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Ian McKellen has revealed that he still gets mistaken for the late Michael Gambon.The pair have often drawn similarities due to both playing wizards Gandalf and Dumbledore in the Lord Of The Rings and Harry Potter franchises.Gambon died last year aged 82 – though McKellen revealed on last weekend’s (February 9) The Graham Norton Show that despite this, fans have recently mixed the two up.Noting they are “often mistaken for each other”, the Gandalf actor recalled an incident from the previous week, explaining: “I was waiting for the Docklands Light Railway to take me back from the West End to home, and a voice behind me said, ‘Excuse me.’“I turned round, there are two young women in their 20s and one of them said, ‘Are you Michael Gambon?’ And I said, ‘Michael Gambon is dead.’ And she said, ‘Yes I know but are you Michael Gambon?’“I said, ‘Michael Gambon is dead!'” McKellen further recalled of his frustration. “That is an exit line, I swanned on through the DLR, and she followed.“And she was laughing and giggling with her pal, and I think what she was doing was she was texting her friend and saying, ‘I’ve just seen a ghost.'”During the interview, McKellen also shared one encounter he had with Gambon while he was still alive.“I said, ‘Do you ever get mistaken for me?'” he recalled.

The Lord Of The Rings trilogy has been voted the best film music by the UK public.Howard Shore’s soundtrack took the number one spot on a list of the top 100 film scores compiled by Classic FM, which received over 10,000 votes. The winner was revealed on Monday (August 28) on the radio station by presenter Jonathan Ross.Speaking about the win, Shore said: “Many thanks to all the Classic FM listeners.

Lizzo has shared footage of her performing The Lord Of The Rings theme in Hobbiton in New Zealand.The singer took to Instagram to post a series of photos of her dressed as the character Legolas along with a short video clip of her playing the theme for ‘Concerning Hobbits’. You can view footage below.“Lizzolas in her natural habitat,” Lizzo wrote alongside the video on Instagram.The clip even prompted a response from Katy Perry, who tagged her husband Orlando Bloom, who played Legolas in the Peter Jackson movies, and wrote that Lizzo is “comin fer yer jerb.”A post shared by Lizzo (@lizzobeeating)The Hobbiton set she was visiting is based in the town of Matamata, which was created for Jackson’s franchise and has been accessible to tourists to visit as part of a walking tour since 2002.Lizzo is in New Zealand as part of her current tour promoting her recent album ‘Special’, which hit Auckland’s Spark Arena earlier this week.Meanwhile, earlier this year, it was confirmed The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power season two would go ahead amid the ongoing writers’ strike.Despite executive producers J.D.

Mad Max: Fury Road has been crowned the best film of the past 25 years on a list compiled by Rotten Tomatoes.To mark its 25th anniversary, the website asked approved critics to choose their top five films released in the last 25 years. The votes were then tallied and compiled into a top 25 list.George Miller’s Mad Max: Fury Road beat runners-up Parasite and David Lynch’s Mulholland Dr. which placed second and third respectively.

Ian McKellen while dressed as Gandalf on a pub crawl – check out the footage below.Ben Coyles, 22, was dressed as the Lord Of The Rings character for his birthday night out in Bristol on April 13, when he encountered the Gandalf actor in the street.A video of the moment was posted to TikTok by Coyles’ friend Scarlet Learmonth, which has since amassed over 3.5million views.Speaking to the Lancashire Telegraph, Felix Spencer, who was also on the pub crawl, explained how the meeting happened.SIR * Ian McKellen #bristol #birthdaygandalf #ianmckellen #sirianmckellen #gandalf ♬ Originalton – Suneysounds “We were on the penultimate pub on the pub crawl and, as we’re walking there, someone comes up behind me and asks if he’d like our Gandalf to meet the real Gandalf,” Spencer said. “I assumed it was someone just joking around but when I turn around to talk to him he gestures towards his friend.“It takes me a while to realise at first but then I see that it is in fact Ian McKellen.

Lord Of The Rings films in the works.Back in February, it was announced that Warner Bros and New Line had signed a deal to make “multiple” new movies based on J. R. R.

Late last month, news broke that Warner Bros. Pictures had a new multi-year deal in place with Embracer Group‘s Middle-Earth Enterprises for New Line Cinema to make more “The Lord Of The Rings” movies.

If you dig down into it, it’s pretty complicated to discuss the rights situation surrounding “The Lord of the Rings” IP. Warner Bros.

Lord Of The Rings films, but not everyone is happy about it.Warner Bros Discovery’s CEO, David Zaslav, announced on an investors’ call on Thursday that a deal had been brokered to make “multiple” films based on J. R.

Yesterday, it was revealed that Warner Bros. Discovery (and its New Line studio) and Embracer Group have hammered out a deal to make more “Lord of the Rings” films in the future.

Most people know James Corden as the bombastic host of CBS‘ “The Late Late Show.” Or audiences may know him from his pitiful acting in the likes of “Ocean’s 8,” “Cinderella,” or 2019’s execrable laugh riot “Cats.” But in some deranged alternate universe, James Corden might have landed the role of Samwise Gamgee over Sean Astin in Peter Jackson‘s “The Lord Of The Rings” film trilogy.

It’s common knowledge, at this point, that Amazon Studios paid roughly $700 million for the first season of “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.” That does include more than $200 million for the rights agreement with the Tolkien Estate, but even still, that’s a mammoth amount of money. And instead of going with tried and true showrunners or filmmakers with an established pedigree, Amazon Studios chose relative unknowns, Patrick McKay and J.D.

Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power star Ismael Cruz Córdova has united with original Lord Of The Rings film trilogy star Orlando Bloom for a selfie.The pair, who play Elves Arondir and Legolas respectively in the Tolkien universe, came together with a message of solidarity, Bloom sharing a picture on Instagram with the word “mellon” – the Elvish word for “friend”.Replying in the comments, Córdova wrote: “Big love mellon”.A post shared by Orlando Bloom (@orlandobloom)The post comes after a few of the original trilogy stars – namely Dominic Monaghan, Elijah Wood, Billy Boyd and Sean Astin – showed solidarity with the new show’s cast against racist abuse targeted at the series’ diverse actors. The former three were shown wearing T-shirts with elf ears in varying skin tones, and elf tongue translated as “you are all welcome here.” Astin shared a post wearing a hat with the same.The cast of the show has also condemned the “the relentless racism, threats, harassment and abuse” received, and have highlighted the “fellowship” inherent in Tolkien’s universe, noting that “Middle-earth is not all white” and that “BIPOC belong in Middle-earth and are here to stay.”“Tolkien created a world which, by definition, is multi-cultural.

The wildly successful premiere of “House of the Dragon,” the prequel to HBO’s “Game of Thrones,” was criticized by some viewers for being a bit too overly familiar. Anyone who felt that way about the origin story of the Targaryens is likely to have a similar response to Prime Video’s “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power,” the streaming giant’s incredibly expensive tale of the early days of Middle-earth and the characters created by J.R.R.

The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power.Speaking to the audience at the UK premiere of the new Amazon Prime Video series on Tuesday (August 30), the Amazon boss confessed that he and his family are massive fans of J.R.R Tolkien’s fantasy novel.“My grandfather’s the one who introduced me to Tolkien,” said Bezos (via Variety). “I fell in love immediately, I was probably 13 or 14 years old.

We are just over a week away from the two-episode premiere of “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.” After years of waiting and all the hype about this being the most expensive TV series of all time, we are finally about to experience it for ourselves. And the latest trailer for the show gives us a peek at what’s to come.

To be frank, it shouldn’t have happened. And while it’s not unprecedented it’s pretty damn close.

We are just over a week away from the two-episode premiere of “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.” After years of waiting and all the hype about this being the most expensive TV series of all time, we are finally about to experience it for ourselves. And the latest trailer for the show gives us a peek at what’s to come.

The first two episodes of Amazon‘s mega-budgeted “The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power” hit Amazon Prime on September 1. But that show’s inception may no longer be the biggest “Lord Of The Rings” news out there.

Sean Bean has revealed which of his on-screen deaths he considers to be the best.In an interview with RadioTimes.com, the actor, who has gained a reputation for being killed off in multiple films and TV shows, explained why Boromir’s death scene in Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring is his favourite.“I thought his death was very heroic and triumphant and poignant,” he said. “It had pathos.

The Lord Of The Rings game is being developed by the games division of Weta Workshop and being published by Take-Two subsidiary Private Division.The title will be “set in the literary Middle-Earth universe of J.R.R. Tolkien,” with Middle-Earth enterprises giving the Weta Workshop game studio “the broadest creative license to interpret the underlying lore of the books.”Weta Workshop is known for its visual effects work on The Lord Of The Rings and The Hobbit film trilogies, alongside Netflix’s The Witcher and Stranger Things.

Almost a year ago, WarnerMedia announced plans to work on an anime set in the world of “The Lord of the Rings,” titled “The War of the Rohirrim.” At the time, there weren’t a ton of details, but now, WarnerMedia has made it official with a sneak peek at some concept art and a 2024 release date. According to Variety, “The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim” is set to arrive in theaters on April 12, 2024.

For a series that has been in the works for years and has been under intense fan scrutiny since the initial announcement, we really don’t know a whole lot about the upcoming ‘Lord of the Rings’ Amazon show. Sure, we know it’s a prequel.

One doesn’t simply walk into a “Lord of the Rings” episode—at least not without a 20-year anniversary and amateur Tolkien scholar Brent Rivers on one’s side. On today’s blockbuster Be Reel, our fellowship reflects on an all-time great film trilogy, assessing LOTR’s bizarre relationship to star power, how Peter Jackson adapted almost anti-modern novels, and how the trilogy’s approach to franchise filmmaking stands alone.

the cryptocurrency was launched in August with the tagline ‘The One Token That Rules Them All’.It was launched with a promotional video by Billy Boyd, who played Peregrin ‘Pippin’ Took in Peter Jackson’s The Lord Of The Rings movies.Organisers said at the product’s launch in a confusing and since-deleted Tweet: “Saruman was trying to unify Middle Earth under centralized rule where as the fellowship wanted decentralization.

The Lord Of The Rings Online quest packs available for free until November 30.Fans of The Lord Of The Rings Online can claim all available quest packs for free in the official in-game store, meaning the game itself must be downloaded first, by using the code LOTROQUESTS2021 before November 30.By utilising this offer, players could get up to 24 quest packs for free, alongside a region and mission pack. Anything not included in the bundle is also on sale over the same time frame.

Lord Of The Ring’s actor Billy Boyd posted a 40-second clip promoting the currency. The tweet has since been taken down, but fans of the films and books were quick to criticise Boyd and the cryptocurrency.JRR Token is a token based on the binance smart chain, which rewards tokenites on each translation.

Is everyone ready to venture back to Middle-earth? Well, Amazon sure hopes so. But don’t worry, you don’t have to be excited just yet, as the Prime Video release of the “Lord of the Rings” TV series is still more than a year away.

Dominic Monaghan and Billy Boyd have confirmed that a nude scene involving the pair was removed from Lord Of The Rings film The Two Towers.The pair, who starred as Merry and Pippin the original Lord Of The Rings trilogy appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert earlier this week.The subject of nudity was brought up in light of the news that an intimacy co-ordinator had been hired for Amazon’s upcoming Lord Of The Rings TV series.

Twenty years after the first Lord of the Rings feature encapsulated fans around the world in the gripping tales of J.R.R Tolkien, New Line is returning to the exciting world of the film with a new prequel anime film titled ‘The War of the Rohirrim’. Warner Bros.

Tolkien fans are incredibly excited about the forthcoming “The Lord of the Rings” TV series. Not only is it an extension of the beloved Peter Jackson films, but it’s also going to explore a time in Middle-earth that has yet to be seen on screen.

After years of preproduction and development, Amazon Studios’ billion-dollar “Lord of the Rings” TV series is already deep into production in New Zealand. And while we know most of the cast, it was still a mystery who was going to take over directing duties after already-announced J.A.

The list of actors cut out of Terrence Malick’s classic 1998 “The Thin Red Line” war movie is long and legendary (we’ve dedicated entire features to digging up nuggets of stories over the years). And actor Viggo Mortensen—cut out of early roles in films like Woody Allen’s “The Purple Rose of Cairo,” and Jonathan Demme‘s “Swing Shift”—knows a thing or two about being left on the cutting room floor.

Before the pandemic shut theaters down last March, if you went to watch a film on the big screen, odds are you saw the disturbing trailer for “Saint Maud.” Unfortunately, when COVID-19 began to wreak havoc in the US, A24’s planned release kept getting delayed. Now, a year later, the horror-thriller is arriving in select theaters and on EPIX.

Orlando Bloom has shared an emotional tribute to his dog Mighty, who he said has died.

Even though we’ve been talking about the “Lord of the Rings” TV series coming to Amazon sometime in the future for years now, we still don’t really have much of a clue what the show is actually going to be about. What we do know is that it supposedly takes place during The Second Age and some actors have signed on to star.