Local elf Figwit is back in NZ and working to save the planet. And Kiwis now have a local supplier for LOTR swords and for the LOTR Locations Guidebook. [More]
Day: October 10, 2002
Figwit news: He’s doing his bit to save the planet. [More]
Meanwhile another diehard LOTR fan from NZ is Ian Brodie, writer of the LOTR Guidebook. He also runs the NZ Fighter Pilots Museum which is proud to announce that they are now the sole New Zealand suppliers of the United Cutlery Lord of the Rings swords. This now means that New Zealanders can purchase these beautiful reproductions from a store in New Zealand. More information on the guidebook and the swords can be found here]
Good and bad news for fans in Brazil and Chile, concerning the extended version DVD of FOTR and the release date of TTT. [More]
Elenah writes that Valinor.com in Brazil noted TORN’s coverage of the possibility that Latin America might not receive the Extended Edition DVD. Valinor sent their petition asking for a the DVD to Warner, and Warner is now (according to Valinor) saying they’re interested in releasing the extended edition in Brazil, but it depends on New Line.
Gabriel had much more to say about the situation – including some good news for fans in Brazil:
“I am from Brazil, a die hard fan of LOTR and also of TORN …. About the DVD: Warner IS going to release Region 4 Extended Version of FOTR. It’s not coming out the same day as it is in the rest of the world, but they WILL release it. The whole thing about saying that they’re not is because they know that, if they announced the release of both versions, the theatrical version wouldn’t sell as many. But it IS going to come out.
“In regards to the movie opening date, I can only speak for Brazil: Warner, Brazil’s distributor for LOTR, had a national movie to open in December [last year] that featured a great local pop star, and her movies always get nice box office figures. What happened was that this movie was going to open here a weekend before LOTR opened in the rest of the world. Warner could put FOTR to open on the 25th, but that would turn out to be very bad for them. So they postponed it to open January 1st, and you know what? It broke a lot of records. Being that it was such a great move by them, they decided that TTT and ROTK will also open Jan 1st. It sucks? Yeah. But at least there are countries with worse release dates.
“In the rumour section, apparently Warner is planning to show, in selected theaters throughout Brazil, a “premiere” in the last weekend of the year. Nothing sure yet, but just maybe…”
From Chile, Andres writes,
“TTT will be released in Chile on January the 2nd of 2003. That date is the first Thursday after New Year’s Day, so that release date will be the same date that the TFOTR was released this year (this year TFOTR was realeased on Thursday, January the 3rd)”
News from Spain – new desktops online – and news about the extended DVD in Norway and the TTT trailer in Finland. [More]
Spain: Beorn de Valencia gave us the link for the Spanish official LOTR site, which has new Eomer, Eowyn and Theoden wallpapers. Very nice one of Eomer. Babe alert! [More]
Norway:
According to Ringer spy Ingve, presale for The Towers will begin in Norway on the 4.november 2002, according to the webpages of distributor SF Norway.
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Ingve adds, “I’ ve spoken to my former colleage at a local videostore, and he said that the release date of The Fellowship SE DVD was 11.november. I told him to doublecheck his papers, and on the papers from the LOTR distributor in Norway, SF Norway, the realese date was 11.november, he says. This is a day before the rest of the world isn’t it?
“Though videostores probably get the DVD some days before all others, it is strange that the DVD release should be on the 11th, rather than the 12th. Only the New Line Cinema shop has the 11/11 as shipment date, the rest has 12.November.”
There were inaccuracies about this last year about release dates in various countries, so I wouldn’t believe it just yet. – T
“In Finland, the TTT trailer will premiere in Finland with the movie xXx. At least in Finnkinos theaters. Check first “- that came in from Isa.