest celebration of popular culture was taking place. It was the end of the first day of the four-day event and Jackson had swooped into town, showed off his first ever public screening of “District 9,” and then convened Geek Court. Continue reading “Peter Jackson speaks”
Dominic Monaghan struggled to cope with fame and was driven “off the rails” after filming the Lord Of The Rings movies. Monaghan was a relatively unknown actor when he landed the role of Merry in 2001’s The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, but his Hollywood profile skyrocketed by the time the hit fantasy trilogy was complete. More..
Dominic Monaghan, best known for playing Charlie Pace on “Lost” and Hobbit Meriadoc “Merry” Brandybuck in the “Lord of Rings” trilogy, is joining the cast of “FlashForward,” the ABC fantasy drama created by David G. Goyer (“Batman Begins”) and Kent State University graduate Brannon Braga, the prolific “Star Trek” and “24” writer who grew up in Canton. Starring Joseph Fiennes, Courtney B. Vance and John Cho, “FlashForward” will premiere at 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 24. The series follows a group of people grappling with their fates when humanity is given a glimpse into its near future. More..
LOTR alumni Bret McKenzie’s HBO series “Flight of the Conchords,” has received several Emmy nominations for its second season including best comedy series and best writing for a comedy series. They dub themselves “formerly New Zealand’s fourth most popular guitar-based digi-bongo acapella-rap-funk-comedy folk duo” Continue reading “‘Flight of the Conchords’ gets Emmy love”