“Working with Gandalf and Jesus and then I showed up. The trilogy is complete!”
– Jeffrey R. Smith commenting on his co-stars in The Prisoner.
Based on the cult series of the sixties, AMC’s The Prisoner is about a man, known as “Six,” (James Caviezel) who finds himself inexplicably trapped in “The Village” with no memory of how he arrived. As he explores his environment, he discovers that his fellow inhabitants are identified by number instead of name, have no memory of any prior existence, and are under constant surveillance. Not knowing whom to trust, Six is driven by the need to …read more

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Ian McKellen has confirmed he will don his wizard’s garb again to play the role of Gandalf in upcoming movies based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s Hobbit. McKellen told Empire Magazine Gandalf is not the kind of part you turn down.
Guillermo del Toro will direct two prequels to The Lord of the Rings trilogy with Peter Jackson executive producing. Filming is expected to start in 2009 with the first movie coming sometime in 2010 and the sequel in 2011.
These movies are a veritable license to print money for the New Line Cinema/MGM Studios …read more