Post Tagged with: "Ian McKellen"

How to Cook for a Hobbit? Ask a Welshman!

The set of The Hobbit may be full of celebrity actors and filmmakers, but David Gell from Llanfairfechan, Wales is the star of the show in his mother’s eyes. Gell was one of hundreds of […]

Hobbit Cast Meet Beautiful Burnout

Sir Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Andy Serkis and Luke Evans joined other members of the cast of The Hobbit in a trip to see the play Beautiful Burnout on 3 March.   Beautiful Burnout is all about […]

Weta Founders to Open New Creative and Performing Arts Centre at Scots College

The recently dubbed New Zealander of the Year, Richard Taylor, and his partner (and co-founder of Weta) Tania Rodger will officially open the new Creative and Performing Arts Centre at Scots College in Strathmore, New […]

Sir Ian Helps Homelessness Charity

Crisis, the UK charity that supports single homeless people, has enlisted the help of Sir Ian McKellen for its latest fundraising idea Crisis Mission: A Journey to the Midlands (and back again).  Crisis Mission involves teams […]

“The Hobbit” Actor Up For Oscar

Bret McKenzie, who will play Lindir in the upcoming “Hobbit” films, is up for an Academy Award, but it might not be the one you would expect. McKenzie wrote a number of songs for the […]

BREAKING: Production Video #5: On location with ‘THE HOBBIT’

It is definitely a Merry Christmas, thanks to Peter Jackson. Just this week he released the first Hobbit Trailer, which received rave reviews, and now, just moments ago he posted the fifth Hobbit production video! […]

See the First Trailer for the Hobbit!

Get up from planking, stop looking at pictures of cats, and wait to forward that rickrolling email. Set down everything you are doing and put your life on hold because the first trailer for “The […]

Stephen Fry Discusses “The Hobbit” and Peter Jackson

Stephen Fry sat down with the folks at Digital Spy to talk about “The Hobbit” and director Peter Jackson’s enjoyment of the grotesque. He “had a fantastic time” filming in Wellington in August, calling it […]

Surprise Guests at Opening Night of The Newbury Corn Exchange

Adam Brown, who will play Ori in the upcoming Hobbit films, is one half of the comedy theatre troupe Plested and Brown that performs regularly at the Newbury Corn Exchange. His obligations filming The Hobbit […]

Ian McKellen on Location

Ian McKellen has posted a new blog that highlights various locations he has visited as he travels around New Zealand with the cast and crew of The Hobbit. As he explains, “Five hundred of us […]