News Archive

Sir Ian McKellen talks to CNN about playing the character of Gandalf, geekdom and awards.

There are some great video clips (recorded at the UK premiere) at the BBC Film 2003 website here. Jonathan Ross interviewed 6 of the cast and PJ. There are 4 separate clips: Liv and Viggo, Dom and Billy, Andy Serkis and Sean Astin and Peter Jackson.

Real Player is required (there is a transcript of the PJ interview).

The Baltimore Sun talks to Elijah Wood about the difficulties of playing Frodo in RotK.

The Boston Herald talks about the multiple endings of RotK, that are loved by fans, but that put off some reviewers.

World Magazine has an article on how Tolkien’s worldview comes through in the movies.

The National Catholic Register has a number of RotK articles this week. There is an interview with the filmmakers here and a review of the film here.

Entertainment Weekly has a Lord of the Rings special on their site this week. You can check the site out at EW.com. Be sure to check this feature at EW.com which names the LotR cast as top entertainers of the year!

Ian McKellen talks about his reaction to all the publicity surrounding the LotR movies in an article at Yahoo! News.

The New York Times has an article about women not liking the Lord of the Rings!

The Mercury News offers a review of the latest Tolkien biography.