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ICM Partners Signs ‘Star Trek’s Karl Urban
EXCLUSIVE: ICM Partners has just signed Karl Urban, who’ll reprise his role as Enterprise doc Bones in the third installment of that franchise that will shoot in April. Urban, who first burst on the...
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John Rhys-Davies Joins ‘Shannara’ On MTV
Lord Of The Rings‘ John Rhys-Davies is staying in the fantasy realm, joining the cast of Shannara, MTV's 10-episode straight-to-series drama based on Terry Brooks' book series. Written by Smallville...
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Christopher Lee Dies: ‘Dracula’&‘Lord Of The Rings’ Actor Was 93
UPDATED with quotes: Legendary British actor Sir Christopher Lee has died after being hospitalized for respiratory problems and heart failure. He was 93. Lee, who played Dracula in a series of classic...
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Uma Thurman Regrets Turning Down ‘Lord Of The Rings’ Role
Uma Thurman made an appearance on Monday night's The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, where the host brought up Thurman's missed opportunity to star in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Years ago, the Kill...
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‘Lord Of The Rings’ Lawsuit Settled Between Warner Bros. & Tolkien Estate
There’s never been any indication that they celebrate the Fourth of July in Middle Earth, but fireworks of legal independence will be going off anyway. After a grueling five-year court battle, Warner...
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‘Lord Of The Rings’ TV Series Shopped With Huge Rights Payment Attached
UPDATED: In a deal that is expected to dwarf any TV series to date, I hear the J.R.R. Tolkien estate has been shopping a possible series based on the late author’s The Lord of the Rings novels with a...
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Peter Jackson Rebukes Harvey Weinstein’s Denial On Ashley Judd & Mira Sorvino
EXCLUSIVE: Shortly after Harvey Weinstein denied claims that he blackballed Ashley Judd and Mira Sorvino from being cast in Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings movies, Jackson has chimed back in, calling...
View ArticleAmazon Raises Price Of Monthly Prime Memberships By 18% To $12.99
Streaming viewers who pay by the month for Amazon Prime benefits, which include free shipping as well as entertainment offerings, now will pay $12.99 a month. The new rate is 18% higher than the...
View ArticleHarvey Weinstein’s Lawyers Argue Ashley Judd’s Civil Suit Should Be Tossed —...
UPDATED with statement from Ashley Judd’s attorney Harvey Weinstein’s lawyers are urging a federal court judge to throw out Ashley Judd’s civil suit, arguing that too much time has passed for her to...
View ArticleRudy Giuliani’s “Self-Contradictory Statements” On Cohen Get The...
Rudy Giuliani has been on an interesting journey in the past couple of weeks (some may even argue months). As Donald Trump’s lawyer, he has spoken out about former Trump attorney Michael Cohen and his...
View ArticleAmazon’s ‘Lord Of The Rings’ Series Lays Out Possible Direction, Literally
There is "no timetable," according to Amazon Studios boss Jennifer Salke, for the launching of the streamer's already much-hyped series based on The Lord of the Rings. However,it looks like there is a...
View Article‘The Lord Of The Rings’: J.A. Bayona To Direct Amazon Series
EXCLUSIVE: Amazon Studios’ high-profile The Lord of the Rings TV series has made a key hire. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom director Juan Antonio (J.A.) Bayona has been tapped to direct the first two...
View ArticleAmazon Sets Creative Team For ‘Lord Of The Rings’ TV Series Including...
Amazon has set a slew of creative execs for its forthcoming Lord of the Rings TV series including Eps from Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad and The Sopranos as well as former head of genre Sharon Tal...
View Article‘Lord Of The Rings’: Peter Jackson Predicted Return 20 Years Ago But Orlando...
Orlando Bloom was at the TCA summer press tour to promote a forthcoming big-budget fantasy drama for Amazon. However, while the SVOD service teased some crew news on the TV adaptation of Lord of the...
View Article‘The Lord Of The Rings’ Amazon TV Series Casts Will Poulter As A Lead
Young British actor Will Poulter (the Maze Runner franchise) is poised to star on Amazon Studios’ high-profile The Lord of the Rings TV series, Deadline has learned. Amazon would not comment. The...
View Article‘Casablanca’, ‘Austin Powers’, ‘Lord Of The Rings’ Characters Mask Up In PSA...
The world is a year into this global pandemic, but there are many, many, many people that still need a reminder that wearing a face mask can help stop the spread the Covid-19. WarnerMedia has teamed up...
View Article‘Lord Of The Rings’ Online Role-Playing Game Canceled By Amazon
Stalled contract negotiations have led to the cancellation by Amazon of an online role-playing game based on the Lord of the Rings series. Amazon’s video game division has nixed the game, according to...
View Article‘Lord Of The Rings’ Actor Elijah Wood Claims An Orc Was Designed To Look Like...
Infamous former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein has experienced what would happen if he got on Peter Jackson’s bad side. While reflecting on his time filming Lord of the Rings, its star Elijah...
View ArticleStephen Colbert &‘Lord Of The Rings’ Cast Pay Musical Tribute To Favorite...
Stephen Colbert has been singing the praises of The Lord of the Rings for 20 years, and now, as he says in last night’s musical tribute, he’s ready to rap. Joining him in “The #1 Trilly” – short for...
View ArticleOrlando Bloom Signs With WME
EXCLUSIVE: WME has signed The Lord of the Rings and Pirates of the Caribbean star Orlando Bloom for representation. The globally recognized actor has been a part of two of the largest film franchises...
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