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Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings series resumes production

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As film and television productions slowly start up again, the latest series to resume filming according to Deadline is Amazon’s Lord of the Rings. The series is being film in New Zealand, where Peter Jackson filmed his Lord of the Rings trilogy from 1999 – 2003. Production on Amazon’s series had nearly completed filming on the first […]

Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings star says the show is “continually mind-blowing”

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With Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings recently resuming production in New Zealand following the film and TV industries shutting down due to the ongoing global health crisis, one of the stars of the series has teased her experience on-set so far. During an interview with NME, star Morfydd Clark, who is set to play young […]

Hugo Weaving has no interest in ever returning as Elrond again

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Hugo Weaving has confirmed he has no interest in ever reprising his role as the Elven ruler Elrond despite featuring in both the Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit movies. In an interview with Variety, Weaving stated that while he loved his experience in New Zealand with the cast and crew, he will never […]

The Lord of the Rings – Gollum gets a first teaser trailer

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Daedalic Entertainment has released the first trailer for its upcoming action adventure game The Lord of the Rings – Gollum, which serves as a prequel to J.R.R. Tolkien’s iconic fantasy trilogy and follows the former Sméagol on his journey to Mordor in search of Bilbo Baggins, the thief who stole his “precious” during The Hobbit. […]

Crawl star Kaya Scodelario reportedly joins Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings

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With Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings resuming production in New Zealand following the global shutdown of the film & TV industries, it seems we may have word on a new casting addition for the hotly-anticipated adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth world. According to a report from fan site The One Ring, The Maze Runner […]

Dune could be the next Lord of the Rings says art director

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Dune’s supervising art director Tom Brown says that it could be the next The Lord of the Rings. There are certain high points in cinema when it comes to blockbuster franchises and in the fantasy realm, The Lord of the Rings trilogy is certainly it. Taking cinema to new places and engrossing audiences of all […]

Avatar sequels to resume production in New Zealand, sequel budgets estimated at $1 billion

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New Zealand appears to be at the forefront of getting the world of filmmaking moving again as the Film Commission confirms to Deadline that some film and TV shoots “are already safely underway.” One of those movie productions looking to resume in the coming month is Disney and 20th Century Studios’ massive Avatar sequels. While […]

Dougray Scott says he was first choice for Aragorn in The Lord of the Rings

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It’s a role that many believe was perfect for Viggo Mortensen, but it seems like the actor wasn’t the first choice to play Aragorn. According to Mission: Impossible 2’s Dougray Scott, he was offered the chance to star in Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings. While speaking to NME, Scott revealed why he turned […]

The Lord of the Rings’ Arwen gets a new collectible figure from Asmus Toys

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Sideshow has released a batch of promotional images for Asmus Toys’ 1:6 scale Arwen figure which is based on the appearance of Liv Tyler in Peter Jackson’s epic fantasy trilogy The Lord of the Rings. The collectible is available to pre-order now, priced at $190.00 and is expected to ship January and March 2019; take a look […]