Starmaid writes: This is the interview the San Jose Mercury News printed with Sean Astin. ‘After a grinding three years filming a trilogy of movies in New Zealand and riding the success of one of the biggest fantasy epics in history, what’s an ex-hobbit to do? Write a memoir, of course.’ (subscription needed). [More]
Day: December 6, 2004
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – Christopher Lee says he does not own a computer or a mobile phone. But that hasn’t prevented the veteran British actor from starring in some of the most successful and accomplished marriages of narrative and computer-generated artistry that ever entertained an audience. [More]
The ‘Lord of the Rings’ star took part in a religious ceremony on Saturday at the Soka Gakkai International Buddhist centre in Britain to mark his commitment to the faith. The heartthrob star – who played Legolas in the Oscar-winning movie trilogy – was joined by 60 other devotees for the hour-long service where he was presented with his Gohonzon – a Sanskrit prayer scroll – by religious leader Ricky Baynes, which symbolised his entry into the movement. [More]
You still have a chance to be on the silver screen in a movie about the Old West. Dreamworks and TNT will start shooting a three-part series called “Into The West” around Santa Fe next month. Hundreds of people lined up Sunday at a casting call in Albuquerque. The extras could share scenes with stars Sean Astin, Keri Russell and Beau Bridges. [More]
TheOneRing.net has another Exclusive clip from the ROTK:EE behind-the-scenes DVD! Here we see the frantic pace the sound designers and effects crew were working while trying to finish the film in time. We also get a very interesting insight into Peter Jackson’s thought process on how he would make his towers fall and not remind people of that horrific day in September of 2001. Take a look at the sounds they used for the fall of Barad-dur! (QuickTime Needed) [High Res 9.2MB (BT)] [Low Res 4.0MB (BT)]
From TheHutt: The Return of the King (SEE) has achieved a new record in preorder sales, according to the German amazon.de. Since the beginning of the preorder period in the end of September there have been 80000 preorders placed for the SEE and the Collector’s Gift Set on Amazon.de. In fact, the German giftset has been sold out at amazon.de two weeks before release due on December 10th. The previous preorder record holder of Amazon.de was “The Two Towers SEE” with 60000 pre-sold copies. [More]