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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

‘Sherlock’ Season 4: Post Real Life Split, Martin Freeman, Amanda Abbington Filmed Their Scenes As Newlyweds

‘Sherlock’ Season 4: Post Real Life Split, Martin Freeman, Amanda Abbington Filmed Their Scenes As Newlyweds

Sherlock Season 4 newlyweds are no longer a real life couple. Martin Freeman, who plays Dr. Watson, and Amanda Abbington, who plays Mary Morstan, have split after 16 years together. The couple reportedly separated two weeks before the production on Sherlock Season 4 commenced. Both Martin Freeman and Amanda Abbington have confirmed the “amicable” split, […]

8y ago

Martin Freeman Says His New Zombie Movie Is Serious Art

Martin Freeman Says His New Zombie Movie Is Serious Art

Martin Freeman, the English actor, is on a visit to Australia to film Cargo, an Australian movie that is based on a short film that went viral after making it to the finals in Australia’s Tropfest in 2013. The original movie’s central character is a man who is helping his baby daughter to survive a […]

8y ago

Orlando Bloom Exposure Triggers Online Stampede For More Nudity

Orlando Bloom Exposure Triggers Online Stampede For More Nudity

Orlando Bloom’s shock and awe campaign was a phenomenal success across the board, as Yahoo would attest. Not since Operation Desert Storm in Iraq has a mission accomplished its target with such precision. Now, the entire World Wide Web is reeling from the adrenaline rush of Wednesday night. Henceforth, August 3, 2016, should go down […]

8y ago

Orlando Bloom Joins The Extraordinary League Of Hollywood Bare-All Actors

Orlando Bloom Joins The Extraordinary League Of Hollywood Bare-All Actors

Orlando Bloom has been seen by the whole world with his recent full frontal nudity on Twitter, according to the New York Daily News. The Pirates of the Carribean star has effectively shut down the internet with his recent bold action. Now the last few weeks’ big stories, such as the continuing Taylor Swift and […]

8y ago

James Bond: Aidan Turner Way Ahead Of Twelve 007 Candidates

James Bond: Aidan Turner Way Ahead Of Twelve 007 Candidates

The James Bond search continues, but now one guy suddenly lords it over the rest. Aidan Turner has a lead, according to The Sun, that will be very hard to beat. Aidan’s lead seems to have come out of nowhere, but the fact remains that he has always been in the list without ever getting […]

8y ago

8 Saoirse Ronan Facts Few People Know, Including How To Pronounce Her Name

8 Saoirse Ronan Facts Few People Know, Including How To Pronounce Her Name

Saoirse Ronan has fully established her place in Hollywood, with her wonderful Irish accent and her talent and charm. But there are a number of things about this wonderful Irish gal that few people know, including how to pronounce her name. 1. So how is Saoirse Ronan’s name pronounced? Swide reports that Ronan has explained […]

8y ago

‘The Hobbit:’ How The Russians Did It First In 1985 [Video]

‘The Hobbit:’ How The Russians Did It First In 1985 [Video]

You might have thought Peter Jackson was the first to produce a full-length feature film of J.R.R. Tolkien’s story of The Hobbit back in 2012. It turns out that isn’t actually true — just like putting a man into space, the Russians got there first. Move over Peter Jackson, Vladimir Latyshev was the first to […]

9y ago

Bringing J.R.R. Tolkien Back: ‘Hobbit’ And ‘LotR’ Rare Prequel Story To Be Published [Update]

Bringing J.R.R. Tolkien Back: ‘Hobbit’ And ‘LotR’ Rare Prequel Story To Be Published [Update]

HarperCollins is bringing J.R.R. Tolkien back all the way to the “First Age” of the Lord of the Rings universe, according to the Daily Dot. As the voracious reading masses devour new finds, first by Harper Lee, then by Dr. Seuss, an unfinished story by J.R.R. Tolkien that pre-dates The Hobbit and The Lord of […]

9y ago

R.I.P Christopher Lee: The Screen’s Most Prolific Star

R.I.P Christopher Lee: The Screen’s Most Prolific Star

This week, fans around the world said goodbye to the most prolific movie actor of any generation, Sir Christopher Lee, who died last Sunday at the age of 93. Christopher Lee became recognized in 2007 by Guinness Book of World Records for most screen credits, which at the time stood at 244 before Lee acted […]

9y ago

Christopher Lee: 3 Dark Facts You Did Not Know

Christopher Lee: 3 Dark Facts You Did Not Know

Christopher Lee was 93-years-old when he died. His roles in films like the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit series, as well as the Star Wars franchise, are well-known. But here are three dark bits of knowledge about Christopher Lee that you may take to the grave with you. Christopher Lee Was A Heavy Metal […]

9y ago

‘Captain America: Civil War’: Alleged Concept Art Leaks And Martin Freeman Joins Cast

‘Captain America: Civil War’: Alleged Concept Art Leaks And Martin Freeman Joins Cast

Marvel fans have received several unexpected surprises this week, as new concept art purported to be from Captain America: Civil War has leaked online, amid news that Hobbit star Martin Freeman will be joining the cast. The new concept art comes via blogger Umberto Gonzalez, formerly of Latino-Review, according to Moviepilot, who posted two images […]

9y ago

Today Is Tolkien Reading Day, How Are You Celebrating?

Today Is Tolkien Reading Day, How Are You Celebrating?

For many fans of Tolkien’s varied works, Tolkien Reading Day marks a special time where the world celebrates as a whole on the Professor’s legacy. Set on March 25, the date has significance because of the history of perhaps Tolkien’s greatest work, The Lord of the Rings. But what is Tolkien Reading Day? Established in […]

9y ago

‘Battle of Five Armies’ Kingdom Captured in LEGOs

‘Battle of Five Armies’ Kingdom Captured in LEGOs

By all accounts, The Battle of the Five Armies has been a huge success for director Peter Jackson, and is the third and final installment in The Hobbit film trilogy. Though critics have sometimes been hard on the film, citing an abundant use of computer-generated imagery, fans have responded to the film with much enthusiasm. […]

9y ago

Magic Hobbit Ring Suspension Causes Outrage: Texas School Accuses Boy Of Terrorism

Magic Hobbit Ring Suspension Causes Outrage: Texas School Accuses Boy Of Terrorism

A magic Hobbit ring suspension is causing outrage on social media. The story of Aiden Steward, a nine-year-old boy from an elementary school in Texas went viral over the weekend, and people have expressed their disbelief and outrage over the boy’s suspension on the internet. According to the Washington Post, Aiden Steward, a student at […]

9y ago

One Ring: Texas Fourth Grader Suspended For Bringing ‘Ring Of Power’ To School

One Ring: Texas Fourth Grader Suspended For Bringing ‘Ring Of Power’ To School

One ring to rule them all. That line may sound familiar to those that are fans of The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings, but some people may not always get it. That appears to be the case in Texas, as a young boy was suspended from his fourth grade class because he brought his […]

9y ago

Magic ‘Hobbit’ Ring Suspension: Fourth-Grader Suspended For Playing Out ‘Hobbit’ Magic At School

Magic ‘Hobbit’ Ring Suspension: Fourth-Grader Suspended For Playing Out ‘Hobbit’ Magic At School

Playing out scenes related to the magic Hobbit ring led to a boy’s suspension from school. The fourth grader from Kermit Elementary School allegedly brought a ring to his class and told a classmate that his magic ring could make him disappear. According to Odessa American, Aiden Steward’s comment was viewed by school staff as […]

9y ago

‘The Hobbit’ Director Peter Jackson To Open WWI Museum

‘The Hobbit’ Director Peter Jackson To Open WWI Museum

After finishing his work on The Hobbit trilogy, director Peter Jackson will help launch a World War I museum in Wellington, New Zealand. Jackson was speaking on Wednesday at a Screen Advisory Board event to promote local film projects with the Park Road Post Production offices. According to the Associated Press, Jackson is a WWI […]

10y ago

‘Hannibal’ Casts Richard Armitage As ‘The Tooth Fairy’ For Season 3

‘Hannibal’ Casts Richard Armitage As ‘The Tooth Fairy’ For Season 3

Fresh from his performance as Thorin Oakenshield in The Hobbit trilogy, Richard Armitage has been cast to play The Tooth Fairy in Season 3 of NBC’s Hannibal. The British thespian has devoted the last several years of his career to playing the King of the Dwarves in director Peter Jackson’s adaptation of the J.R.R. Tolkien […]

10y ago

From The Hobbit To Taking On Nazi War Criminals: Martin Freeman Talks About His New Role In Adolf Eichmann Film

From The Hobbit To Taking On Nazi War Criminals: Martin Freeman Talks About His New Role In Adolf Eichmann Film

Making the leap from playing Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit to appearing in a film about a notorious Nazi war criminal is pretty much the exact opposite of typecasting and a challenge which Martin Freeman has relished. Adolf Eichmann is universally regarded as one of history’s monsters. He was one of the key architects of […]

10y ago

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