Westlake Village company enters field of high-priced collectibles and scores big. Elliot Lederman knew the man in his office well. He was certain his team could capture every fearsome facet of Frankenstein, Count Dracula, the Creature from the Black Lagoon and other movie monsters in Universal Studios’ scary stable. [More]
Day: July 1, 2003
Ancalime writes: I wanted to let you know that the University Community Orchestra, based at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, will be playing a medley of music from Fellowship of the Ring. This is the same piece as the Nicolet High School Orchestra played earlier this spring. The concert will be at 2 p.m. on Sunday, August 10, 2003, at All Saints’ Cathedral, 818 E. Juneau Ave., Milwaukee, WI. [More]
Today, July 1st, is Liv Tyler’s (Arwen) birthday! Liv Tyler was born on July 1st, 1977 in Portland, Maine. That makes her 26 today! Happy Birthday Liv!
LONDON: The success of the Lord of the Rings movies, and the transformation of Wellington into “Wellywood”, could make it harder to produce low budget films in New Zealand. This warning was given at a New Zealand Studies Association conference in London this weekend with claims the success of the LOTR movies was making New Zealand too expensive for locally financed film projects. [More]
Ringer Fan Lolly writes: Digit Magazine has a poll asking “Which movie special effects blew your mind?” Apparently LoTR is leading, but is being dogged by the Matrix. You need to scroll down the page a bit to see the poll, which is on the left hand side. [More]
Ringer James sends this little tidbit in:
I called AMC Veterans 24 here in Tampa Florida about the Return of the King teaser and they are saying that it is before Terminator 3, and possibly Pirates of the Caribbean. But for sure Terminator 3.
Update: We’ve received a minor flood of e-mails from theatre workers. And unless there’s a giant conspiracy to keep the truth from us all, I’m afraid that T3 will not have an RoTK Teaser. [More]