Elijah Wood talks about his two new small-budget indie films and the culture shock of leaving Middle-earth. There is life after Lord of the Rings. Elijah Wood, who played lead Hobbit Frodo Baggins in the epic film trilogy, is back in a couple of couldn’t-be-more-different movies this year. Off screen, the former child star is more involved in music than ever and trying to come to grips with the destruction of one of his favorite places on Earth. [More]
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Sideshow Weta Collectibles is running a weekend promotion which asks their collectors if they are ‘Lord of the Polystone.’ Customers who purchase a Lord of the Rings in-stock item in the next few days, will automatically receive a free ‘Lord of the Polystone’ t-shirt. Some of more popular items available as in-stock: Pippin Statue, Galadriel Statue, Mini-Balrog, Haradrim solder, etc. Check their site for the complete details.[Click Here]
After lackluster festival reviews, director Cameron Crowe scrambles to get his heartfelt romantic comedy ”Elizabethtown” in shape for general audiences. Will they show him the money? Cameron Crowe is having a quintessentially Cameron Crowe moment. If he had written it himself, an Elton John song might be playing over the scene and you, the fired-up audience member, would suddenly be singing along under your breath, rooting for the shaggy underdog to survive the firestorm that has engulfed his world, turning his life from comedy to high-stakes drama without his consent. In typical Crowe fashion, his rescue would probably come in the form of a soulful, beautiful woman with great taste in music who shows up with just enough good humor and good sense to remind him why he loves his life and that none of that other stuff matters. It’s been a rough week for Crowe, 48, who recently screened his new movie, Elizabethtown, at the Toronto film festival, and watched critics have at it like a piñata. [More]
Sean Bean may now be a Hollywood heartthrob, but that has not stopped him returning to his Yorkshire roots to support his city’s university. The actor, who has worked alongside stars such as Pierce Brosnan, Orlando Bloom and Joely Richardson and is more usually found in the Hollywood Hills than Hillsborough, has returned to his home city to star in an advert promoting Sheffield Hallam University as the place to study. Bean, whose film credits include Lord of the Rings, and Patriot Games, and who was famously the swashbuckling hero of the TV series Sharpe, has recorded four adverts about studying at Sheffield Hallam and life in the city, to be broadcast on local radio stations. [More]
Henry Gee writes: On Monday 3 October, I’ll be talking about my book ‘The Science of Middle-earth’ at the Cafe Scientifique in Reading, England. The Science of Middle-earth grow out of a special guest column in Green Books right here on TORn. [More]
Halfdan Hansen writes: Not many people have the chance to visit the birthplace of the Ring in person. JensHansen Contemporary Gold & Silversmith in Nelson, New Zealand have added a webcam to their news and blog page on their website. The webcam updates every 15 seconds during our business hours. Not only can you spot if we are doing any work, you can also see what we are listening to right now on the iTunes stereo. [More]