Genevieve writes: Here’s an interview with Robin Hardy, director of The Wicker Man. Among other things, he talks about Riding of the Laddie, his new project starring Christopher Lee and Sean Astin. [More]
Day: April 22, 2002
Contrary to rumors that it might receive an R rating due to extended battle sequences, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Special Extended DVD Edition has received a PG-13 rating from the MPAA, the same rating as the original theatrical version. The Extended Edition DVD will be released on November 12, 2002. [More]
Check out the Gaming Havens for news on Decipher’s Lord of the Rings role-playing and trading card games.
Now this is a really strange story and gets stranger as you read on. A hidden village? A turf-covered roundhouse ‘hobbit-hole? According to some people, it blends into the landscape so well that you can be standing mere yards away and not see it. According to planning inspectors, it’s ‘an eyesore’ and must be demolished. [More] Thanks to Lee for the link.
The Tolkien Sarcasm Page has a funny LOTR script by David Murphy, who guesses what FOTR would have been like in the two-hour version originally intended by Miramax. More] Thanks to Ree for the link!
I saw the May edition of the UK magazine DVD Monthly today. It has a large LOTR picture on the cover and a lavishly illustrated six page article inside. The article is mainly a synopsis of FOTR but there are also separate short features on all the main characters – their individual characteristics, strengths and weaknesses. Legolas’s weakness, for instance, is that he doesn’t display leadership qualities. There is an associated website at UKonline but it hasn’t updated to the May edition yet.
Thanks to the Speaking Clock for that.