Tristan writes: I know you’ve been following the development of the His Dark Materials fantasy films by New Line, so I thought you might be interested to know that it was announced today that Chris Weitz will be returning to the director’s chair for The Golden Compass, following the departure of Anand Tucker over “differences in creative direction” — the full press release is online here. [More]
Day: May 6, 2006
The Lord of the Rings, the $28 million mega-show now having its world premiere engagement in Toronto, is braced to get a big boost from Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber. Lloyd Webber — the undisputed king of mega-musicals as well as one of the wealthiest men in the world — made a 24-hour flying visit to Toronto last weekend just to catch the show. “He was very excited by what he saw,” David Mirvish said yesterday. “And it’s a great tribute to this production and this city that he was interested enough to fly all the way from London.” The upshot: Insiders say LOTR’s next gig is likely to be at London’s Theatre Royal Drury Lane, owned by Lloyd Webber’s Really Useful Group. [More]