From: Annael
Caught a quick glimpse of Sean Bean, Viggo Mortensen, and John Rhys-Davies being interviewed at Cannes last night while watching the Independent Film Channel.
They have a regular feature they throw in between films called “IFC at Cannes” – this was a clip on “the paparazzi” and was a series of shots of actors and actresses talking about being interviewed interspersed with shots of the media hounding various stars. There were three quick shots of Our Heroes sitting in a row.
I think the point was to show Rhys-Davies being totally out of control as far as being interviewed; he was out of his seat, making jokes, saying something about “come on, give us your BEST question.” Sean Bean was laughing at him while Viggo had this tight little polite smile on and looked like he’d rather be anywhere else in the world.
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Thanks to a Random Hobbit we’ve got the scans from the new Entertainment Weekly, they have a small article and what they claim are ‘new’ pics from LOTR. I guess these guys don’t surf the net much…
When a trailer for Peter Jackson’s unfinished trilogy The Lord of the Rings popped up on the Net last year, fans of author J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy downloaded it more than 1.7 million times in 24 hours. The New Zealand director (Heavenly Creatures, The Frighteners) knew his progress was being monitored not just by New Line Cinema, which bankrolled the $US270 million project, but by a global army of Tolkien aficionados. A 20-minute sneak peek of the first instalment screened at Cannes last month earned rapturous applause. “You can’t believe,” Jackson, 39, said later, “the weight off my shoulders.” For 14 months he has toiled in rural New Zealand, shooting the three films back-to-back with a cast including Sir Ian McKellen (Gandalf), Elijah Wood (Frodo Baggins), Cate Blanchett (Galadriel) and Hugo Weaving (Elrond). Part 1, The Fellowship of the Ring, opens in Australia on Boxing Day 2001, with Parts 2 and 3 at 12-month intervals. Recreating Tolkien’s enchanting Middle Earth and giving appearance to a legion of hobbits, elves, dwarves and orcs was made easier, says Jackson, by “having wonderful source material.” And just to make sure, his on-set mantra was “Make it real.” — Craig Henderson
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From: Greg
I got some pretty cool news for the french fans: I’ve heard (that’s an insider information so I would prefered to stay anonymous) that they will put a real size Troll in the main hall of the Virgin Megastore on the “Champs Elysées”! I dont know exactly when but it’s quite a sure thing.
If anyone sees this Troll in the Virgin Megastore, send along some pics!
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There is a small positive mention of Reiner Knizia’s Lord of the Rings boardgame in this month’s Computer Gaming Magazine.[More]
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