Our very own Hugo Weaving (Elrond) passed out during a play last week in Australia, read on
At its final preview last week, actor Hugo Weaving lost consciousness and slumped on the stage floor as his character Brachiano was strangled by two thugs, forcing a horrified (Director Gale) Edwards to halt the show thinking the depiction of strangulation had been a tad too enthusiastic.
Publicists later said Weaving’s blackout was caused by influenza and exhaustion as the actor had only recently
returned from the New Zealand set of “Lord of the Rings.”
Weaving, best-known overseas for his roles in “The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert” and “The Matrix,” could also have been sharing the shock and delight of Edwards at the work’s invitation to be part of March main-stage season at New York’s Brooklyn Academy of Music.
We hope all is well with Hugo, and wish him a quick recovery. Read the entire article here. [More]
Thanks to Allen B for the tip!
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LOTR Publicist and all around busy girl Claire Raskind came to us to clear a few things up. Claire was recently interviewed by ‘The Press’ a local NZ paper, during the interview Claire was asked about the amazing new Edoras set, this is what the paper quoted Claire as saying.
‘…Claire Raskind, said large battle scenes would be filmed at the set representing Edoras, the capital city of Rohan…’
Claire wants all of LOTR Fandom to know that she did not say Battle Scenes just large scenes. So, Tolkien’s work stays as written.
Thanks for clearing that up Claire.
Click here to read that article.
!!!Spoilers!!!
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Ian McKellen (Gandalf) and our good friends at McKellen.com have updated the ‘Bits and Bobs’ section of McKellen’s website.
In it you can find info on McKellen’s costume, his thoughts on the production and what question annoys him the most! Check it out here.
Xoanon Note: A very cool bit of info from McKellen, it turns out that fellow Montrealer Pierre Vinet (Photographer: The Frighteners, Heavenly Creatures, Braindead) is down in New Zealand working as a set photographer! Great news Pierre!
thanks to Jeanne for the tip!
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TORN Staffer Amyd from our Special Effects Page sends in the following article from ‘New Zealand Info Tech’ via Stuff.co.nz:
Weta buys SGI hardware for Lord of the Rings rendering
Peter Jackson’s special effects company Weta Digital has bought 16 SGI servers to help render The Lord of the Rings film trilogy. [More]
Amyd also adds the following:
The computers WETA purchased are worth around $5500 each, that brand is particularly favorite amongst special effects houses (one in particular bought 200 of the same). They will be used in what is known as a render-farm, probably running the Linux version of RenderMan (a rendering tool made by Pixar).
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TheOneRing.net will be there as well! Worldcon is the 58th Annual World Science Fiction Convention that takes place August 31 to September 4 at the Hyatt Regency Chicago, Fairmont Hotel and Swissotel in good old Chicago, Illinios.
Head on over to see TORN Staffers like Corvar & Balin! Be sure to try and catch Douglas Anderson’s world famous Hobbit Slide Show!
Check it out in our ‘World Events Section’
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Article 1: Film scene or hoax, pic intrigues fans
An Evening Post photograph showing a scene from the $360 million The Lord of The Rings movie trilogy has created international intrigue. [More]
Article 2: Cookie time for Tyler
Lord of the Rings star Liv Tyler’s secret is out. The svelte, smooth-skinned actress is a regular big cookie muncher. (WARNING: Fluff Article) [More]
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