Media Watch: France's 'STUDIO - HORS SERIE' Magazine - Aragorn Cover
France’s ‘STUDIO – HORS SERIE’ Magazine

Marie sends along the December issue of Studio – Hors Serie. It features this look at Viggo Mortensen & Orlando Bloom. [More]

LOS ANGELES — Viggo Mortensen was never supposed to be the man who would be king. When director Peter Jackson started filming “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy in October 1999, he had another actor cast as the warrior Aragorn, a reluctant hero whose courage and royal bloodline help defeat the ancient evil of Sauron. [More]

Jenn writes: Thought your readers might be interested in our short (but interesting!) interview with actor Rob Inglis, who has narrated unabridged audiobook versions of THE HOBBIT and THE LORD OF THE RINGS. Also includes reviews of his audiobook performances. [More]

Everytime I try to get out, you guys keep pulling me back in! πŸ˜‰ I arrived home to find EIGHT more Ticket Offerings in my inbox. If there is anyone else out there thinking “I’ll just wait until last minute and then send them in,” THIS is the last minute. Friday night is the last day to offer tickets in time for Trilogy Tuesday. All sellers and buyers from here on out MUST include their phone number in their e-mail, in order to be participate. And now, on with the tickets! [More]

UPDATE: As of 7 a.m. Friday, we still have tickets available for Tampa, FL; Boise, ID; Vancouver, Canada; and Richmond, Canada.

Even before I saw The Return of the King, the movie haunted my dreams. Having read J.R.R. Tolkien’s original Lord of the Rings trilogy a couple of times, I wasn’t exactly losing sleep over whether intrepid hobbits Frodo (Elijah Wood) and Sam (Sean Astin) would fail in their quest to destroy the nefarious ring of power. Instead, like many a geek, I didn’t want to be disappointed by a King unworthy of the prior two films. [More]

The character of Gollum in The Lord Of The Rings trilogy is arguably the first time a computer-generated character has been completely believable. A lot of that is down to London-born actor Andy Serkis, who provides Gollum’s voice and characteristics. [More]