It’s here. The Hobbit! Well. Okay. The Hobbit movie isn’t here… but we do now have The Hobbit trailer. What do you think? At a glance I think the movie looks to have captured the differences in feel between The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. The first book was always a little more […]
Hobbit news: Stephen Fry joining, Weaving returns and photo of McKellen as Gandalf
Here’s a quick The Hobbit news round-up. It’s about time we’ve found the time to mention this rather important movie here at Geek native. First up is the news that Stephen Fry will be joining The Hobbit’s cast along with the seven foot tall Conan Stevens. Fry will be playing The Master of Laketown. Conan […]
McKellen to Balrog: You Shall Not Bounce
The god that is Ian McKellen finds himself reanacting the famous “You Shall not pass!” scene from Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring during the Q&A session at the Savannah Film Festival. He had to do it without knowing what the Balrog would look like. Pretty cool huh? I wonder how many hit […]
I’m Gandalf and Magneto. Get Over It.
Back in the day I was a Wizard on some MUSHes. A wizard wasn’t a powerful character. It was a coveted but unloved admin role that spent a lot of time saying “no” to people’s over powerful character creation attempts. “This is a grim and gritty crime fighting MUSH. There are no super powers. There […]
Hobbit casting begins – who would you select?
Fan favourite Peter Jackson has begun the casting drama for the forthcoming Hobbit film. Let’s give Ian McKellen the role of Gandalf (could anyone take it from him?). Who would you put in the other roles? We’ve Bilbo to fill and a total of 13 dwarves! That’s a lot. Rumours claimed that James McAvoy was […]
