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Orlando Bloom Still Not Confirmed For 'The Hobbit,' But It Appears To Be An Inevitability

  • By Drew Taylor
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  • April 25, 2011 7:59 AM
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A minor update on "The Hobbit" for you fanatics. Despite the fact that Orlando Bloom wasn't really accepting questions outside of Mark Ruffalo's directorial debut, "Sympathy For Delicious" today, the film he was promoting -- earlier in the press day he apparently had gently scolded a journalist for asking about one his "The Good Doctor" film currently playing at the Tribeca Film Festival -- we managed to eek out a little something from the actor afterwards.
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Emma Thompson's 'Effie' With Orlando Bloom & Saoirse Ronan Stuck In Legal Row

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • February 8, 2011 7:33 AM
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  • 3 Comments
Last fall, a rather interesting project was coming together based around a script from actress/screenwriter Emma Thompson. Titled "Effie," the film lined up a solid cast with Saorise Ronan, Orlando Bloom, Imelda Staunton, Greg Wise and Thompson herself in the strange-but-true story that centers on the wedding night between Victorian artist, architect, poet and political thinker John Ruskin and his wife, Effie Gray. Ruskin was long infatuated with Gray and married her when she was 17. However, when it came time to consummate their marriage, something so reviled Ruskin that Gray remained a virgin until after they divorced and she remarried his protege, painter, John Everett Millais. While it has never been established just what disgusted Ruskin to the point he refused to have sex with his wife, theories over the years have speculated it might have been pubic hair or menstrual blood.
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Orlando Bloom & Imogen Poots To Star In The Period Drama 'The Laureate'

  • By Oliver Lyttelton
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  • January 28, 2011 2:12 AM
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  • 5 Comments
Kerry Condon Also Joins, Dominic Cooper and Hayley Atwell Out For a time at the beginning of the 21st century, it seemed that you couldn't get a blockbuster period piece greenlit without the presence of British star Orlando Bloom. After breaking out as badass elf Legolas in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, Bloom turned up in "Troy," "Kingdom of Heaven" and the first three "Pirates of the Caribbean" films -- hell, even Cameron Crowe anointed him as the star of his contemporary rom-com "Elizabethtown."
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More: Films, Actors, Actresses, The Laureate, Orlando Bloom, Imogen Poots

'The Hobbit': Elijah Wood Talks Frodo; Saoirse Ronan Not Offered A Part; Orlando Bloom Not Locked

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • January 21, 2011 7:36 AM
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  • 2 Comments
So, some small bits of news surrounding "The Hobbit" have cropped up in the past day or so. Nothing particularly revelatory but just small updates on the progress on the film and in particular, how casting is shaping up.
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More: Films, Actors, Actresses, Genre Films, Orlando Bloom, Elijah Wood, Saoirse Ronan, The Hobbit

Does Adam Yauch's 'Fight For Your Right Revisited' Contain The Most Epic Cast Ever?

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • January 17, 2011 8:37 AM
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  • 0 Comments
We were already pretty excited when it was revealed that the mysterious Adam Yaunch directed short, "Fight For Your Right Revisted" had a cast that included Elijah Wood, Danny McBride, Seth Rogen, Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly and Jack Black. But if IMDB is accurate, that's just the tip of the iceberg in regards to which stars will be popping their heads on screen for the forthcoming short.
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More: Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Short Films, Jack Black, Orlando Bloom, Danny McBride, John C. Reilly, Will Ferrell, Elijah Wood, Adam Scott, Will Arnett, Susan Sarandon, Kirsten Dunst, Rashida Jones, Beastie Boys, Adam Yauch, Fight For Your Right Revisited

Orlando Bloom Likely To Return As Legolas In 'The Hobbit'

  • By Edward Davis
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  • December 9, 2010 1:09 AM
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Cate Blanchett has been officially confirmed to return to Peter Jackson's two-part, "The Hobbit" as the elvin queen Galadriel, the Lady of Lothlorien, and now it appears one more elf is returning.
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Saoirse Ronan Takes Title Role In 'Effie,' Joins Orlando Bloom, Imelda Staunton & Emma Thompson

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • November 3, 2010 6:16 AM
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  • 4 Comments
At 16 years old, Saoirse Ronan has landed what may be her most adult and potentially controversial role to date.
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More: Films, Actors, Actresses, Effie, Orlando Bloom, Saoirse Ronan, Imelda Staunton, Emma Thompson

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