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Happy birthday Viggo Mortensen
Happy (belated) birthday to Viggo Mortensen. Viggo was born in Watertown, New York, USA on October 20th 1958 and is now 51 years old. You can read his cast bio here and there are pictures of Viggo in the role of Aragorn here. Many happy returns Viggo!
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Ian McKellen on Gandalf
In this article at rottentomatoes.com Ian McKellen talks about reprising the role of Gandalf in the forthcoming movies of The Hobbit.
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Happy Hobbit Day
Happy birthday to two of our favorite hobbits, Bilbo and Frodo. At the start of Lord of the Rings Bilbo celebrated his 111th birthday while Frodo celebrated his 33th birthday and came of age. Click here for some great CoE Hobbit Day eCards to send to your friends.
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Happy birthday David Wenham
Today, September 21st, is David Wenham’s birthday. He was born in Australia in 1965 and is 44 years old today. You can read his cast bio here. In the CoE gallery there are pictures of David here and of David in the role of Faramir here. Happy birthday David!
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Happy birthday Ian Holm
Ian Holm was born in Goodmayes, UK on 12th September 1931 and is 78 years old this year. You can read his cast bio here. In the CoE gallery you can view pictures of Ian here and pictures of Ian in the role of Bilbo here. Happy birthday Ian.
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Happy Birthday Billy Boyd
Billy Boyd was born in Glasgow, Scotland on 28 August 1968 and is 41 years old today. You can read his cast bio here. In the CoE gallery you can view pictures of Billy here and Billy in the role of Pippin here. Many happy returns Billy.
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Happy anniversary to the CoE Realms
Today, 10th August marks the 6th anniversary of the CoE Realms. There are fourteen different Realms which are named after the Valar of Ilúvatar. You can find out more about the Realms here.
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Oxonmoot – September 25th-27th
Oxonmoot, run by the Tolkien Society, is held in Oxford, UK, on a weekend close to Bilbo & Frodo’s birthdays. The weekend includes; talks and papers, a fiendish quiz, an art show, Merry & Pippin’s dance workshop, a dealers’ room, and Enyalië (act of remembrance at Tolkien’s grave). You can find further information here.
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Hobbit script – first draft due soon
At Comic-Con Peter Jackson revealed that the first draft of the script for The Hobbit should be submitted to Warner Brother in 3-4 weeks and that the movies have not yet gained financial backing. You can read the full story at Stuff.co.nz.
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Who will be Bilbo?
In an interview with Empire Peter Jackson has quashed the rumors that an announcement will be made at Comic Con as to which actor has been cast in the role of Bilbo. According to PJ they are in the process of working on the script and they won’t be announcing who will play Bilbo “for…
