Did Quickbeam’s reports from the sets make you envy his luck going to New Zealand? Ever wanted to go ‘where stars are strange’? Does the thought of a guided tour around the New Zealand film locations appeal to you? Well now there is a tour designed to make that dream come true…
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With all the posts we’re making tonight, I don’t want any latecomers to miss the latest chapter of TORN Ditigal! Our host Ingrid Dellalian talks to John Rhys-Davies (Gimli) at DragonCon in Atlanta! Take a look at our exclusive interview here! [TORN Digital: Chapter II]

Thanks to Aztech Cyberspace, Inc and Lindo and Fooboards.com and Ronan for providing mirrors to the clips.

Check out the official site for a look at the new LOTR:FOTR, (the uber coolness we showed you about a month ago). And a link to all the LOTR:FOTR ‘chatacter’ commercials seen on TV lately! [More]

Mark S writes: New Empire magazine published in the UK today. It’s a special 2 cover collectors edition with 40 pages dedicated to the film! [More]

From: Mark S

New Empire magazine published in the UK today. It’s a special 2 cover collectors edition with 40 pages dedicated to the film! Not many new pics, but lots of fascinating articles. I’ll try sending a few scans in tomorrow. One snippet of news for now that will make you drool. In an article about Weta is the following paragraph.

In April, the footage at the Cannes film festival featured an astonishing CG cave-troll. Which, remarkably, has since been overhauled. “For Cannes, it was ‘OK, we’ve got 80 cave-troll shots, and they seem to be working perfectly nicely.’ But we went back and redid all those, and they’re just amazing now, ” reveals Rygiel. (Jim Rygiel, Visual Effects Supervisor)

Pierre P writes that the latest issue of ‘Ici’ magazine in Montreal has a LOTR cover and feature. Check it out!