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Gimli to take over for Beethoven on STAR WARS EPISODE 3: REVENGE OF THE SITH'

Hey folks, Harry here -- we've been hearing the news of Gary Oldman exiting stage left on George Lucas due to his grievances regarding George's SAG violations, and due to those grevious issues, he felt unable to continue with Grevious.... But one grumpy dwarf later and all is well? We'll see...

Hey, long time reader, first time (et cetera).

Sorry to bug you with something you've probably already gotten 60 emails about, but since you haven't published it yet, I thought I should let you know.

Many residents of Brisbane, Australia (myself included) recently got the chance to meet, Sean Astin, John Rhys-Davies (Sliders, Lord of the Rings) and Penny Johnson Jerald (24, Star Trek: DS9), amongst others, at the Brisbane Supanova sci-fi convention.

I (like most people) went to meet Samwise Gangee, but the most interesting thing happened during Rhys-Davies' session. Someone asked if he would be doing any more voice work after playing Treebeard in LotR, or something along those lines. He said:

"I'm doing some next month, in fact. Let's say the working conditions are ...Grevious."

Now I'm not sure if that's an exact quote, but he certainly did drop that last word. He seemed to give a little wiggle of the eyebrows too, though it might just be my imagination. Not sure if many others picked up on it, but I heard people talking about it at university this morning. Word travels fast, I guess. And if it means what I think it means.... wow.

Gary Oldman, eat your heart out ^_^

Hope this helps,

-Alastair "HappyBob" Craig

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So does this mean ...
by JAGUART
Sep 20th, 2004
05:35:44 AM
Dammit, I was THIS close...
by oh_riginal
Sep 20th, 2004
05:39:36 AM
Jedis...very dangerous! You go first!
by Antiriad
Sep 20th, 2004
05:45:39 AM
What does S A G stand for?
by Trevor Goodchild
Sep 20th, 2004
05:47:42 AM
Short jedi killer ?
by el zar
Sep 20th, 2004
05:57:36 AM
Lord Vader, where is he?
by JAGUART
Sep 20th, 2004
05:58:18 AM
SAG stands for Screen Actors Guild, the actors' union
by filker-tom
Sep 20th, 2004
06:00:28 AM
"I have the eyes of a hawk, and the ears of a fox...
by satansteve
Sep 20th, 2004
06:09:49 AM
I dunno...
by stlfilmwire
Sep 20th, 2004
06:33:57 AM
Grieving for Oldman
by Evil Chicken
Sep 20th, 2004
06:46:33 AM
John Di Maggio
by ChorleyFM
Sep 20th, 2004
06:54:04 AM
Sallah Vs The Jedi
by moviemaniac-7
Sep 20th, 2004
06:54:52 AM
What I don't understand
by killing joker
Sep 20th, 2004
07:28:09 AM
Maybe we can see
by Boba Feet
Sep 20th, 2004
07:42:34 AM
Gimli the Jedi Dwarf?
by Fugazi32
Sep 20th, 2004
07:52:00 AM
Sweet.
by Darksider
Sep 20th, 2004
08:00:32 AM
Scabberific!
by minderbinder
Sep 20th, 2004
08:13:17 AM
I'll watch it
by Jeditemple
Sep 20th, 2004
08:34:21 AM
"It means Gary would have been working illegally overseas."
by Drunken Fugitive
Sep 20th, 2004
08:56:26 AM
Re: Mr. Fuck
by Hunter-X
Sep 20th, 2004
09:15:55 AM
I think they should make 'Star Wars: The Madness Finally Ends' w
by mbaker
Sep 20th, 2004
09:55:55 AM
finally, something we can all agree on...
by smackfu
Sep 20th, 2004
10:02:06 AM
SAG
by hector
Sep 20th, 2004
10:35:42 AM
if working overseas is illegal...
by The Data
Sep 20th, 2004
11:00:50 AM
Fuck This! I was counting on BENDER!!!
by TheGinger Twit
Sep 20th, 2004
11:15:52 AM
Would've loved to have seen John di Maggio do this.
by mortsleam
Sep 20th, 2004
11:17:52 AM
Yay! Gary Oldman was the only reason I was going to see this now
by DOGSOUP
Sep 20th, 2004
11:20:22 AM
Attention Mr. Fuck...
by slone13
Sep 20th, 2004
11:36:01 AM
Lucas raped Gary Oldman's childhood brother.....
by Hairy Nutsack
Sep 20th, 2004
12:49:44 PM
Rhys-Davies as General Grievous the grumpy dwarf!
by Eye_H8_U
Sep 20th, 2004
01:27:56 PM
Sing along now...
by SPlissken
Sep 20th, 2004
02:57:45 PM
Every time an actor wiggles their eyebrows Ain't It Cool New's s
by MissOgynist
Sep 20th, 2004
03:31:35 PM
I really love the Star Wars haters...
by spectrebeeyatch
Sep 20th, 2004
04:05:53 PM
What law was broken?
by islander
Sep 20th, 2004
04:36:23 PM
It's *GRIEVOUS* for Christ's sake, NOT *GREVIOUS*.
by raw_bean
Sep 20th, 2004
04:46:31 PM
Darth Bender
by PlantBoy!
Sep 20th, 2004
04:55:15 PM
and Professor Farnsworth as the Sith weapons inventor
by PlantBoy!
Sep 20th, 2004
05:00:12 PM
Lucas on CNN
by pax256
Sep 20th, 2004
05:04:38 PM
It's official: there's more lovers than haters. The status quo i
by PBJ Street Gang
Sep 20th, 2004
05:32:00 PM
Waves to raw_bean from back of room
by morGoth
Sep 20th, 2004
05:50:44 PM
Gary was the man for the job, but there's still hope in other ta
by screenplaywriter
Sep 20th, 2004
06:05:47 PM
It's spelled Grievous
by CreatureCantina
Sep 20th, 2004
06:08:42 PM
They should voice cast:
by SPlissken
Sep 20th, 2004
06:09:23 PM
inglis
by ikkyu
Sep 20th, 2004
06:30:34 PM
uh huh
by SimpsonsQuoteMan
Sep 20th, 2004
06:43:02 PM
I'd have to assume that it's just a violation of SAG rules, and
by minderbinder
Sep 20th, 2004
06:43:43 PM
Actually, unless it gets monster reviews, I'll likely download i
by minderbinder
Sep 20th, 2004
06:48:44 PM
R.C.: EIII will still be aggrivating. On a different subject,
by R.C. the "Wise"
Sep 20th, 2004
07:15:55 PM
He did not just use a ^_^ emoticon in his submission to Harry!
by Kampbell-Kid
Sep 20th, 2004
07:54:32 PM
didn't Gimli do the voice of Treebeard as well? And I 2nd the v
by Tall_Boy
Sep 20th, 2004
08:42:54 PM
leave it to george
by gripman
Sep 20th, 2004
09:37:07 PM
Cant wait to see Gravyouis!!!
by Bong
Sep 20th, 2004
11:24:53 PM
Does that means he is using a lightaxe to fight the jedi?
by drompter
Sep 20th, 2004
11:32:03 PM
why George Lucas won't abide by SAG
by DJLetterbox
Sep 21st, 2004
01:28:19 AM
PBJ Street Gang.....
by Drunken Fugitive
Sep 21st, 2004
06:34:44 AM
ikkyu
by Glaive
Sep 21st, 2004
09:14:51 AM
ikkyu
by Glaive
Sep 21st, 2004
09:17:28 AM
There's still hope for my career!
by tucson
Sep 21st, 2004
11:09:44 AM
Hey morGoth, I'll just pretend you didn't see my Bender post
by mortsleam
Sep 21st, 2004
12:11:31 PM
I am aghast and ashamed O Mighty Tusked One (waves frantically a
by morGoth
Sep 21st, 2004
12:52:12 PM
fuck all.
by Revolutions
Sep 21st, 2004
03:45:50 PM
To those who are upset about Lucas altering the films and not ev
by TheSeeker7
Sep 21st, 2004
04:27:26 PM
Boba Feet, you just made my day...
by tango fett
Sep 21st, 2004
08:54:44 PM
On SAG
by alpha
Sep 25th, 2004
04:05:37 AM

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