You can catch Christopher Lee (Saruman) in ‘The Creeping Flesh’ on TMN.
Month: August 2000
Hello everyone! I hope you are all ready for another edition of the Tolkien fun section! Our last winner was Morden! Good job man! The answers were:
1) Haudh-en-Ndengin
2) Ringwraith
3) Gimli
Here are the questions for today:
1) “Name the elder of the Two Trees of Valinor.”
2) “dlarnoga” (Scrambled Tolkien person, place or thing)
3) “Good morning, merry friends!” (Who said this?)
As always, Mail me with your answers, the 1st person to send all 3 correct answers in one mailing will be posted here next time! Good luck………Gamgee
News came to us over the wire – well, thanks to some friendly ghosts on the wire – about today’s filming with Sir Ian McKellen. Curiouser and curiouser….
Xoanon Note: I tend to think this is how they’ll finish off the character of Saruman, or it could be a dream sequence of Gandalf’s while he is a prisoner, the best bet is to NEVER take what the local press says as 100% accurate. [More]
This is off the Evening Post, we believe:
GANDALF BREATHES LAST BREATH?
Wellington, Aug 8, New Zealand Press Assc – Did Gandalf the wizard breath his last breath in the Hutt Valley today?
Filming of a scene from the $360 million The Lord Of the Rings trilogy could clearly be seen at a set on a vacant site in Peterkin St, Taita, today. Parts of the set, which included a large blue screen, a spotlight on a crane and props, have been visible from the street for the past few days. The scene today showed what appeared to be wizard character Gandalf, who is played by British actor Sir Ian McKellen, impaled on large spiked wooden wheel. Crew were moving the wheel in an anti-clockwise direction during filming. It was unclear where in J R R Tolkien’s classic the scene takes place. It is possible that it is the first death of Gandalf after battling a creature called the Balrog on the bridge of Khazad-Dum. (But why wouldn’t they film that indoors on soundstage, anyone know?-Tehanu )Gandalf falls into an abyss and disappears, returning later as the more powerful Gandalf the White.
Other sightseers today included a couple who perched on the roof of their car for a view of the action. A woman used a telescope, while a man took photographs. Film company Three Foot Six and New Line Cinema have been highly secretive about filming in the Wellington region, keeping the media off site and limiting the release of film images. Filming began on Mt Victoria last October and has also taken place in the Dry Creek Quarry on Haywards Hill, the former Fort Dorset site in Seatoun, and Harcourt Park in Upper Hutt.
We expect this article will appear in Stuff later, WITH pictures.
Hmmmm. Impaled on a wheel. Don’t panic everyone, there’s probably some explanation somebody can come up with.
Our good buddies at SFX Magazine are covering LOTR more than any other UK Movie Mag I’ve seen to date. The latest issue (Sept. 2000) has two small news bites. Check them out here: ‘Board of the Rings’ and ‘Ring of Truth’.
Longer lasting than crystal ball table tennis! [More]