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Happy Birthday, Brad Dourif
Today, March 18th, is Brad Dourif’s birthday. He was born in West Virginia, USA in 1950 and is 57 years old today. You can read his cast bio here. In the CoE gallery there are pictures of Brad here and of Brad in the role of Grima here. Happy Birthday Brad!
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The Hobbit a reality by 2009?
Even though he still does not have a director or a workable script as yet, Robert Shaye says he intends to have The Hobbit released by 2009. You can read the interview here.
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Two Hobbit films?
MGM and New Line Cinema may be planning two Hobbit films, according to MGM chief operating officer, Rick Sands who has also said that Peter Jackson would be their first choice to direct the movies. You can read more at IGN.
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Happy Birthday Howard Shore
October 18th was Howard Shore’s birthday. He was born in Toronto, Canada in 1946 and is 60 years old today. You can read his bio here. Many Happy Returns, Howard!
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Peter Jackson’s biography
Peter Jackson: A Film-maker’s Journey, written by Brian Sibley, will be published by HarperCollins on 6th November. You can read more about the book at Harper Collins.
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Sam is the 7th greatest sidekick
Sam is listed as number seven on Entertainment Weekly’s just released list of the 50 Greatest Sidekicks. You can read more about it here.
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Lord of the Rings fine art collection by John Alvin
Famed cinema artist John Alvin, who has created art for over 130 movie campaigns, has just released the first limited editions of images from the Lord of the Rings trilogy. There are further details at Artinsights.com.
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LotR musical nominated for 15 Dora Awards
The nominations for the 2006 Dora Mavor Moore Awards have been announced and the musical version of The Lord of the Rings has received 15 nominations, surpassing all others. You can read more about the awards here.
