New role for Dom!

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i05c8198f5eab4cda1de5c49d574e51b0

Monaghan, Rodriguez cast in 'Fortuna'
Grim future vision of collapsed economy, climate
By Gregg Goldstein

Oct 8, 2008, 12:00 AM ET


Just in time for the next depression, Dominic Monaghan and Freddy Rodriguez star in a horror thriller offering one potential solution to our economic problems.

Set in 2100, "Fortuna" envisions an Earth where a collapsed economy and climate crises have eliminated the middle class, leaving a few very wealthy and the teeming masses in severe poverty. To give hope and avoid revolt, the elite create Fortuna, a mysterious game where one in a thousand wins a big payday and joins the upper classes. But their hidden goal to "reduce poverty" by 30% over 50 years comes with a deadly price tag.

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Never heard of that director, but then I am paying no attention whatsoever to the Swiss film scene. Wonder what's up with Pet? I haven't heard anything about it anymore. It better not fall through, because I really really really want to see Dom in a role like that!

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Some new Hobbit tidbits courtesy of the MTV Movies Blog:

http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2008/10/07/hobbit-films-will-be-one-continuous-journey-promises-guillermo-del-toro/

‘Hobbit’ Films Will Be One ‘Continuous Journey,’ Promises Guillermo Del Toro

Published by Shawn Adler on Tuesday, October 7, 2008 at 7:12 pm.

What’s better than a second breakfast? For fans of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium, it’s the thought of two separate “Hobbit” films, the first of which comes our way in 2011.

But what could be even better still than two “Hobbit” films? How about just one? Make that one movie in two parts, director Guillermo del Toro insisted in an exclusive interview with MTV News, refusing, like Tolkien himself before him, to fractionalize his overall story into component parts.

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... and MTV.com - this is the article linked in above blog entry. Also check out the video clip at the link:

http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1596511/story.jhtml

Oct 7 2008 8:20 PM EDT
Guillermo Del Toro Says 'Hobbit' Script Is Coming Together 'Magically'
'We're all jamming at the same time,' director raves of his collaboration with Peter Jackson and other screenwriters.

By Shawn Adler, with reporting by Josh Horowitz

They are two of the most respected filmmakers of this generation, but put Guillermo del Toro and Peter Jackson in a room together with screenwriters Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens, and they act like ... the Beatles, del Toro told MTV News.

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And regarding LotR cast possibly coming back:

http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2008/10/07/30148-john-rhys-davies-really-thinking-about-the-hobbit/

John Rhys-Davies “really thinking” about ‘The Hobbit’

October 7th, 2008 by deej | Discuss

RingCon, held this past weekend in Bonn, Germany, featured a few ‘LotR’ cast and crew including John Rhys-Davies (Gimli), Mark Ferguson (Gil-galad), Jed Brophy (Sharku), Lori Dungey (Mrs. Bracegirdle), and stunt performer Shane Rangi. Ringer Rosie-with-the-ribbons was nice enough to post a report of the weekend, and noted that during Mr. Rhys-Davies Q&A, the inevitable ‘Hobbit’ question came up. According to the report, “he had spoken with both Peter and Guillermo about a role, and he really was thinking about it. But he wasn’t to sure if he would want to play just one of 13 dwarves, since he was THE dwarf. But if Gimli was in Film 2, he would love to play the part again.” Hmmm…but which of the 13 dwarves could he be referring to? Stay tuned to TheOneRing.net for more information as we get it!

RingCon 2008: Friday pics

Having some technical problems (not related to my computer, thank goodness) plus That Time Of The Month starting (and zero tolerance for, oh, anything), but at least I have managed to put the Friday pics up at my RingCon 2008 Gallery. Report and rest of the pics including a clip from the Craig video, shhhhh! :) to follow asap, yadda yadda.