Film bosses are plotting a sequel to animated movie ‘The Magic Roundabout’ – even though the first installment has not yet been released. The creators of the $24.3 million (GBP12.8 million) film – based on the cult 1960s BBC TV series – have already signed up Sir Ian McKellen to return as the voice of Zebedee and Kylie Minogue to reprise her vocal duties for Florence. [More]
Month: January 2005
One of the team who created the Oscar-winning visual effects for The Lord of the Rings is in the running for another 34 centimetre-tall gold statue next month. Joe Letteri, who won visual-effects Oscars for The Two Towers and The Return of the King, as well as a scientific and technical achievement award, has been nominated in the visual effects category for I Robot. The nomination is also the fourth for Wellington’s Weta Digital, where Letteri – from San Francisco – has been based for more than three years and is visual-effects supervisor on Peter Jackson’s King Kong film. [More]
From Stuff.co.nz: “Responses to the Sunday Star-Times Top 50 Books survey are pouring in. So far there’s no clear winner. Yes, Tolkien’s doing pretty well, but it’s by no means a foregone conclusion that he’ll top the list.” [More]
Cartoonist John Cook writes: I’ve added a new Lord of the Rings cartoon spoofing that Two Towers scene where Gimli waits at Helm’s Deep, unable to see over the top of the battlements. Check out the cartoon here!
From LA Downtown News: “It was busy last Tuesday afternoon at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising (FIDM) museum in South Park: A dress from The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King was getting steamed, Peter Parker’s Spider-Man outfit was waiting on a pedestal and word was spreading that the Finding Neverland costumes wouldn’t arrive until the end of the week.” [More]
Ray writes: John Noble will be appearing at our “Hollywood Collectors & Celebrities Show”, on February 18th & 19th, as one of our celebrity guests. For more information, please check our web site www.hollywoodcollectorshow.com.