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Happy birthday John Rhys-Davies
John Rhys-Davies celebrates his 64th birthday today. John was born in Wiltshire, England, on the 5th of May, 1944. John’s cast biography can be viewed here. You can view pictures of John here and pictures of John in the role of Gimli here. Happy birthday John!
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Trilogy screening
Starting at 23:30pm on 3rd May the BFI IMAX in London, UK, is showing all three of the Lord of the Rings movies. There are further details here. For a chance to win tickets to the screening enter the prize draw here.
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Del Toro’s vision for The Hobbit movies
In an interview at mtv.com Guillermo Del Toro talks about his vision for The Hobbit movies including what the second movie is going to be about. He reveals that Andy Serkis, Ian McKellen, Howard Shore and John Howe will be involved and the thing he’s been most excited about are the spiders of Mirkwood
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It’s official – Del Toro will direct The Hobbit movies
Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh along with executives from New Line Cinema and MGM have announced that Guillermo del Toro will direct The Hobbit movies. Peter and Fran said “We have long admired Guillermo’s work and cannot think of a more inspired filmmaker to take the journey back to Middle-earth. We are delighted ‘The Hobbit’…
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Del Toro and The Hobbit – news expected soon
In an interview with IGN Guillermo Del Toro has revealed that a definitive answer regarding his involvement with The Hobbit movies will be, “coming in the next four or five days”. You can read the full story and watch a video of the interview with Del Toro here.
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Happy birthday Andy Serkis
Andy Serkis celebrates his 44th birthday today. Andy was born on the 20th of April, 1964, in Ruslip Manor, England. You can view some pictures of Andy here and pictures of Andy as Gollum/Smeagol can be viewed here. Happy birthday Andy!
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Happy birthday Sean Bean
Today, April 17th, is Sean Bean’s birthday. Sean was born in Sheffield, England in 1959 and is 49 today. You can view some pictures of Sean here, of Sean in the role of Boromir here and you can read his CoE cast bio here. Happy birthday, Sean!
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Climbing one of the Two Towers
Perrott’s Folly in Edgbaston, UK, is said to have been Tolkien’s inspiration for one of the Two Towers. Now open to the public you can take a trip up the tower. Reporter Graham Young relates his experiences of climbing the tower in this article at birminghammail.net
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Fantasy Festival 2008
Fantasy Festival 2008 will be held on 26th April at the University of Utah, US. Events include a presentation by Dr Drout on, “From Middle-earth to Hogwarts”, costuming workshops, Lords of the Rings Jeopardy, a masquerade and much more. You can find further details here.
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Del Toro and The Hobbit
In an interview at EW.com Guillermo Del Toro reveals that he is still in negotiations about directing The Hobbit movies.
