The hottest director in the world discusses making the final Lord of the Rings film, departing the Tolkien world and his upcoming work with a big hairy ape. Another great IGN interview. [More] !!!Spoilers!!!
Day: December 29, 2003
Xoanon reported a couple of days ago about the winners of the Toronto ice exhibit. Now, Ringer Thesbit writes in with this link to another report on the event. It also has a video news report (windows media format) that you can watch. [More]
As The Return of the King rules the Australian box-office, FilmView.org, the Aussie movie review site, has been completely taken over by the power of the One Ring. It features two film reviews, DVD and Score reviews, as well as some popular articles and interviews. The main page is dressed up with an image of the White Tree of Gondor at the very top that turns into the Dark Lord’s lidless flaming eye. Thanks to Ringer Matt for the link. [More]
Trawling my inbox attachments directory, I stumbled upon a couple of interesting screencaps amongst the 3000-odd images lurking in there. They could be excised scenes from the Paths of the Dead for a scene talked about in these production notes (look for the discussion of the PoTD), but I can’t be 100% sure of their veracity (or even how “new” they are). Treat with caution. [One] [Two] !!!RoTK EE Spoilers!!!
It just surprising what can slip through the cracks when your head is turned. Here’s a great series of media roundtable interviews from one of the media junkets that the LoTR cast and crew did as they travelled the world to the various premieres. Spoilers abound here, but it’s definitely worth a read.
Yes, this story does have a LoTR link. I’m of the opinion that there is no situation for which The Princess Bride cannot provide an appropriate quote. And the first thing that sprang to mind when I failed to be blown away by Cold Mountain was: “Nothing you can say will upset me.” [More] !!!Spoilers!!!