You did know that LOTR will be shot digitally right? That means computers, bytes, memory, ever wonder where they’ll be storing all that stuff? Think your sad PC can to the trick?! Forget it! This is the future! Tehanu checks in with all the latest. This stuff goes over my head….
Day: September 29, 1999
This is a very heavy RUMOR! Of all the people I’ve spoken to time to time Sean Connery’s name seems to pop up.
I’ve seen him here, I’ve seen him there.
But now, this
From: Keef & Kaz
My wifes boss was on the set on Tuesday night. The set is not ready for filming to begin, so they are starting the shoot in the south Island. While she was on the set she met Sean Connery, who is apparently the narrator. he is leaving new zealand today. The set location is being kept secret and all road signs in the area have been removed so people cant find the place. thats about all I have for now.
When I asked if he was sure it was Connery:
Thats what my wifes boss told us. They/he/she met him and had quiet a conversation with him.
Could this be true? Sean as narrator? It is to be noted that TheOnering.net did place a call a while back and was told that Sean is not involved with this film at all. Could things have changed?
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The latest issue of Empire Magazine (124) has a 2 page layout about LOTR.
While some information is wrong (Tim Spall. Sean Connery and Jude Law have NOT been cast) the information is generally accurate and thourough. Read on:
Late last year, Heavenly Creatures director Peter Jackson declared he was finally giving up on his long planned King Kong remake. Instead he would concentrate on a personal project that set the Internet Buzzing – live-action three-part adaptation of JRR Tolkien’s novel The Lord of the Rings. Since the news broke, chat rooms and web sites have been deluged by thousands of posts from sci-fi and fantasy fans speculating as to how the New Zealand helmer would deal with the epic series.
Tolkien’s three novels – FOTR, TTT, ROTK – were published 1954-55 and first made into a single underachieving feature-length cartoon by Fritz The Cat creator Ralph Bakshi in 1978. Since then the classic tomes have long been considered too complex, too grand and too expensive to attempt in live-action form.
There’s also the novels’ huge and fanatical following around the globe – fans who are easily piqued and liable to revolt if they feel the history of Frodo Baggins, Sam, Gandalf and friends aren’t getting the lavish treatment they deserve. Perhaps filming a giant ape climbing up a skyscraper would have been a safer option.
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To read the rest of the article, go out and buy the latest copy of Empire Magazine today!
Ian Mckellen has responded to a few more emails. Check this one out:
Hey there. I sent this email to Sir McKellen, and this is the reply he sent. Interesitng to know that he won’t be there until early next year.
Sir Ian McKellen,
I just wanted to wish you the best in your upcoming adventure as Gandalf in LOTR. I think you will do a great job. How long will it be before you get down to NZ and start filming with Peter Jackson? Anyway, I look forward to seeing you on the screen from Middle Earth.
Peter
dear peter
i will start in new zealand early january 2000 – more news in Grey Book on www.mckellen.com
best wishes ian mckellen
Thanks to Peter for the news!
Ethelion’s full report from Oxenmoot, including his expierence at the gravesite of JRR Tolkien himself.
Read the full report here.
Since Sierra’s decision to ‘revamp’ MEO and KILL ORCS: Revenge of the Ancients. Websites have been popping up all over the place trying to save them.
One of the better ones is called MEO voice. Check it out.