AICN has posted their review from the LOTR press junkett in LA (where our own WeeTanya attended and reported about here.). Mr Beaks writes: Not two hours after stepping off a plane from Ohio, I found myself sitting in the main theater at The Grove in Beverly Hills waiting to watch RETURN OF THE KING. Twelve hours later, I was scrunched into a crowded roundtable at the Four Seasons, ready to lob questions at the principal cast and crew. [More]
Day: December 12, 2003
We will be posting in excess of 12 ticket opportunities at 9 pm EST. Tonight is the final night of Ticket Exchange, so stay tuned!
John Rhys-Davies at the ROTK Premiere
TORN Volunteers David Baxter and Galaphil were the lucky men with the microphone at the Los Angeles Premiere of ‘The Return of the King’ on December 3rd 2003. In this chapter David chats with the ever-delightful John Rhys-Davies who plays Gimli the Dwarf. John discusses his role as Gimli and the fondness for his fellow actors. He also answers an interesting question, would he be willing to play Gloin in a possible adaptation of ‘The Hobbit’? [More]
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Jamie Selkirk, editor of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, told SCI FI Wire that the final three-hour, 20-minute movie was trimmed down from an earlier cut that ran more than four and a half hours. “It was really difficult, because we had a lot of very key stuff to actually still get in within the story,” Selkirk said in an interview. “We actually had to build the emotion of the story through the battle action.” [More]
Sequels rarely match the heights of their predecessors. But Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings saga is in a class by itself. The numbers tell the story of a trilogy that is getting more popular as it goes along, with expectations mounting for the final chapter, The Return of the King. [More]
Yesterday we had a look at what 2004 had in store for us in the absence of The Lord of the Rings, and focused on five of the biggest movies coming soon involving LotR cast members. Today, we round off the list with another big five and take a look at some other movies which may prove to be suprise hits next year. [More]