Celebriel reports, According to an article on the MTV Movie Blog, Viggo Mortensen is open reprising his role as Aragorn in “The Hobbit.” And according to Viggo, one thing’s for certain: Whether he’s in it or not, he thinks there’s only one man that could possibly bring the story to the big screen. “It seems pretty obvious that Peter Jackson would be the person to direct it,” he said. Read the full report from MTV.
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Our good friend White Lady of Rohan sends along this tidbit about ‘A Long Expected Party’ coming in Sept 2008:
“Greetings fellow Hobbits and other Middle-earth denizens! Bilbo would like to take this opportunity to invite you to the celebration of his birthday, during the weekend of September 25th-28th, 2008 (( that’s next year folks )) at Shaker Village in Central Kentucky. Shaker Village is as much like the Shire as any place on Earth. We will have games, music, guests and much more! Bilbo is waiting for hear from you. Please check out our site and come join us for the fun and Fellowship!”
TORn met the organizers of this event at DragonCon and are pretty impressed with what they have planned. Check out their official website!
Vanessa “Saffron” Price, Online Community Representative for The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar, writes: Tour the ruins of an ancient Rhudaurian fortress, now known as Garth Agarwen and learn what happened to this once-beautiful land of streams and rivers. [More]
Here’s the news from Weta HQ this week.
Weta Designed book launch (Wgtn) this Saturday
Weta’s Richard Taylor opens exhibition tomorrow night
Prince Caspian film Artwork revealed [Part II]
Exclusive Hellgate: London gameplay footage
Weta Productions teams with education programme
Lord Cockswain comic series revealed
Speakers for upcoming Special Effects symposium announced
New Rayguns testimonial from ‘Princess Ceruleao’
Interview with Flagship Studio CEO Bill Roper
Prosthetics wizard Gino Acevedo opens up to TheNewDowse
Weta Digital Photographic Exhibition
Laurelin sends us great news for fans looking to complete their recording collections!
“BURBANK, CA–(Marketwire – September 12, 2007) – Howard Shore’s complete Oscar®-winning score for “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King,” from the epic film trilogy “The Lord of the Rings,” will be available for the first time in a deluxe five-disc edition from Reprise/WMG Soundtracks on November 6, 2007.
This historic release contains 3 hours and 50 minutes of music on four CDs, comprising the full score of the 2003 film. “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – The Complete Recordings” marks the third and final edition of the three complete recording releases of the film trilogy whose score has been honored with three Academy Awards, four Grammy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards. This deluxe set includes exclusive new artwork, packaging, liner notes written by Doug Adams, author of the forthcoming book “The Music of the Lord of the Rings Films,” and features Annie Lennox performing the Oscar®-winning song “Into the West.”” [ Read Full Release]
If you want to start your collections, check out the previously released ‘complete recordings.’ [ Complete TTT Recording ] [ Complete FOTR Recording ]
Viggo Mortensen is slated to be a guest on ‘The Late Show with David Letterman’ tonight on CBS. He is there to promote his latest film ‘Eastern Promises’, which is currently premiering at the Toronto and Montreal Film Festivals, and opens this weekend. ‘The Late Show’ airs on CBS at 11:35PM.