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Project Northmoor Enlists Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman & More For Effort To Save J.R.R. Tolkien’s Oxford Home

Project Northmoor Enlists Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman & More For Effort To Save J.R.R. Tolkien’s Oxford Home

A crowdfunding effort called Project Northmoor has formed a fellowship of some fantastic people to aid its effort to save the Oxford home where The Lord of the Rings author J.R.R. Tolkien penned his fantasy epic. At the helm is author Julia Golding, and she’s enlisted Gandalf and Bilbo Baggins! Or, rather, actors Sir Ian […]

4y ago

Mega Budget ‘Lord Of The Rings’ TV Series, Amazon Studios Picks Two Directors To Rule Them All

Mega Budget ‘Lord Of The Rings’ TV Series, Amazon Studios Picks Two Directors To Rule Them All

Amazon Studios’ streaming service is planning to bring fans a lengthy experience of Lord of the Rings via a television series. The company has been searching for show runners to develop what is likely to be a highly anticipated series, and most recently they settled on two semi-newcomers, reports Entertainment Weekly. John D (J.D.) Payne, […]

6y ago

‘Lord Of The Rings’ Star Ian McKellen Claims Actresses Routinely Traded Sex For Roles Back In The Day

‘Lord Of The Rings’ Star Ian McKellen Claims Actresses Routinely Traded Sex For Roles Back In The Day

Although Hollywood’s casting-couch problem has made ongoing national/international headlines in the past few months following the sexual misconduct allegations against movie mogul Harvey Weinstein (which opened the floodgates against many other luminaries in show business and elsewhere), a quid pro quo scenario has existed for a long time. That is the contention of acting legend […]

7y ago

Ian McKellen Wants To Return As Gandalf In Amazon’s ‘The Lord Of The Rings’ TV Series

Ian McKellen Wants To Return As Gandalf In Amazon’s ‘The Lord Of The Rings’ TV Series

A month after Amazon announced The Lord of the Rings TV series is officially happening, people are already wondering who will be cast to play the lovable characters that populate the Middle Earth universe. Long-time Tolkien fans were delighted to find out that Amazon bought the television rights to The Lord of the Rings and […]

7y ago

British Airways Pulls Out All The Stops In Star-Studded Safety Video For A Great Cause

British Airways Pulls Out All The Stops In Star-Studded Safety Video For A Great Cause

Airline safety videos are often ignored by flight passengers who want nothing more than to go straight to sleep or watch the featured movies available onscreen as soon as they reach their designated seats. Because of this, airlines have tried to find ways to draw their passengers’ attention to the aircraft’s safety videos by coming […]

7y ago

‘Beauty And The Beast’s’ Gay Moment Will Not Be Deleted

‘Beauty And The Beast’s’ Gay Moment Will Not Be Deleted

Disney’s Beauty and the Beast’s gay moment will not be deleted from the film, posing the question if Malaysia shall still allow the film to air. A request was made by the Film Censorship Board in Malaysia asking Disney to cut out the scene. However, Disney has declined to alter the film for Malaysia and […]

7y ago

Patrick Stewart Retiring As Professor X, ‘Logan’ His Last ‘X-Men’ Film

Patrick Stewart Retiring As Professor X, ‘Logan’ His Last ‘X-Men’ Film

Logan will be Patrick Stewart’s retirement X-Men film, the actor reveals. It’s already known that the upcoming movie is Hugh Jackman’s farewell to his character Wolverine, and now the Professor X that we grew up with is done as well. “I’m done, too. It’s all over,” Stewart said the night he watched the film together […]

7y ago

Ian McKellen Turned Down $1.5 Million To Officiate Sean Parker’s Wedding As Gandalf

Ian McKellen Turned Down $1.5 Million To Officiate Sean Parker’s Wedding As Gandalf

Everyone on the planet loves Ian McKellen. How can you not? Not only is he one of the world’s most celebrated actors who has picked up countless awards throughout his storied career, but he’s also portrayed two of the most iconic character in literature history: X-Men’s Magneto and Lord of the Rings’ Gandalf. It was […]

8y ago

Patrick Stewart And Ian McKellen On Taylor Swift’s Squad Now?

Patrick Stewart And Ian McKellen On Taylor Swift’s Squad Now?

Two giants of the science fiction and fantasy worlds each recorded dramatic readings of some of Taylor Swift’s biggest songs and now, the pop megastar has dubbed them part of her Ultimate Squad goals. Sir Patrick Stewart, best known as Professor X of the cinematic X-Men universe, and Sir Ian McKellen, Gandalf from Lord of […]

9y ago

Five Reasons Ian McKellen And Patrick Stewart’s Epic Bromance Is Just What The World Needs

Five Reasons Ian McKellen And Patrick Stewart’s Epic Bromance Is Just What The World Needs

Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart have known each other since their early days as part of the Royal Shakespeare Company at Stratford-Upon-Avon in the U.K. But let’s be honest, they have one of those soulmate friendships that were just destined to happen making the world a better place for it. Let’s take a look at […]

9y ago

Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart Lock Lips At ‘Mr Holmes’ Premiere, Prove Their Best Friendship Is Better Than Yours

Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart Lock Lips At ‘Mr Holmes’ Premiere, Prove Their Best Friendship Is Better Than Yours

Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen have the most beautiful friendship in all of show business. And the bosom buddies decided to celebrate their closeness at the premiere of McKellen’s latest film, Mr. Holmes, by sharing a smooch together on the red carpet. McKellen and Stewart spotted each other at the London premiere of the film, […]

9y ago

‘Beauty And The Beast’ Casting: Ewan McGregor To Play Lumière

‘Beauty And The Beast’ Casting: Ewan McGregor To Play Lumière

The Beauty and the Beast casting continues to add stars to its already impressive lineup. We now have our Lumière, which will be played by actor Ewan McGregor. According to the Los Angeles Times, the 44-year-old Scot is in final negotiations (so it’s a pretty sure thing) to play the human turned candelabra. Lumière — […]

9y ago

Ian McKellen’s ‘Mr. Holmes’ Gets Trailer

Ian McKellen’s ‘Mr. Holmes’ Gets Trailer

Ian McKellen’s latest film, Mr. Holmes, offers a take on the revered detective that most would not consider. Here, Sherlock Holmes is a 93-years-old beekeeper and struggles to access the steel trap memory that had made him such a formidable sleuth. The film begins with Holmes in Japan trying to find an elixir that will […]

9y ago

‘Beauty And The Beast’ Filming Begins, Ian McKellen Details ‘Impressive’ Read-Through

‘Beauty And The Beast’ Filming Begins, Ian McKellen Details ‘Impressive’ Read-Through

The Beauty and the Beast filming has started, as reported by cast member Sir Ian McKellen, who will be playing Cogsworth. In a detailed post on Twitter, the veteran British actor shares details about the first read-through. Disney is still adding to the cast of the live-action adaptation of the classic story, previously seen in […]

9y ago

‘Beauty And The Beast’ Cast Takes Selfie, Celebrates Birthdays

‘Beauty And The Beast’ Cast Takes Selfie, Celebrates Birthdays

The Beauty and the Beast cast is getting ready to start filming the live-action Disney production and on Tuesday, they took a selfie and posted it to Instagram. They are also celebrating a few birthdays on Wednesday, so it should be one big party. The cast selfie was reportedly taken on set as the Beauty […]

9y ago

Ian McKellen Joining Emma Watson In ‘Beauty And The Beast’: Maybe He’ll Make Cogsworth Tolerable

Ian McKellen Joining Emma Watson In ‘Beauty And The Beast’: Maybe He’ll Make Cogsworth Tolerable

Ian McKellen and Emma Watson are teaming up for a fantasy fan’s dream collaboration. The wizard from The Hobbit and the witch from Harry Potter will star together in Disney’s live-action Beauty and the Beast remake. Ian McKellen’s Lord of the Rings character might resemble Dumbledore, but the beloved actor isn’t going to play a […]

9y ago

The Hobbit Battles Its Way to the Top Box Office Spot

The Hobbit Battles Its Way to the Top Box Office Spot

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies will be facing tough competition from Unbroken and Into the Woods this weekend, according to some box office analysts. Phil Contrino, vice president and chief analyst at Boxoffice.com, gave his opinion on the how well he believes The Hobbit will do this holiday weekend versus the other […]

10y ago

Watch Sir Ian McKellen Teach Cookie Monster How To Resist His Cookie Urges

Watch Sir Ian McKellen Teach Cookie Monster How To Resist His Cookie Urges

Since we can all use a little resistance once in a while, Sir Ian McKellan stopped by Sesame Street to teach the word “resist” to the kids at home with the help of Cookie Monster. However, the blue-haired puppet was not very familiar with the term. “The word resist means to control yourself and stop […]

10y ago

Sir Ian McKellen Gives English Schoolchildren The Best Advice – As Gandalf?! (VIDEO)

Sir Ian McKellen Gives English Schoolchildren The Best Advice – As Gandalf?! (VIDEO)

Sir Ian McKellen shared some helpful advice with English schoolchildren in a way that only he could – as Gandalf. That’s right! Sir Ian McKellen was able to find a creative way to entertain and educate at the same time by reprising his highly favored role from the Lord of the Rings movies, Gandalf. When […]

10y ago

‘The Hobbit: Battle Of The Five Armies’ Stunning Character Posters Keep Coming

‘The Hobbit: Battle Of The Five Armies’ Stunning Character Posters Keep Coming

As the release date approaches for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, the Warner Bros. PR machine is pulling all the stops. Fans have been inundated with stunning character posters for the last few days and nobody’s complaining about the onslaught. Dubbed “The Defining Chapter”, this is the last in the three installments […]

10y ago

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