There it is posted on their website – the outline for the LOTR fan tour of New Zealand which will coincide with the premiere and release of TTT in Wellington. [More] There’s been a lot of interest in this one, not surprisingly.
Day: September 3, 2002
Woo! Finally a, small, update on the official website (lordoftherings.net). Head over there and check out the new fact-file on Wizards which contains at least one new picture of Gandalf the White! [More]
Science fiction mag Locus has a report on the Hugo awards including a pic of Sala Baker (Sauron) and Sean Astin (Sam) holding FOTR’s Hugo award. [More] We mistakenly reported that Lawrence Makaore was there rather than Sala. Thanks to Kim for the link and the correction.
The middle chapter in the saga that was robbed of last year’s Oscar — can you believe A Beautiful Mind won?
Peter Jackson, the New Zealand director of all three Rings films, worries that the middle chapters of movie trilogies don’t impact audiences as much, what with the lack of a beginning and an ending. Hey, Pete, check out the first Star Wars trilogy: The Empire Strikes Back has it all over its bookends. And The Godfather, Part II is a classic. [More]
(Who calls him ‘Pete’ anyway? -Xo)
frodo’s girl writes: I was wandering around Lambton Quay the other day, and was surprised to find a bunch of actual movie goods in the window of Whitcoulls. [More]
frodo’s girl writes:
I was wandering around Lambton Quay the other day, and was surprised to find a bunch of actual movie goods in the window of Whitcoulls (and yes I asked to be sure they weren’t just very good copies). I had a hard time getting good pics because of the reflection on the window, but here are a just few of the many I snapped. I didn’t manage to get a picture of the nazgul outfit because there was too much reflection. It is pretty cool to see so many props, set pieces and costumes so close up. And it was a really well put together display too. I went back by it today and it is gone. Glad I got pics when I did!
