Rasputin the Evil Balrog writes: I was checking up on the official site for the new film production of Peter S. Beagle’s “Last Unicorn” today, and I saw that they’ve announced Kiwi Geoff Murphy as the director. He was the Second Unit director on LOTR, and now he’ll be directing Christopher Lee as King Haggard. Can’t wait for this film! [More]
Day: September 15, 2004
The Lord of the Rings has become synonymous with the breathtaking New Zealand landscape thanks to the enormous success of the film trilogy. The world of Tolkien’s imagination, however, was much closer to home. In There and Back Again, Mathew Lyons explores Tolkien’s true inspiration for Middle Earth, England. [More] [TORN Bookstore]
Karl Urban, who played the assassin in “The Bourne Supremacy,” will star in “Doom” for Universal Pictures. The video game adaptation is being directed by Andrzej Bartkowiak, with Lorenzo Di Bonaventura and John Wells producing. “Doom” was written by Dave Callaham. Urban will play John Grimm, the leader of a special ops team that is at the center of the futuristic action-adventure film. When dealing with alien demons, he is forced to cross paths with the organization responsible for his parents’ deaths. Production is slated to begin late next month, with an Aug. 5 release planned. [More]