Director Peter Jackson is poised to flex his Hollywood muscle by securing a top male film star for his new project King Kong – he wants to lure George Clooney or Robert De Niro here. While Jackson is overseas attending The Return of the King premieres, he is also in talks with agents to cast stars for the $100 million remake, to be filmed in Wellington next year. Naomi Watts is in talks to play Ann Darrow, the female lead played by Fay Wray in the 1933 original film. [More]
Day: December 9, 2003
Manwen sends along these images from the relatively small ROTK promotion display recently seen in Hong Kong. [More]
Of course, as soon as you declare something “over,” you find it’s NOT-QUITE-YET over… Following yesterday’s post there was an influx of tickets, so we are having another “Last” Ticket Exchange post, this time with EIGHT ticket offerings. We will continue tomorrow if more tickets surface. There will be a post either way, to let folks know. And now, on to the tickets….
PLEASE READ EACH TICKET ANNOUNCEMENT CAREFULLY! Some of our offerings have “special circumstances.”
Please remember to include: your e-mail address, your real name, and a phone number if possible.
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Calgary, Alberta
This offering is for ONE ticket to the Paramount Chinook in Calgary, Alberta. The first person to e-mail maegwen@theonering.net with the following subject line will be put into contact with the ticket seller. The price is $50 (Canadian) + postage. The subject line MUST read: “Calgary Tickets Calling”
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Mississauga, Ontario
This offering is for ONE ticket to the Famous Players Coliseum in Mississauga, Ontario. The first person to e-mail maegwen@theonering.net with the following subject line will be put into contact with the ticket seller. The price is $49.95 (Canadian) + postage. The subject line MUST read: “Mississauga Single Ticket Please”
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Woodbridge, Ontario
This offering is for TWO tickets to the Famous Players Colossus in Woodbridge, Ontario. The first person to e-mail maegwen@theonering.net with the following subject line will be put into contact with the ticket seller. The price is $101.90 + postage. The subject line MUST read: “Wishing For Woodbridge Tickets”
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Washington, DC: We have a winner! No more e-mails, please!
***IMPORTANT NOTICE*** These tickets are for the Uptown Theater, which sold tickets to each film in the trilogy separately. This offering is for one ticket to ‘The Two Towers’ and one for ‘Return of the King.’ It DOES NOT INCLUDE a ticket to FOTR. Please do not ask for these tickets unless you possess a ticket to FOTR or do not mind missing the first show.
The first person to e-mail maegwen@theonering.net with the following subject line will be put into contact with the ticket seller. The price is $18.50 + postage. The subject line MUST read: “Uptown – I understand that this is not for the Complete Trilogy.”
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Albany, NY: We have a winner! No more e-mails, please!
This offering is for ONE ticket to the Crossgates Regeal Cinema 18 in Albany, NY. The first person to e-mail maegwen@theonering.net with the following subject line will be put into contact with the ticket seller. The price is $35 + postage. The subject line MUST read: “Albany Ticket Please”
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Edina, Minnesota: We have a winner! No more e-mails, please!
This offering is for TWO tickets to the MegaStar 16 Southdale in Edina, Minnesota. The first person to e-mail maegwen@theonering.net with the following subject line will be put into contact with the ticket seller. The price is $50 + postage. The subject line MUST read: “Make Mine Minnesota Tickets!”
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Colorado Springs, Colorado: We have a winner! No more e-mails, please!
This offering is for TWO tickets to the Cinemark Carefree Circle Theater in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The first person to e-mail maegwen@theonering.net with the following subject line will be put into contact with the ticket seller. The price is $50 + postage ($5.40 for overnight posting). The subject line MUST read: “Calling for Colorado Tickets.”
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Mississauga, Ontario
This offering is for TWO tickets to the Famous Players Coliseum in Mississauga, Ontario. The first person to e-mail maegwen@theonering.net with the following subject line will be put into contact with the ticket seller. The price is $101.65 (Canadian) + postage. The subject line MUST read: “Pair of Ontario Tickets.”
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Thanks again, everyone! And GOOD LUCK!
Of course, as soon as you declare something “over,” you find it’s NOT-QUITE-YET over… Following yesterday’s post there was an influx of tickets, so we are having another “Last” Ticket Exchange post, this time with EIGHT ticket offerings. We will continue tomorrow if more tickets surface. There will be a post either way, to let folks know. And now, on to the tickets…. [More]
Brandon from boxofficemojo.com writes: Playing at 126 theaters, FOTR:EE earned $473,463, enough to rank No. 17 for the weekend. It averaged $3,757 per site, solid considering the movie’s length and how it essentially never went away. The lifetime tally was pushed up to $313,837,577, the 12th highest grossing picture ever. [Weekend Chart]
It’s being tracked daily for its one week engagement and being added to the movie’s lifetime total. [Lifetime Chart]
Elijah Wood, who plays the diminutive hero of the Lord of the Rings epic trilogy, which climaxes later this month, is still in awe of the magical One Ring he guarded in the films. The 22-year-old says he keeps the golden prop ring at home in a box, Reuters reports. [More]