Ringer Solo sends in word that Ian McKellen has updated his Lord of the Rings E-post. Among the items under discussion; Preparation, Tatoos, Beards and more! [More]
Day: August 28, 2004
Mithril writes: The pilot of the new TV series ‘Lost’ is being shown tomorrow at Sunset on the Beach in Waikiki. Dom is expected to attend, as are other cast members. Hawaii Tolkien folk are planning on attending enmasse to support Dom’s post-LOTR work.
djdeathskiss writes: I found this interview with Andy in the September issue of ‘Total Film’ (UK) magazine. [More]
Elanor1013 writes: Bob Shaye and Michael Lynne have been awarded Variety’s top honor, Showmen of the Year, for 2004, and New Line’s production of LOTR features heavily–there is a whole special issue for the award, littered with LOTR references. Here are some scans from the issue, including an article about their websites which also mentions TORn. [More]
‘Geek chic,” proclaimed the headline on the front page of a recent Weekly Variety. Peter Bart, the trade paper’s vice-president and editor-in-chief, wrote, “The annual carnival at Comic-Con” — the convention of comic-book fans, webheads and gamesters that this year drew 75,000 attendees to San Diego from July 22 to 25 — “reminds us that while Internet geeks don’t yet rule the world, they sure scare the hell out of Hollywood.” [More]
An unprecedented response to a questionnaire on The Return of the King has meant an international study on media coverage and audience reaction to Peter Jackson’s film will take several more months to complete. About 25,000 people around the world – more than double the number expected – completed a detailed questionnaire available on the Internet about the film. [More]