Several of The Lord Of The Rings stars attended the opening of the play “Blowing It” at Bats Theatre yesterday. The stars, including Wood, British actors Sir Ian McKellen and Bernard Hill, were invited by the play’s director and co-writer Stephen Sinclair (this appears as the tailend of an Evening Post story on ‘stuff’ which basically rehashes yesterday’s e!online report).
Sinclair is a scriptwriter on The Lord Of The Rings. He was involved in the beginning stages of the project, sketching out the bigger shapes of the story, according to people I’ve talked to. Since then he’s written and produced a number of stage comedies that have toured NZ, and he’s noted for his keen whit and sense of satire. Having somebody like him on the writing team almost guarantees that LOTR won’t suffer from the kind of overblown, over-serious self-regard that has spoiled other fantasy movies in the past.
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Greetings from the the presses down here at TheOneRing.net,
I think you’re going to really appreciate this topic. In the rush of today, it seems like so many things are chaepened, devalued, and lost. Will this happen when Peter Jackson translates The Lord of the Rings to the big screen? Thus our topic:
Preserving the Legacy of Tolkien’s Work on Film
We all know and expect that PJ will make changes in the Professor’s great tale. If, in the upcoming movie, you could have 5 minutes -give or take- of the film that was completely unaltered and just as you imagine it, what would it be and why? What one scene would
you like to see in the movie verbatum? Do you think after the movies are out and finished that Tolkien’s vision of Middle-earth will be properly shown, and what impact will the films have on future readers of The Lord of the Rings?
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The Hall of Fire homepage has been restructured! Thanks to Mr. Everyready Bunny himself, Calisuri, you now have access to past chat logs with a pulldown menu. If you love to talk Tolkien you’ll love The Hall of Fire, now featuring a second weekend time better suited to European schedules.
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You can catch Brad Dourif (Grima Wormtongue) in ‘Childs Play 2’ on TMN.
You can see Sean Astin (Sam) in ‘Kimberly’ on Cinemax.
You can see Bernard Hill (Theoden) in ‘The Bounty’ on Cinemax.
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If you’re a fan of The Onion you know it provides a consistant and reliable daily dose of humor. Our own Pippin_Took spotted a Gollum-influenced bit here in today’s issue (third bullet). Ach!!Ssssss…
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This news has me more excited than the time I thought Ed McMahon and Dick Clark were on my porch (turned out to be encyclopedia salesmen). Hugo Weaving (Elrond) WILL be in the Matrix sequel! Agent Smith rides again!
From: Pieman
I was watching Access Hollywood today, and Keanu Reaves was being interviewed, and mentioned that Hugo Weaving is in the upcoming movie, Matrix 2, so looks like he coming back!
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