Teaser news here folks, I LOVE when LOTR makes news!
The Fellowship of the Ring, the first installment in director Peter Jackson’s three-film adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy classic The Lord of the Rings, won’t show up in theaters until Christmas 2001. Given the epic length of the massive project’s shooting schedule (all three installments are being filmed back to back), there’s almost no way it can arrive any sooner — alas for distributor New Line. [More]
Thanks to Quickbeam and Pippin-Took for the tip!
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CNN just aired a lord of the rings thing about more downloads then Star Wars. It was on CNN Hollywood.
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Check out the frame by frame analysis for more updates concerning creature design and some other rumors. [ more ]
SPOILER ALERT!!!
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April 11th marks 6 months to the day that principal photography began on Peter Jackson’s epic Lord of the Rings Trilogy. In a record 14 to 18 months shoot, the kind of which has never been seen before, Peter Jackson and his team at Three Foot Six and WETA are embarking on a mission of un-precedented scope and vision, using technologies and talent not even seen in that Galaxy Far Far Away… [More]
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Thought your readers might be interested to know that we’re running a week long cartoon contest featuring caricatures of Frodo and Gandalf (Elijah Wood and Ian McKellen to be precise) wondering what those fiery letters on the one ring really say. I attached a small version of the cartoon to this email.
The reader has to come up with a punchline rewriting the letters! At the end of the week, the funniest punchline is voted on by readers. If you think you can come up with a funny punchline or would like to read everyone else’s funniest entries, browse on over here.
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Suddenly this film is in every paper and every TV bulletin, and has been daily since Friday when the preview was released. Latest news on TV3 showed glimpses of sword play practice on Mt.Ruapehu. The Scoop news people have this and more on their ‘news of the day’ roundup.
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More on Tongariro, I just love saying that name, Tongariro…Tongariro…
Filming for Peter Jackson’s “Lord of the Rings” is about to get underway in Tongariro National Park today.
A cast and production crew of between four to five hundred people, boosted by around 200 extras, will be filming battle scenes in and around the park and the ski field. [More]
Thanks to Bonnie J for the tip!
…Tongariro…
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