VFB News

There are a number of Viggo-associated films at TIFF this year:

World Premiere & 2 showings of “Appaloosa”

World Premiere & 3 showings of “Good”

Mavericks — Howard Zinn’s “The People Speak” (a conversation with filmmakers plus a few clips only, not a full screening)

Viggo’s going to be a busy lad with all these promotions. Well worth a trip to Toronto this year!

There have already been a lot of Google Alerts for these films, and I won’t post them all here. Trailers are up for both Good and Appaloosa, and the official Appaloosa film site is active too.

Not only that, there’s this little piece, which says it all really:
Tuxedo Time for Viggo?

Thanks to Tiger!

Another article on the release of The Road with nice photo: L A Times

Thanks to marce!

Appaloosa will be shown at 6 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 5 in the Visa screening room at the Toronto International Film Festival.

No date released, yet, for the Good screening.

TIFF

The Art of Illustrating

John Howe’s meticulously crafted illustrations capture the essence of
some of the most exciting narratives in the English language. On this
illuminating voyage of illustration and design, he discusses his book
illustration work on Beowulf and his role as lead artist on The Lord
of the Rings trilogy. Aug. 23, 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm

http://www.edbookfest.co.uk/

Thanks to Tiger!

Courtesy of USA Today

Make sure to click on the link in the article for more new photos!

Ed Harris AND Viggo. Be still my heart! Okay, it’s not Diane Lane, but we’ll live. Click for larger goodness.

If you’re planning on buying the latest Indiana Jones film or Iron Man on DVD, you might want to check out this offer from Best Buy which includes gift cards to SideShow Collectibles (makers of the LOTR figurines) with each DVD.

The Iron Man package includes a mini-bust of Iron Man and a $50 gift card to SideshowCollectibles.com. Indiana Jones will include a mini crystal skull replica and a $25 Sideshow online gift card.

Best Buy offer

Okay, he’s not Viggo, but he has pretty eyes…and it *is* Aragorn…but it’s not. From TOR.n:

If you haven’t heard of it yet, you will want to check out the non-profit collaborative short film being produced by writer/director Chris Bouchard - The Hunt for Gollum. Like the name suggests, this short film is a prequel to The Lord Of The Rings, set in Middle Earth and depicts events leading up to the Fellowship of the Ring. The story follows the Heir of Isildur as he sets out to find the creature Gollum. Mr. Bouchard has just released the second trailer for the film which you can checkout at their official website or at YouTube. The film will be released as a FREE download in December 2008. [Official Website] [YouTube Trailer]

MSN Movies

Viggo Mortensen: The first time we really noticed Viggo Mortensen on-screen was in “Lord of the Rings,” where he played Aragorn, leader of the humans, lover of elves, loather of bathing.

Yes, he had some righteous sideburns in “Moon.” But where was the funk? Completely missing. Rumor has it that he’s good and grimy in the adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s “The Road.” We can’t wait to find out.

Now, you have to ask yourself if the authour reeeeeeeally watched A Walk on the Moon all the way through, because you know, I love Aragorn and all but let’s face it, the dirty Ranger has got nothing on a clean Walker in a waterfall. *ahem*