“I’m going to be an action figure!!??” That’s what Malcolm David Kelley (Lost’s Walt) exclaimed after the 14-year-old learned from his TV dad, Harold Perrineau (Michael), that the cast is getting plastic mini-me replicas. Comics legend Todd McFarlane scanned the faces of Lost cast members and videotaped their bodies to help create their 6-inch versions. Or more accurately in Malcolm’s case, 4 inches, max. [More]
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Dominic Monaghan’s Golden Globe winning show ‘Lost’ is on tonight at 8PM EST on ABC. TORN’s chatroom now has a special ‘Lost’ screening room, login to #lost at 9PM and watch with fans from around the country! This is the two-hour season finale, don’t miss it! [ABC.com] [TORN Chat]
Sideshow Collectibles has announced their latest 12-inch LOTR Figure – Boromir, Son of Denethor. If you want to get this piece, it will begin selling on May 30th at 10AM PST. Check out the details here! [ ] [Legolas 12-inch Figure]
Bear writes: I just wanted to let you know that Craig Parker will be doing a play in Auckland, New Zealand during the month of June. It’s called Glide Time and more information on it can be found here. [More]
Recent travellers on Red Carpet’s Lord of the Rings locations tour have been wowed by a new guest attraction – none other than Brett Beattie, body double to Gimli. Tour chiefs Vic and Rae James say they’ve been fascinated by the stories Brett can tell from his long days on the set. Brett probably spent as much time as any of the actors filming up and down the whole country, and his recollections can hold a tour party spellbound. Check out tours
The March tour was so enthused by their tour experience that some members put together a messageboard for past, present and future LOTR tour parties to share their stories. [More]
Naomi Watts will join Viggo Mortensen for the London-based thriller Eastern Promises. David Cronenberg will direct the script by Steven Knight, which delves into the same seedy underside of London life that Knight explored in Dirty Pretty Things. Watts will play a midwife at a London hospital who gets dragged into the criminal underworld when she tries to discover the identity of a dead patient. The movie will begin filming in November.