Elijah Wood
Theo James Gets Bloody in Neon’s ‘The Monkey’ Teaser From ‘Longlegs’ Director Osgood Perkins
Neon is taking advantage of its Longlegs momentum with a first glimpse at director Osgood Perkins’ next project. Neon shared the first teaser trailer for The Monkey Monday, ahead of the horror movie’s Feb. 21, 2025 debut in theaters. The spot features Theo James, who stars in the film alongside Tatiana Maslany, Elijah Wood, Christian […]
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Fantasia Film Fest Reaches Tentative Deal With Union Workers
Following a one-day strike on July 11, the Syndicat des employé-es de l’événementiel-CSN, representing around 60 Fantasia Film Festival workers, reached a tentative deal late Friday night to avert additional labor disruption. The union revealed no details on the agreement in principle before union workers vote on the deal early next week. A formal ratification […]
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SpectreVision Launches Podcast Network With Shows From Mike Flanagan, David Lowery (Exclusive)
SpectreVision, the production company led by Elijah Wood, Daniel Noah and Lawrence Inglee, is launching a new podcast network called SpectreVision Radio. SpectreVision Radio is set to be a home for podcasts focused on film, music and the arts, in addition to esoteric subjects including the paranormal and surprising history. The network will feature an […]
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Elijah Wood’s ‘Bookworm’ to Open Fantasia Fest
The 2024 Fantasia Film Festival will open with a world premiere for Bookworm, the Elijah Wood and Nell Fisher starrer from New Zealand filmmaker Ant Timpson. The indie reteams Wood with Come to Daddy director Timpson and saw the Lord of the Rings actor return to New Zealand for production. In Bookworm, Fisher plays a 12-year-old girl whose life […]
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‘Among Us’ Animated Series at CBS Studios Sets Voice Cast
An animated series based on Among Us has cast several prominent actors to voice the characters inside the multi-colored spacesuits. Randall Park, Ashley Johnson, Yvette Nicole Brown and Elijah Wood will star in the series from CBS Studios and the video game’s developer, Innersloth. The show, which doesn’t have an outlet attached yet, will follow […]
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‘Toxic Avenger’ Reveals Bloody Teaser for Peter Dinklage-Led Reboot
The Toxic Avenger shared the first footage of its titular vigilante — armed with a mission and a mop — from the horror-comedy film starring Peter Dinklage. Macon Blair’s feature reimagines the original 1984 cult-favorite movie and premiered this month at the Fantastic Fest in Austin. The Legendary Entertainment project, which has not yet announced […]
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Nell Fisher, Michael Smiley Join Elijah Wood in ‘Bookworm’ (Exclusive)
Evil Dead Rise actress Nell Fisher and Bad Sisters actor Michael Smiley are set to join Elijah Wood in Bookworm, a new family adventure comedy from New Zealand director Ant Timpson (Come to Daddy). Fisher will play Mildred, a 12-year-old girl whose life is turned upside down when her estranged, washed-up American magician father, Strawn […]
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‘Yellowjackets’ Adds Elijah Wood for Season 2
Elijah Wood is headed to Yellowjackets. The Lord of the Rings alum has booked a season-long guest role on the second season of the Showtime Emmy-nominated drama series. Wood will play the role of Walter, a dedicated citizen detective who will challenge present-day Misty (Emmy nominee Christina Ricci) in ways that she won’t see coming. […]
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Harvey Weinstein Threatened to Replace Peter Jackson With Quentin Tarantino on ‘Lord of the Rings’
Most fans of Frodo’s long journey to Mordor in The Lord of the Rings can’t imagine any other director but Peter Jackson at the helm, but Harvey Weinstein threatened to replace him, according to a new oral history of the blockbuster franchise. In a piece celebrating the 20-year anniversary of Fellowship of the Ring, The Independent […]
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Elijah Wood Claims ‘Lord of the Rings’ Orc Was Designed to Resemble Harvey Weinstein
Elijah Wood dropped by the popular Armchair Expert podcast on Monday, where he talked about his life and career dating back to his youth. And, of course, the Lord of the Rings films were a part of the conversation. Podcast co-host Dax Shepard confessed he loved the story about how the films almost did not get […]
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Elijah Wood on Cult of Ted Bundy, Finding Levity With Luke Kirby in ‘No Man of God’ and Playing a Father for First Time
Elijah Wood has but one regret from his experience starring in and producing the new film No Man of God — that he didn’t get to meet the man he plays, acclaimed FBI profiler Bill Hagmaier. Though Hagmaier, who served in the agency’s Behavior Analysis Unit before becoming chief of the FBI’s National Center for […]
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Elijah Wood’s Elaborate ‘Lord of the Rings’ Audition Tape Landed Him the Role of Frodo
Elijah Wood wanted to play Frodo Baggins so badly, he crafted an elaborate (VHS) audition tape for Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson. Reviewing his career for a GQ retrospective published Wednesday, Wood said that he was well aware he would have to make a splash if he had any shot at playing the […]
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