John Race, chief designer of ‘Orcs: Revenge of the Ancients’ wants to answer your questions! In a first…
Continue ReadingJohn Race, chief designer of ‘Orcs: Revenge of the Ancients’ wants to answer your questions!
In a first exclusive for Christian, head of Gaming Havens, he’s got the ear of Mr. Race, but he needs your help! Send Christian your gaming questions and watch Gaming Havens for the answers!
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The good folks over at SFX mag have sent me over a small snippet of their recent interview with Billy Boyd. Boyd will play the young Hobbit Pippin in all 3 LOTR films. Here is what he had to say:
SFX: So just how tall are you?
BB: Five foot six, A wee bit taller than a hobbit.
SFX: And how do you feel about being shrunk down with computerized jiggery pokery?
BB: Well that’s the thing – I’m not sure what exactly they’re going to do with it. I think there will be times where they will use computers, but I think they’re going to use more conventional means as well, trying not to swamp it too much with special effects because the story is so important.
The rest of the interview will be in the latest issue of SFX due out September 1st, be sure to get your copy today!
For more info on Billy Boyd, take a look at our Cast Page.
Xoanon here,
Philip C. Web master over at TolGalen passed this gem off to me, it’s from NZ onfilm, it’s a few more names to add to the crew list. Check out some of these movies that they’ve worked on!
Costume designer: Ngila Dickson, who worked on Heavenly Creatures and was till recently costume designer on Hercules and Xena.
Post-production producer: Jamie Selkirk, who will supervise editing with Jackson. Selkirk has cut all of Jackson’s films – The Frighteners, Heavenly Creatures, Braindead, Forgotten Silver, Bad Taste & Meet the Feebles.
The production department is headed by Nik Korda (Lost in Space, Cleopatra, The Quest), who’ll be working with Bridget Bourke (The Frighteners, Heavenly Creatures, Bread & Roses) and Elena Azuola (a US financial controller who worked on Stargate, Cutthroat Island, Lost in Space).
Associate producer: Rick Porras (Contact, Forest Gump, Death Becomes Her).
Casting department: Liz Mullane is currently “in the thick of Kiwi casting”, and Sanders says US, UK & Australian casting directors “are nearing completion of their work”.
Special effects: working alongside Richard Taylor and Charlie McClellan at WETA is Mark Stetson (joins as FX supervisor). He’s worked on The Fifth Element, Bladerunner, and Ghostbusters. Steven Ingram (Willow, Never Say Die, Frighteners, Braindead) is the physical effects supervisor, working with Grant Major and Dan Hennah in the art department.
Camera: DP is Andrew Lesnie, an Aussie who shot Babe and Babe: Pig in City, Two If By Sea, and Temptation of a Monk. Specialized sword work is to be handled by Bob Anderson (Mask if Zoro, First Knight, 3 Musketeers, Highlander, Princess Bride) working alongside stunt coordinator Bruce Brown.
Assistant directors: Carolynne Cunningham (Moby Dick, Shine, Escape from Absalom, Heavenly Creatures)has been working as main unit 1st AD for some time as well as working with 2nd unit 1st AD Dave Norris (Via Satellite, Greenstone, Last Tattoo).
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Xoanon here,
What happens when you get a call from the audition people telling you they want you to come back? Ringer Spy ‘Elf Boy’ knows…he was there…
Yesterday I went to the second audition for elf extras… They just got us to wear shorts (so they could see if we had muscles or not?) and try out some basic sword moves. And if you did the sword movements right you got to try on some fake leather armor. Pretty basic stuff. All the prosthetic stuff looked pretty cool. Swords that made the right noise when they hit. They even had a japanese swordmaster there looking over the moves.
Japanese swordmaster?! I like the sound of that!
Xoanon here,
It seems that Moriarty finally posted that script review he promised. It’s his thoughts on the Miramax/2 film deal that was in the works well in the past. Please note: This is not the New Line script, but it’s the same writers and has the same basic plot movements, a must read if you want to see some things to come. Click here to read on!
