Thanks to Ringer Mallory A for sending us this tidbit from IMDB.com today:
Edward Norton has credited blockbuster trilogy The Lord Of The Rings with convincing him to accept his role in big-budget movie The Incredible Hulk. The star, noted for roles in edgier films such as Fight Club and American History X, was hesitant to take on the big screen comic book adaptation. But he insists it was filmmaker Peter Jackson’s version of epic fantasy series The Lord of the Rings that helped him make his decision.
Read the full story over at IMDB.com. [Read More]
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Frosty from Collider.com wrote us with a little Liv Tyler tidbit. She is of course basking in the success of “The Strangers” and opening “The Incredible Hulk” today. In the video interview by Frosty, Tyler reveals that she has not yet been talked to about showing up in the Guillermo del Toro-helmed Hobbit films. What could this mean? Well, a lot of things. Continue reading “Liv Tyler in Hobbit limbo?”
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Liv Tyler is making the chat show rounds promoting a little movie called ‘The Incredible Hulk’ which is due out tomorrow (June 13th). Tonight she will be on ‘The Jimmy Kimmel Show’ on ABC, and then she follows that up tomorrow with a visit to ‘Live! with Regis and Kelly’.
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The St. Louis Symphony will be be performing Howard Shore’s ‘The Lord of Rings Symphony’ at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 19 and 20 at Powell Hall in St. Louis, MO. Tickets go on sale to the public Monday June 16, 2008 at 9:00 a.m.
Ludwig Wicki, conductor – Saint Louis Symphony Chorus – Capture the Ring with the SLSO! Since its premiere in 2003, Howard Shore’s The Lord of the Rings Symphony has received standing ovations on four continents. The musical experience is heightened with projected illustrations and storyboards. “Shore’s musical opus is every bit as impressive as Tolkien’s literary one…even when liberated from the majesty of [Peter] Jackson’s trilogy.”—Seattle Times
Howard Shore’s LOTR score will go down in history as one of the best of all time. If you can make this show, you won’t regret it! Thanks to UncleAndy for the heads up! [St Louis Symphony]
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Weta recently opened its “Weta Cave” to give visitors something cool to see when they make the journey to the gentle neighborhood in Wellington where one of the world’s most important film special effects houses sits. I visited the Cave a few weeks before it officially opened and believe me, I felt like I was walking sacred movie-production ground. This Sunday the already must-visit destination is the site of a pretty incredible afternoon celebrating the New Zealand release of “Prince Caspian.” Continue reading “Weta Cave’s “Narnia Day” set for Sunday”
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Associate Professor of English, LeiLani Hinds, has been teaching Tolkien for a while now but for the first time there will be a chance for those outside of Honolulu to participate, having a chance to earn 3 credits of transfer-level college credit, writing intensive, for taking “English 257L J. R. R. Tolkien. Just as when Hinds first started her course, she is asking TheOneRing.net to spread the word. Read the full text of her letter after the link. Continue reading “Honolulu CC offers expanded Tolkien knowledge”
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