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Ian McKellen, who stars as Gandalf in New Line Cinema's worldwide hit The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring will make an appearance at Book Soup on Sunset Blvd. on Saturday, January 19, to speak and sign copies of Houghton Mifflin's movie tie-in books, The Lord of the Rings Official Movie Guide by Brian Sibley, and The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Visual Companion by Jude Fisher.
What: Ian McKellen appearance/signing
Where: Book Soup 8818 Sunset Blvd. West Hollywood, CA 90069 (310) 659-3110
When: Saturday, January 19 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Movie PictureAin't It Cool reports Paul Anderson (not to be mistaken with Paul THOMAS Anderson of Boogie Nights fame) is trying his luck getting hired to helm an Alien vs. Predator flick. The loathed and loved director of Soldier (booo), Mortal Kombat (boo) and Resident Evil (yayy- hopefully) spoke of many things beyond the dream battle of Predators and Aliens, such as Deathrace 3000 and a Grand Theft Auto movie. Read the whole thing by clickin here.Keepin*NSync with our crazy Star Wars coverage, be sure to check out the cover to an upcoming Episode 2 book “javascript:void(0|The Art of Star Wars: Attack of the Clones.”
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Alien v.s. Predator sounds great, but what the world REALLY needs is Robocop v.s. Alien! Boo yah...and...Oh yeah, ENTER THE MUSHY CONTEST NOW AND WIN A MOTHMAN PROPHECIES PRIZE PACKAGE!!!. ~Steve