JW writes: Looks like the Ringers on a LOTR tour got a double treat recently as they came upon the Wolverine movie set while on the jeep tour. Looking for Hobbits…Fans find Mutants
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Danish-American actor Viggo Mortensen, currently nominated for an Oscar for his role in Eastern Promises, will open an exhibition of his photographs in Reykjavík Museum of Photography on May 31, entitled “Skovbo” in Danish, or “Forest People.” “He is preparing a special exhibition for us,” director of Reykjavík Museum of Photography María Karen Sigurdardóttir told Morgunbladid. “These are pictures of nature, taken in Iceland and elsewhere.” Mortensen Photos Displayed in Iceland
One of the email questions we often get, besides ‘Can you cast me in “The Hobbit?”‘ is ‘Where can I see a LOTR blooper reel?’. Well, now thanks to the folks at The Holmes Show, and the guys at WETA…here it is!
ITV is producing another Sharpe tale starring Sean Bean scheduled to screen later in 2008. Sharpe’s Peril takes up where the 2006 two-parter, watched by seven million viewers, left off. Sharpe and Harper lead an East India Company train through enemy territory and face off the inevitable bandit attack. The adventure is part of a new raft of dramas scheduled by ITV for the autumn. Sean Bean to star in another Sharpe adventure
deej writes: I just wanted to pass along that Turner Classic Movies will be premiering The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King during their 31 Days of Oscar celebration on Sunday, February 10th at 9:30pm (E.S.T.).
From zap2it.com: John Noble has scored one of the leads in FOX’s J.J. Abrams-produced drama series “Fringe.” … Scripted by Abrams and frequent cohorts Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, “Fringe” focuses on a young female FBI agent whose investigations into unexplained phenomena lead her to an eccentric research scientist (Noble) and his estranged son…While his credits include “Fracture,” “Running Scared” and TV appearances including “24” and “Journeyman,” Noble is almost certainly best known from his work as Denethor in “The Return of the King.” FOX’s ‘Fringe’ Adds ‘Lord of the Rings’ Co-Star