If you were not aware, Karl Urban (Eomer) will be reincarnating the role of Dr. “Bones” McCoy in director J.J. Abrams’ upcoming Star Trek film. The ‘Deadbolt’ has an interview with Karl discussing his other project, the ‘Comanche Moon’ Mini-series, as well as the Star Trek film. [Read More]
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Sideshow Collectibles have announced the latest addition to their Lord of the Rings Premium Format figure line-up: Aragorn! While the piece is only being teased this week, from the looks of the sculpting, it looks to be one of the best to date. We expect this item to have an exclusive version (only available on the web) and pre-order next Thursday, Dec 27th at SideshowCollectibles.com. As always, if you would like to support TORn, please use our links to place your pre-order next week. [View the Preview] [Other LOTR Items]
Some landowners on existing “Lord of the Rings” film locations have been approached again by film location scouts, says Red Carpet Tours LOTR film location tour director Vic James. Continue reading “Location Scouts Scope New Zealand”
Bernard Hill (born December 17, 1944, Manchester, England, UK) is a British actor of film, stage and television. He attended Xaverian College although at the time it was known as “Xaverian School”. Hill is reportedly an experienced horseback rider and a purple belt in karate. He also attended Manchester Polytechnic School of Drama at the same time as Richard Griffiths. Hill came to prominence in the role of the unemployed Yosser Hughes, a working-class man ultimately driven to the edge by an uncaring system, in Alan Bleasdale’s BBC Play for Today The Black Stuff (1979) and its more famous series sequel (also by Bleasdale), Boys from the Blackstuff (1982). His character’s much-repeated phrase “giz a job” became popular with protesters against Margaret Thatcher’s government, because of the high unemployment of the time. Previously, he had taken smaller parts in a number of British television dramas, notably appearing as the no-nonsense Roman soldier Gratus in I, Claudius (1976). He also played the Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York in the BBC’s 1982 productions of Shakespeare’s Henry VI plays. Also on TV, he played the part of Tom Higdon in The Burston Rebellion (1985).
Miranda Otto (born December 16, 1967) is an Australian Film Institute-nominated and Logie Award-winning Australian actress. The daughter of actors Barry and Lindsay Otto, she began acting at age nineteen, and has performed in a variety of low-budget and major studio films. Her first major film appearance was in the 1986 film Emma’s War, in which she played a teenager who moves to Australia’s bush country during World War II. After a decade of critically acclaimed roles in Australian films, she gained Hollywood’s attention after appearing in supporting roles in The Thin Red Line (1998) and What Lies Beneath (2000). Her breakthrough role was in 2002, when her character Éowyn was introduced to audiences in The Lord of the Rings trilogy.
Lynnette writes: Walking Tree Publishers’ new LotR-themed book, How We Became Middle-earth: A Collection of Essays on The Lord of the Rings, features 24 essays by Tolkien scholars from around the world. Edited by Adam Lam and Nataliya Oryschchuk (University of Canterbury, Christchurch, NZ), the book covers a wide range of topics about New Zealand’s connections with LotR.