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Month: July 2000

You can catch Christopher Lee (Saruman) in ‘The Oblong Box’ on TMN. [More]

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The Scottish ‘Sunday Post’ Newspaper has an interview with Sean Bean (Boromir). In it they ask about being away from his family while shooting the LOTR films:

Sean is currently in New Zealand, making three films back to back, with big names such as Ian McKellen, Cate Blanchett, Liv Tyler and Christopher Lee.

“I’m over there on my own right now but I’ll be bringing the family across when we get a break.

“I do miss them, but I’ve always been away for parts of the year. I’ve got used to it and I tend to just focus on what I’m doing, get it done and come home.”

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One of the questions asked numerous times at Dragon*Con was whether Shelob would make it into the movies or go the way of Tom. While I did not have a definative answer at the convention, my gut feeling said yes. The E Online Insider backs me up on this in his most recent Ask the Insider.

Specifically the Insider says, “The Shelob scenes haven’t been filmed yet, but the last time I talked to Sean Astin (Sam), he said he was looking forward to those. Shelob will be computer-generated, probably with some miniatures edited in.“

Source: E Online

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If you could not make it to Atlanta for Dragon*Con, you can at least hear portions of the Tolkien Track. Tolkien Online had the oportunity to record some portions of the Dragon*Con 2000 track and share those recordings with the internet. You can find the recording’s at the Tolkien Online Dragon*Con 2000 reports page.

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Glass Hammer has long been known as a progressive rock band who loves the works of the Inklings. In the past, they recorded and released albums such as:

Journey of the Dunadan an epic concept story based on Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings stories.

Perelandra based loosely on C.S. Lewis’s Narnia and “fairy tales for adults” series.

Glass Hammer is back in the studios recording another album inspired by Tolkien, namely their interpretation of what you would hear in the Prancing Pony, Green Dragon, and any other inn or tavern of Middle Earth.

You can find out more about Glass Hammer at their website http://www.glasshammer.com. And expect more news on their upcoming releases this fall.

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Since we posted the news on a possible November theatre trailer for LOTR, spies in the american movie business have been sending me emails saying we’ve hit the nail on the head. It looks very possible that there will be a LOTR trailer attached to some New Line film coming out in November. And all fingers seem to point to the Adam Sandler film ‘Little Nicky’, which comes out November 10th. Yet that is still a RUMOR Any other thoughts?

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