On the 12th we heard from a New Line insider that a 2:45 minute cut of the film mentioned [here] had been sent to the New Line execs – this could be the ‘finished cut’ that AICN is talking about. It’s certainly not finished – one very reliable source has mailed to confirm that they’re at work right now (it’s Sunday in NZ) and expecting to work every hour God sends between now and the end of the year. “It’s not completed yet, but many talented people are working very hard to make it so.”
Month: August 2001
With a shade over four months to go, several reports indicate that Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring is completed. [More]
UPDATE
Contridicting reports are coming in to use suggesting that FotR is NOT finished. We are working on getting to the bottom of it.
The latest buzz on the internet over the last couple of days is whether or not there really is a final cut of Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Rings out there. Well, judging by the past week’s events the Fellowship is a completed film.
First, three weeks ago the Fellowship of the Ring trailer was finally released in Irish theaters. You may be wondering what’s so important about that? Well, my fellows Irish Ringers will know that for a trailer to be released in Ireland, the completed film must first be viewed by the Irish Film Board. Therefore, for the trailer to be showing in Ireland, this indicates that someone has been shown the final cut of the Fellowship of the Ring.
Secondly, we reported here last week that the Hollywood Reporter revealed exclusively that morning that the Fellowship of the Ring had been rated PG-13 for “epic battle sequences and some scary images” by the MPAA. Two days later, we received a mail from Lord G to tell us that the representative from the MPAA went onto this message board and revealed his/her knowledge on the subject, supporting the claim that there is a finished version out there.
And finally, today AintItCoolNews backed up our report from last week that the Fellowship of the Ring has received a PG-13 rating, and that there is a finished 2 hour 45 minute print locked away in a safe somewhere…
So the evidence seems pretty convincing: The Fellowship of the Ring is out there and ready for the world’s eyes! Suddenly December doesn’t seem so long away.
At GenCon I scooped up a few Product Information Sheets about the Middle-earth board games. They included LotR, the expansion game Friends and Foes, and The Hobbit. [More]
As you may or may not have known, I have been out of commission for about a month with a move across America. Now that I’m settled, I finally got to take a look at the LOTR Student Planner for 2001-2002. Some of you might have seen the images contained within this publication, but if you are like me, you completely missed some REALLY cool stuff. !!!SPOILERS!!![More]
Only in dire times would a parley be called at the House of Elrond, bringing Man, Elf and Istari together to discuss the faith of Middle-Earth and it’s inhabitants. But these are dire times indeed, and as the threat of the Enemy looms over the world as a shadow, the Council of Elrond commences. This weekend, we invite you to come discuss a chapter from Fellowship of the Ring that would change the lives of nine people and save millions of others: Book II, Chapter II: The Council of Elrond [More]