The lovely Cate Blanchett is making news in the great white north. Click on the link for the rest of the article:
“Next up for Blanchett is the role of Galadriel, the elf queen in the live-action feature Lord of the Rings, based on the fantasy novels of J.R.R. Tolkien. “I start in June. It’s a 14-month shoot. We’re making three movies back-to-back. And I’ll be in all three. What drew her to this project? “I was actually in The Hobbit when I was in high school but I hadn’t read the books and now I’m delving into them.” She says she was also drawn to the project by director Peter Jackson “who has one of the most extraordinary, bizarre, out-there minds.” I stare at her. With her pixie face and tall, slender build, she’d be a remarkable elfin queen, as depicted by Tolkien. Her eyes twinkle quite mischievously.” [More]
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Yes, I’ve taken my time but it’s finally here! The Book 2 Chapter 6 Rant! [More]
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Peter Jackson gets two mentions in the January edition of NZ’s “North and South” magazine. There’s a column on him in the large ‘update ’99’ article that follows the fortunes of high-flying NZers since “North and South” last interviewed them. Nothing in it we don’t know already, but it mentions that LOTR has grown the size of the film industry eightfold in Wellington, making it the leading city for filmmaking in NZ.
Jackson is mentioned again in “99 New Zealanders who made a difference.” It credits him with making NZ’s biggest film event ever, and with his determination to hire local talent where possible. It also mentions that he bought the National Film Unit in order to keep that valuable resource in local ownership.
There’s a nice photo of PJ in the magazine, which we’re waiting on permission to post.
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The ever faithful Resevoir Dog chimes in with the latest bites of news from Oz (better known as Australia)
In this weeks NW Magazine (with Jennifer Lopez on the cover) there is a short blurb about the problems encountered by LOTR production with the floods, there is also an interview with Ethan Hawke (Faramir) about his role in Snow Falling on Cedars.
Also in the Febuary issue of MOVIE magazine, with Mark Whalberg on the cover there is another blurb about LOTR except it’s just a pretty standard one about production, there are also reviews of movies such as Sleepy Hollow and Snow Falling on Cedars.
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This small blurb from a recent article at the Yahoo! Entertainment news section.
New Line has committed to make all three parts of “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy. While the films are not slated for release until 2001, 2002 and 2003, respectively, the move signals a desire to get into the studio act of event filmmaking — something that didn’t work with “Lost in Space” in ’98.
First, the release dates are seemingly wrong. Yet the final 2 film release dates are not set in stone. Second, who ever said that ‘Lost in Space’ was an event film?
Thanks to Sith Sunstorm for the tip!
Source: Complete Yahoo! Article
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The Elijah Wood (Frodo) film ‘The Bumblebee Flies Anyway’ will be on Starz! tonight [More]
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