According to an article in yesterday’s Sunday Star Times (NZ) New Line has given the film trilogy another $100million, in what currency it doesn’t say. The funding boost will take the film’s budget up to NZ$360million from NZ$260million, so assume that it’s another $US50million that’s been added.
New Line had accepted that the original budget would be over-run, said an industry source. There is some talk in the newspaper article about the fact that some tax laws have been changed in NZ and this has meant that the film’s finances cannot take advantage of as favourable a tax environment as had been hoped. There is no official comment from the film company about the new budget so the newspaper may be guessing that it has something to do with the changes in the way film investors are taxed.
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Tehanu picked this up from PJ’s publicist:
With three event films being shot consecutively over more than a year in New Zealand, Lord of the Rings is an unprecedented production of size and scope. During the coming months, the producers will cast close to 100 roles of substance for this adventure trilogy. The search to complete this ensemble literally spans the globe. New Line Cinema recognizes the substantial media interest in this project and will assist journalists at the appropriate time. However, the studio will no longer comment on completed deals, current negotiations, rumors or speculation about any specific role. When casting of principals has concluded, New Line, along with the filmmakers, will unveil the entire ensemble and announce further newsworthy specifics about these tentpole films.
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Xoanon with some more audition scripts. I recieved these two scripts from a Victoria Burrows spy. They are for Legolas and Merry, but also include dialogue from Aragorn and Pippin!
The Merry one has the lead-up to the introduction of Treebeard, though it seems to have eliminted the book’s nice bit about the Hobbits “almost liking the place in the sunlight”.
As for Legolas, it’s the Paths of the Dead and I wonder whether this really is going to make it into the film. For some reason it seemed to me to be a likely candidate for being eliminated.
Unfortunately I cannot publish them. But Tehanu will have a review of them for you in a short while.
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Right now this section is a little sparse, but look forward to interesting things here in the near future.
What this section is going to be is a place where people who have fed us reliable information in the past to post things directly to TheOneRing.net[TM]. The information here will be primarily rumour and speculation. But rumours and speculation from sources which should be reliable. Once we get confirmation of things listed here it will be moved to the primary news section on the front page.
If you are interested in gaining the ability to post here you need to contact Xoanon and if you past his qualifications you will be given access to post notes up here.
So hopefully this section of TheOneRing.net[TM] will be a fun and exciting addition.
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Xoanon here with some exciting news!
Corvar and Calisuri have been working hard on the new look for TheOneRing. But fear not! It’s not a drastic change. But we think you’re really going to like it!
So, at midnight (12 EST) we will be down for about an hour. And by tomorrow you will be experiencing the NEW TheOneRing.net!
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