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Amazon's 'Lord Of The Rings' Television Series Has A Huge Budget
'The Lord of the Rings' has been a hugely popular story ever since J.R.R. Tolkien's novel series hit shelves. Despite being written between the 1930s-40s, the fantasy tale is one that has captured the imagination...
By Daniel Falconer in Movies / TV / Theatre on 18 March 2018
'Lord Of The Rings' Tv Series Being Developed By Warner Bros.
Warner Brothers Television are said to be in early talks with Amazon Studios about bringing a live-action 'Lord of the Rings' series to the streaming platform, based on the J.R.R. Tolkien novel series of the...
By Daniel Falconer in Movies / TV / Theatre on 04 November 2017
Everything You Need To Know About Christopher Lee's Metal Covers Album
He’s been the evil wizard Saruman in one of the biggest grossing blockbuster franchises of all time. He’s played Dracula on almost a dozen occasions, a bond villain and a Sith Lord and he has...
By George Percival in Music / Festivals on 02 June 2014
Viggo Mortensen Calls Lord Of The Rings Movies "Straight To Video, Sloppy" Films
Viggo Mortensen, the actor best known for playing Aragorn in the Lord of the Rings movies, says the second and third films in the franchise were "sloppy" movies and would have been straight-to-video had the...
By Michael West in Movies / TV / Theatre on 15 May 2014
Three Major Predictions For 'The Hobbit There And Back Again'
We’re two films, five hours and one cliffhanger into The Hobbit film series and final installment, There And Back Again, is due out in December. This means we’re in for about eight months of speculation....
By Victoria Pavlova in Movies / TV / Theatre on 09 April 2014
Lena Dunham & Lord Of The Rings Stars Add Their Tributes To Mickey Rooney
Lena Dunham and Lord Of The Rings co-stars Elijah Wood and Dominic Monaghan have joined the stars paying tribute to Mickey Rooney after waking up to the news of his death.The Tv and movie veteran...
By WENN in Movies / TV / Theatre on 07 April 2014
Dominic Monaghan And Billy Boyd Served Drinks At Hobbit Pub
Lord Of The Rings stars Dominic Monaghan and Billy Boyd surprised tourists during a recent visit to New Zealand by serving up drinks at an inn inspired by the popular book series.The pals spent years...
By WENN in Movies / TV / Theatre on 25 March 2014
Lord Of The Rings Fame Landed Elijah Wood In Therapy
The success of Lord Of The Rings sent the film trilogy's star Elijah Wood to therapy because he couldn't handle the fame that came with playing Frodo Baggins.The actor reveals filming in New Zealand was...
By WENN in Movies / TV / Theatre on 21 March 2014
88 Years Later, Jrr Tolkien's 'Beowulf' Is To Hit Bookshelves
JRR Tolkien's translation of the epic Beowulf is to be published for the first time almost 90 years after its completion. Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary will be published in May, giving Tolkien fans an...
By Michael West in Movies / TV / Theatre on 20 March 2014
Elijah Wood To Play Poet Brinnin In Dylan Thomas Tale
Lord Of The Rings star Elijah Wood and Welsh actor Celyn Jones are teaming up to play poets Malcolm Brinnin and Dylan Thomas in a new period movie.Set Fire to the Stars, which will be...
By WENN in Movies / TV / Theatre on 10 January 2014
Andy Serkis Lands Cameo In Kickstarter-funded Blockheads Video
Lord Of The Rings star Andy Serkis makes a brief cameo alongside Ian Dury's sons Bill and Albert in the video for The Blockheads' new single Express Yourself.The video is one of three funded by...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 11 December 2013
The Hobbit: Smaug's Home Erebor Would Cost $6 Billion To Buy
Erebor, The Lonely Mountain where Smaug the Dragon lives in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, would cost around $6 billion to buy, if it was real, according to a new housing report. US real...
By Michael West in Movies / TV / Theatre on 11 December 2013
Peter Jackson Keen To Pit The All Blacks Against The Daleks In Doctor Who Special
Lord Of The Rings moviemaker Peter Jackson has restated his interest in taking charge of a Doctor Who episode, inviting Bbc bosses to allow him to create a special in his native New Zealand.Jackson, who...
By WENN in Movies / TV / Theatre on 10 December 2013
Lord Of The Rings Costumes And Props To Be Sold At Auction
Costumes and props from director Peter Jackson's Lord Of The Rings trilogy are to go under the hammer at an auction in California in December (13).The Trilogy Collection: Props & Costumes from Middle Earth will...
By WENN in Movies / TV / Theatre on 08 October 2013
Orlando Bloom And Sir Ian Mckellen Are Legolas And Gandalf For The Last Time
As filming for The Hobbit trilogy comes to an end, the franchise says goodbye to some of its most loved characters. The time has come for Legolas and Gandalf to put down their bow and...
By Jack de Aguilar in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 01 July 2013
The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug Trailer: Here's Benedict Cumberbatch! [Trailers And Pictures]
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Trailer is finally here, and with it, the first look at Benedict Cumberbatch's big scaly fire breathing dragon. The British actor voices Smaug in the second of Peter Jackson's...
By Michael West in Movies / TV / Theatre on 17 June 2013
The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug Trailer: Jackson Posts The 'Happy Hobbit's' Reaction
Three Elves are watching a YouTube video. This is not, contrary to how it might appear, the start of a bad joke but is actual video footage posted by Peter Jackson on his Facebook page....
By Elinor Cosgrave in Movies / TV / Theatre on 14 June 2013
Dominic Monaghan's Creepy Tv Show Picked Up For Second Season
Lord Of The Rings and Lost star Dominic Monaghan's travel and nature show has been picked up for a second season.Wild Things With Dominic Monaghan, which debuted in Britain late last year (Nov12) and in...
By WENN on 10 June 2013
Lord Of The Rings Movie Swords Stolen
A woman has been arrested after allegedly stealing two swords featured in the Lord Of The Rings movie franchise from a New York storage facility.Brenda MCKay is facing a charge of felony burglary amid claims...
By WENN on 03 June 2013
The 'Real' Lord Of The Rings Ring Goes On Exhibition
The ring that might well have inspired JRR Tolkien to write The Lord Of The Rings book has been put up in an exhibition at The Vyne in Hampshire, owned by the National Trust.According to...
By Contributor in Movies / TV / Theatre on 02 April 2013
J.r.r Tolkien Thinks Back To Oxfordshire - The Inspiration For The Hobbit
Today would have been the 121st birthday for legendary novelist J.R.R Tolkien. With the latest adaptation of his fantasy epics, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, still in the minds of many, an old interview with...
By Jack de Aguilar in Movies / TV / Theatre on 03 January 2013
The Hobbit Heads Into 2013 As America's Top Film
Lord Of The Rings prequel The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey will ring in 2013 as America's top film after beating Django Unchained and Les Miserables to number one at the year-end box office.Peter Jackson's fantasy...
By WENN on 30 December 2012
Peta Bosses Not Happy With Jackson's Response To The Hobbit Animal Deaths
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals bosses are refusing to let Peter Jackson and the producers of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey back out of a scandal involving the deaths of 27 horses, sheep,...
By WENN on 21 November 2012
Sean Connery Turned Down Lord Of The Rings Part
Sean Connery turned down the role of Gandalf in hit movie franchise Lord Of The Rings because he didn't understand the part.Despite being offered a large salary and a portion of the box office profits...
By WENN on 19 November 2012
Elijah Wood: Hobbit Return Was Bizarre
Elijah Wood found it ''bizarre'' to head back to New Zealand to shoot scenes for 'The Hobbit'.The actor reprised his 'Lord of the Rings' role of Frodo Baggins in the forthcoming prequel series and had...
By Bang Showbiz on 29 October 2012
James Cameron Planning Avatar Prequel
James Cameron is planning to make an 'Avatar' prequel.The 'Titanic' director revealed he has ''an idea for a fourth'' movie in the franchise and revealed that the forthcoming motion picture will tell the story of...
By Bang Showbiz on 10 September 2012
Benedict Cumberbatch To Star In August: Osage County?
Benedict Cumberbatch is in talks to star in drama movie 'August: Osage County'. The 'Sherlock' actor has entered negotiations to portray the sensitive son of Meryl Streep's onscreen sister, Mattie Fay Aiken (Margo Martindale), in...
By Bang Showbiz on 24 August 2012
Avatar 2 Pushed Back To 2015
'Avatar 2' has been pushed back to 2015. Director James Cameron looks set to release the follow up to the 2009 fantasy film one year later than Fox executives had originally planned, and the movie...
By Bang Showbiz on 30 July 2012
Andy Serkis: Martin Freeman Was Unpredictable On The Hobbit
Andy Serkis says Martin Freeman was unpredictable on the set of 'The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey'. The 48-year-old actor - who reprises his role as Gollum in the prequel to the 'Lord of the Rings'...
By Bang Showbiz on 30 July 2012
Dominic Monaghan Takes Aim At Reality Tv Show Swamp People
Lord Of The Rings star Dominic Monaghan has vowed to end reality TV shows that feature people who are cruel to reptiles - and he's starting with America's Swamp People.The animal lover has blasted the...
By WENN on 13 July 2012
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