From the Halls of Fire to the back rooms of #staff, you’ll find this guy hard at work…
Continue ReadingFrom the Halls of Fire to the back rooms of #staff, you’ll find this guy hard at work bringing Tolkien to life here on the internet. Gandalf, we salute you and raise our mugs on the anniversary of your birth! Many happy returns on the day, and for all you do, this 1420’s for you.
The TORN staff and Regulars of Barliman’s
Ringer Spy Altariel spills the beans on the latest from Helms Deep
Here is a list of more usefull information that you may find interesting:
The production is behind schedule at the moment. They have not completed all the studio work that they wanted and they are only just catching up at Helms Deep. [More]
Ringer Spy Altariel spills the beans on the latest from Helms Deep
Here is a list of more usefull information that you may find interesting:
The production is behind schedule at the moment. They have not completed all there studio work that they wanted and they are only just catching up at Helms Deep. They were apparently about 2 months behind when they started at Ruapehu and they made up a few weeks because they got the battle scenes done quicker than expected and are now back in town. The current Helms Deep shoot may have to go for another week due to ‘a few hiccups’ with the cast and crew (whatever that means) and that should put the next filming for unit 2 back another week as they were to go to another set somewhere on a Wellington beach next week but shall have to stay back. After they are gone an unexpected re-shoot of some Unit 1 scenes will be done out there and PJ and some main actors will be going back-this includes Liv Tyler (Arwen) and Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn).
On Wednesday they got some amazing stuff done with Gandalfs stunt double on his horse. They had him in full costume long white robes and staff in hand – rearing his horse up on top of the ramp. They nearly had a few traffic accidents while people just stopped there cars in the road or pulled over and took pictures (none of which were confiscated)They have finished the visible hose stunts but horses can still be seen with riders in full costume riding them about the set.
In Methven they have started building a set for when they go down there in August and it is rumored that they will be doing there last battle scenes down there- this is going to involve Eowyn (Miranda Otto) and a few other main actors- so you can guess what they will be doing. Rohan shoots and the battle of the Pelennor fields.
Xoanon note: Films getting behind schedule is rather commonplace, the most recent I can think of is Mission: Impossible 2, but these sort of things happen on shoots. The elements are a force to be messed with considering the amount of outdoor scenes in these films, and you can’t pay mother nature to hold off while they finish an important scene.
RETURN OF THE BLOCK BUSTER
Exclusive: Queenstown is still in the picture for the $360 million mega-movie Lord of the Rings, writes Philip Chandler.
Shooting on the Peter Jackson trilogy will resume in the Southern Lakes either late winter or early spring. [More]
Thanks to Gloin for the tip!
From Mountain Scene Thursday May 11
RETURN OF THE BLOCK BUSTER
Exclusive: Queenstown is still in the picture for the $360million mega-movie Lord of the Rings, Writes Philip Chandler.
Shooting on the Peter Jackson trilogy will resume in the Southern Lakes either late winter or early spring.
The producers have also asked at least one local hotel to quote on 30 rooms for two weeks next month.
“They need to do some stuff and they’ve got rooms on hold in various different places in the South Island,” publicist Claire Raskind told Mountain Scene yesterday (Wednesday).
But nothing has been confirmed, she said.
Over 200 Lord of the Rings crew — including all the major stars — filmed around Queenstown for about six weeks at the end of last year.
Top secret sets were located at Closeburn, Glenorchy, Arthurs Point, Te Anau, Tarras and alongside the Kawarau River — until wiped out by The Flood Of’ 99.
Assistant publicist Melissa Booth says though dates haven’t scheduled, she believes Rings will return to Queenstown around August/September.
Ms Booth: “They’re definately going into the bottom areas of the South Island. Most of the Production will be travelling down there.”
Rings super-snoop Erica Challis of Auckland believes Southern winter conditions will suit the Misty Mountain scene — in which the main characters traverse a snowy mountain range, only to be driven back by snowstorms.
At present Rings is back in Wellington aftera huge shoot at Ruapehu.
Following a break in July, there’ll be “another Wellington stint before we go down south,” says Ms Booth.
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