Cate Blanchett (Galadriel) is hosting a film festival by the Australian Film Insitute in the Barbican Centre in London this weekend.
Teletext.Co.Uk has a large on-line article on the Film Festival and the Hollywood star herself. [More]
Month: April 2001
From: Pieman
Was just watching Access Hollywood, and they had a quick report about LOTR. I heard that LOTR will be premiering in over 10,000 screens. They made it sound pretty huge.
Xoanon here: I watch AH every night, and the night I miss it, I miss some LOTR news! Ah well, if this story from Pieman is correct, LOTR will by FAR have the largest amount of screens on opening weekend ever. From what I’ve gathered, last X-Mas’ ‘How the Grinch Stole Christmas’ currently holds the record at 3,127 screens in the US. Other biggies include: 2,938 Gladiator, 2,674 Titanic, 2,970 SW1, 2,104 SW4 (re-release), 2,111 SW5 (re-release), 2,111 SW6 (re-release).
We do know that New Line is working on a world wide release, so 10,000 seems like a realistic amount. Just image the amount of popcorn….
In a recent interview with one of the biggest Dutch newspapers Cate Blanchett (Galadriel) talks a bit about her part in Lord of the Rings… [More]
In a recent interview with one of the biggest Dutch newspapers Cate Blanchett (Galadriel) talks a bit about her part in Lord of the Rings…
“..but the part in which Cate Blanchett will no doubt draw the most attention in the coming year is the part of Elvenqueen Galadriel in the upcoming Lord of the Rings-trilogy, of which the first installment (Fellowship of the Ring) will hit theatres this christmas.
“I’m done shooting my scenes” explains Blanchett in London, where she is currently finishing her part as Galadriel in a studio. “I’m working on ‘looping’ which basically means I have to redo all my lines because they didn’t get them right the first time around”.
And those are no ordinary lines. Those who are familiar with Tolkiens work know that Elvenqueen Galadriel speaks her own language. Blanchett surprises us with some lines in Elvish. “I have been told it sounds like the sound Klingons make in the Star Trek-series”.
Blanchett will not be seen long in the movie. Her part took up one month of filming, which, on a total of 18, doesn’t seem much. “The entire trilogy has been shot back-to-back, I only appear in the first part. Based on what I have seen so far this is going to be one of the most magical filmexperiences so far. I know some people consider Lord of the Rings to be their Bible, but Peter Jackson, the director, has allowed himself some liberties which hopefully fall in good taste. A book like this needs to be adjusted, otherwise it would have no use to turn it into a movie.”
Well, I’d say that offers some good food for discussion (what kind of sound do Klingons make anyway?), thanks to communitysite LordoftheRings.nl for the translation!
Call me a slacker, but I’m honestly not sure if this is ‘new’ news. The Official Site has some REALLY nice wallpaper. Specifically, check out “Fog”, “Dark Rider” and “Banners.” The consensus in Barlimans was that most have not seen them, so I figured all you Ringers out there might want a heads up. Thanks to Armand for the email. SPOILERS [More]
UPDATE
Okay, so they weren’t new…i guess I’m a slacker! But, like me, a lot of fans wrote in to say they never actually looked that deep into the official site. If you are interested in more desktop images, check out the fan wallpaper section of the site.
According to this morning’s ‘Dominion’ newspaper, Liv Tyler (Arwen), Cate Blanchett (Galadriel) and Elijah Wood (Frodo) are returning in the next few months because some of their lines need to be re-recorded. Spokesman Melissa Booths said, “automated dialogue replacement was needed when background noise intruded on an actor’s lines.”
Thanks to Tiggy for that tip.