MADRID (Reuters) – Swashbuckling Spanish hero Alatriste, as played by a Danish-American heartthrob, is ready to conquer the box office just as the best-selling novels where he first appeared have won the public’s affection. With a 24 million euro (16.15 million pounds) budget, Spain’s most expensive film to date stars Spanish-speaking New York actor Viggo Mortensen, best known as Aragorn in the “Lord of the Rings” series. Mortensen’s performance so impressed novelist Arturo Perez-Reverte, who created Alatriste, that he has incorporated his gestures into his latest novel. It tells the story of a dashing but down-to-earth captain who cuts, thrusts and sulks his way through three decades in the 17th century, when Spain was a world superpower. [More]
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Orlando Bloom was on ‘The Tonight Show with Jay Leno’ last week to discuss his new film ‘Haven’. They also spoke briefly about filming in the rain for ‘Pirates 2’ and shared battle scars. Take a look! (50MB MOV)[More]
A Ringer Spy with connections to WETA recently passed along a message suggesting that the Hobbit notation previously reported as appearing on a New Line Cinema schedule, might in fact be related to New Line’s involvement in EA Games’ “The White Council” RPG for XBox. We’re not sure why NL would use the title “The Hobbit” to indicate a game with different subject matter, but we’re continuing to check with our spies as information comes in!
Ashlee & Rachel Scott write: Fans of Sci-Fi and Fantasy began their trek to DragonCon in Atlanta today, ready for a fun filled weekend. Rachel and I were not even in Atlanta for an hour yet when we ran into Kiran Shah at registration. Kiran was Elijah’s scale and stunt double for the LOTR trilogy, and has also appeared in such films as Chronicles of Narnia, Dark Crystal and most recently did the introduction for the “The Dork of the Rings” feature film. Kiran will be appearing at the convention throughout the weekend. He was gracious enough to pose for this photo and talk to us for a bit. We were so happy to finally meet him! What a wonderful person! What a great way to start the weekend!
TORN Staffer MrCere writes: ATLANTA – Its officially only the day before DragonCon but already things here in downtown Atlanta are a bit crazy. On a day when everything is about the check-in, costums are already a common sight, some tables are already set up and tonight in the Hyatt there was a well-attended impromptu drum circle. Cool! [More]
TORN Staffer MrCere writes:
The Dragon is breathing fire already! New TORn gear!
ATLANTA – Its officially only the day before DragonCon but already things here in downtown Atlanta are a bit crazy. On a day when everything is about the check-in, costums are already a common sight, some tables are already set up and tonight in the Hyatt there was a well-attended impromptu drum circle. Cool!
Emerald Rose is warming up its drums and its pennywhistles since they will be playing at least three shows for various segments of the Con including the Tolkien’s Middle-earth Night at Bree.
TheOneRing.net is here to mix with fans and thanks to SideshowCollectibles.com, we have plenty of loot to hand out FREE! A tip of the cap to the folks at Sideshow for the free gift cards good for values between $10 and $100 on the website.
And, finally, TORn has a new shirt! This is a white one with navy writing that says, (drum roll please) “My House Elf is tall, blonde and proficient with is bow”. TORn will be giving away shirts of various styles from our ‘hall of fame’ while we sell the new style for $20 in sizes S – 2XL while supplies last.
The Tolkien’s Middle-earth track is going strong and Kiran Show has been spotted and photographed already with fans. So, again, the Dragon is waking up and the excitement starts in just a few hours!