Tehanu here –
“Michael Martinez’s wonderful article got me thinking more about New Zealand as a film location. He made some good guesses and I can add further to them….Check out “Non-industrial Light and Magic” in “NZ Exclusives.”
Month: September 1999
Michael Martinez has written another article for ‘Suite101’ called ‘Hey Guys How’s The Weather Down There?’. Interesting read, check it out.
I don’t think we’ll be seeing the Elves of Lorien offering the surviving members of the Fellowship vials filled with Elven sunblock, but Jackson’s makeup and special effects people will have to take the sunblock into account…
For the rest of the article, click here.
Last nights chat was with the cool folks at Sierra, working hard on the LOTR inspired game ORCS: Revenge of the Ancients. They were a great bunch of guys and gals.
Apparently they stayed later on after the chat was over and had an open mic session with the good folks hanging around at Barliman’s!
Greetings– Quickbeam here.
We have added tremendous new stuff to our Green Books section! Stop in and read a wonderful new column by Anwyn (woah, is she a deep thinker!) then sample from a HUGE plate of new Q & A’s. Find out if Tolkien’s Elves have pointy ears, if Saruman survived the Scouring of the Shire, and unravel what REALLY happened with Frodo and the Barrow Wight. Also, we dig into a new “Stump the Staff” query meant to challenge our best Tolkien acumen (but this time, I think we got it!).
And what’s all this about Gollum Toothpaste? Lord of the Rings breakfast cereal?! Read my “Out on a Limb” column to find out.
Much too hasty,
Quickbeam
Xoanon here,
This is rather cool, I’m picturing this as we speak, hundreds of horses and riders….drool…
A few moments ago there was an item on Radio New Zealand news stating that hundreds of riders and horses are being sought for LOTR. They want experienced riders, and horses over 15 hands (150 cm for the non-horse literate).
They are being sought for the Riders of Rohan. Auditions will start next weekend in Alexandra, and further auditions will take place in Queenstown and Oamaru. All these are in the south of New Zealand, so probably a good clue to the Rohan location.
Does anyone live in these areas! Please contact me!
(Thanks to Shayne P for the tip!)
According to the editor of NZ’s Onfilm magazine, Peter Jackson has promised to give him the full list of cast and crew for Onfilm to publish in the October 1st edition. We’ll know a lot of the names before then, but if you’re in NZ it might be good to buy a copy and have it for reference.