VARIETY: Int’l grosses methodology makes money issue murky. So who’s on first? To no one’s surprise, that’s what the “Matrix” vs. “Rings” contest has come down to. Warner Bros. has downgraded its estimate of its five-day worldwide grosses on “The Matrix Revolutions” from $204.1 million to $201.4 million. That would make it king, but stay tuned…. (Subscription required) [More]
Day: November 11, 2003
Xoanon here, we’ve had tons of reports that the TTT:EE DVD has been unleashed in Europe and parts of North America (New York City specifically). But now comes word that other parts of Europe will NOT even have it available on the 18th! Take a look at these 2 reports from Nerwen & Tove [More]
Nerwen writes:
I visited one DVD store today in Tampere, Finland to ask for their price on the TTT EE DVD. The clerk told me that (to his great personal disappointment) he had just received a note saying that the EE DVD’s release date will be postponed a week and that this is the situation in all Scandinavia. I guess that makes the new date 25th of Oct. He didn’t give any reason for this.
Tove adds more info:
The delay is for the Sone 2-version. A lot of people order the Sone 1 from the US. I will send you the e-mail I got yesterday and any further info from the distributor here in Norway, SF Norge, when I get to work In two hours. All this in norwegian thou….
I work at ARK Bruns Bokhandel (bookstore) in Trondheim, Norway. And I got the bad news because I called SF Norge for info on when my shipment of dvd’s and posters etc was expected to arrive at the store. They had just minutes before been informed about the delay. This was about 11.00 in the morning local time.
Angela writes: Christopher Lee (Saruman) will be interviewed in the UK on ‘This Morning’. [More]
Xoanon here, I am certain many people will be interested in hearing what he has to say in regards to the whole Saruman situation. The ‘ROTK-Line’ title references a term used in chat circles. A ‘K-Line’ occurs after a user is booted from a chatroom, very apropos to Chris’ situation.
Gonzai writes: This editorial cartoon appeared in the November 11, 2003 Baltimore Sun. Sarbanes and Mikulski are Maryland’s U.S. Senators, who are presently attempting to block the judicial nomination of Claude Allen. The Sun’s cartoonist, KAL, was reminded of Gandalf and the Balrog. [More]
WR writes: Andy Serkis’ “Gollum” book is due to be launched on December 1st. Details from his website can be found here. [Serkis.com] [Pre-Order on Amazon.com]