From ComingSoon: According to Variety, Producer Cary Brokaw has secured financing for a $25 million-$30 million feature version of Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice. The film is being written and will be directed by Il Postino helmer Michael Radford. Brokaw is in talks with Al Pacino to star as Shylock, as well as Cate Blanchett (Galadriel), Ian McKellen (Gandalf) and Joseph Fiennes. Shooting is scheduled to begin Sept. 1 in Venice and Luxembourg.
Day: May 21, 2003
Translated for us by Thorbjørn Hein: On Sunday December 14, when Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King has its galla premiere, the event won´t take place at Imperial (the biggest movie theatre in Denmark) as it usually does. Instead, the galla is taking place in Tivoli (the well-known, 160-years old amusement park/garden in central Copenhagen)! [More]
Translated for us by Thorbjørn Hein: On Sunday December 14, when Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King has its galla premiere, the event won´t take place at Imperial (the biggest movie theatre in Denmark) as it usually does. Instead, the galla is taking place in Tivoli (the well-known, 160-years old amusement park/garden in central Copenhagen)!
SF Film (distributor of the films in Scandinavia) today informs that the galla premiere of the third and last Lord of the Rings movies will take place in the Tivoli Concert Hall on December 14.
Traditionally, it is the Imperial Theatre that is opening its doors at the huge galla events in Denmark, but SF Film wished to round off the succesful Lord of the Rings movies in a magnificent way in the old garden in the the heart of Copenhagen.
Of course the last film has to be ended with a big bang. The coorperation with Tivoli, Inc. gives us a wholly unique opportunity to arrange a really special galla premiere, which could easily become the biggest film event in Denmark ever. Besides the movie being shown in the Tivoli Concert Hall, which can hold 1300 invited guests, the garden itself will be transformed into a wondrous Lord of the Rings universe, accessible for fans and other guests in Tivoli, says Michael Fleischer, CEO at SF Film.
For the third year in a row the entire galla premiere profit goes uncut to the Danish Red Cross.
The Lord of the Rings. The Return of the King premieres for us common mortals on Wednesday December 17.
Arod writes: Last night I went to see a comedy band called Tripod. To my delight, they made 3 LOTR references! The first was a song, “I’ve been telling you all along, LOTR is cool (on behalf of all the geeks)!”. [More]
John Howe sends in the latest Tolkien related items to us from his website: ‘Coming Soon’: The Art of Travel, by Alain de Botton, American Gods by Neil Gaimon and the Lore of the Unicorn by Odell Shepard. (If I can remember, I’ll post the titles of the books I’m currently reading, usually about a dozen at any one time – which may explain why I get lost so easily…). Some more Tolkien illustrations… and, it looks like the documentary is going to happen. At last, a chance to talk about myself! (At least I’m familiar with the subject…). [John-Howe.com]
The Electronic Entertainment Expo has come and gone, but the visions of such amazing games based in Tolkien’s Middle-earth will live on! Take a look at the first of our Exclusive Video Interviews straight from the floor at E3. Our first clip is dedicated to The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Ring which will come out early 2004 for the PC. This interview with Liquid Entertainment President Ed Del Castillo features an exclusive first look at War of the Ring! Check it out! [More] [Gaming Havens]