Obsessed Lord of the Rings fans, a woman posing as a man, and a fake charity – just when you thought the sideshows surrounding the movie trilogy could not get stranger, they become truly weird. New Zealand actors and star Sean Astin were unwittingly drawn into a bizarre con based around the LOTR and the eccentric online world it spawned. [More]
Category: Original TORn
The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy has proved to be fertile source material for video game adaptations, spawning hack-and-slash action adventures as well as a soon-to-be-released real-time strategy title. The Third Age, however, is a turn-based, console-style role-playing game that takes a slightly different path from its film-faithful cousins. Instead of featuring the original cast of characters and following their journey as it was laid out in the films and novels, The Third Age introduces a new cross-cultural group of travelers as they put their own stamp on the history of Middle-earth. While there are some rough edges, the result is mostly a nice little role-playing jaunt into the world of Tolkien. [More] [Gaming Havens]
EastEnders star Pam St Clement, Ewan McGregor, Sir Ian McKellen and Jamie Oliver are among the stars who have created Christmas cards for charity. The one-off, hand-drawn cards, have been created by figures from the worlds of sport, film and entertainment and will go under the hammer to raise cash for cot death research. [More]
From The Boston Herald: Viggo Mortensen didn’t want to miss out on Election Day while filming his latest flick, “The History of Violence,” in Canada so he staged a polling station on the set. People maggie reports that the “Lord of the Rings” hottie rigged up a mock voting booth and producer Chris Burns used his dog, Rosie, to monitor the voters. Not surprisingly, cast and crew voted for John Kerry though the write-in candidate, Rosie the canine, made a strong showing in second place. Have these people never heard of absentee ballots?
Would you work for $864 a week? Movie stars Liv Tyler and Casey Affleck recently did–as did director Steve Buscemi–in the forthcoming independent film Lonesome Jim, 90 minutes long and shot in only 18 days for under $500,000. More From Sam Whitmore Attribute the madness to digital technology, which continues to transform how actors, producers and distributors do their jobs. [More]
Catriona writes: I wondered if visitors to TORN would be interested in a brief note on my recent visit to New Zealand courtesy of Red Carpet Tours? The first and unexpected event was at the first night dinner when Tehanu turned up with her husband and regailed us with stories of her ‘spying’ etc. It was great to finally meet her as I had been reading all about her escapades online for a long time! [More]