From: Keith Stern I am very pleased to tell you that we’ve launched Version 1.0 of the Official…
Continue ReadingFrom: Keith Stern
I am very pleased to tell you that we’ve launched Version 1.0 of the Official Home Page for Sean Astin (Sam) at http://www.seanastin.com, And we’ll have lots of additional material coming online over the next couple of months. Hope you enjoy it.
Here is a new official shot from “The Emperor’s Eew Elothes” with Ian Holm (Bilbo).
From: Mike
A friend of mine went to see ‘Moulin Rouge’ at a cinema here in Cape Town, South Africa last Saturday. We already new that the new (and old) Teaser Posters were up at all the cinemas here and that the films are definitely being released here on December 19th as well, but we didn’t really know when the other forms of marketing were going to begin (besides articles in newspapers, which I’ll get to later). [More]
From: Mike
A friend of mine went to see ‘Moulin Rouge’ at a cinema here in Cape Town, South Africa last Saturday. We already new that the new (and old) Teaser Posters were up at all the cinemas here and that the films are definitely being released here on December 19th as well, but we didn’t really know when the other forms of marketing were going to begin (besides articles in newspapers, which I’ll get to later). Well, my friend (who we’ll call ‘Nicky’) went to buy her ticket for the film and lo and behold, what should be on the back of the ticket? None other than an advert for ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring’! I’m not sure as to whether every ticket has this advert on it, or if every ticket has a different advert for a different film on it, but my friend thinks all the tickets had the same advert (for ‘The Lord of the Rings’) on them.
Great marketing me thinks, also (and I meant to e-mail this to you guys a while ago), there was an article in a newspaper here which basically said that Nu Metro (one of two leading cinema chains in South Africa) was counting on three films to “bring back the crowds into the cinema this year”, these films are: ‘Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone’, ‘Mr. Bones’ (a South African comedy with a major South African comediain starring in it – I don’t think he’s that funny) and lastly, ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring’. Well there you have it, I’m thinking South Africa will be going ‘Lord of the Rings’ crazy very soon.
No, it isn’t some new change to Tolkien’s work that we will see on film, casinocom.com has some custom art you can print out and glue onto your favorite chips the next time you play poker! [More]
Until December 19th we won’t know what choices were good and which were bad, however this weekend the Cast of Lord of the Rings is the discussion of choice…and what a great discussion it is.
The great thing about casting actors for characters is, everyone has a different opinion on it and a prime example of this was in the early stages of making Lord of the Rings into a movie, when every person seemed to have their own opinion on a role. Rumours were rife, as names like Brosnan, Connery, Hawke and Thurman were mentioned in the roles of Elrond, Gandalf, Faramir and Galadriel respectively. A test shot of an elf that emerged on AICN even sparked rumours of Keanu Reeves playing some part in the Trilogy….thankfully that rumour bore no fruits.
Even with the cast decided, within two weeks the character of Aragorn had to be recast as Stuart Townsend was found to be the wrong person for the role. Since those early days, the discussion on who should have played what role still go on, with some people still not happy with the actors. So this weekend, get ready to battle for your convictions as you explain just why you have chosen ‘X’ as Gandalf and ‘Y’ as Frodo, as we talk about one of the oldest arguments surrounding Lord of the Rings.
Place:
#thehalloffire on theonering.net server; come to theonering.net’s chat room Barliman’s and then type /join #thehalloffire .
This weekend, Daylight Saving Times take place Sunday morning which effect the time of two discussions from their usual slots. Please take note of the changes in certain time zones that occur this weekend!
RED = New/Changed
Saturday Chat: 7:00 pm ET (19:00) [also 12:00 am Sunday (0:00) BST and 9:00 am Sunday (09:00) AET]
Sunday Chat: 5:00 pm (17:00) AET [also 07:00 am (07:00) GMT and 2:00 am (02:00) ET]
Sunday Chat: 6:00 pm (18:00) GMT [also 1:00 pm (13:00) ET and 4:00 am (04:00) Monday morning AET]
ET = Eastern Time, USA’s East Coast
BST = British Summer Time, GMT +1
GMT = Greenwich Mean Time, Great Britain & Ireland
AET = Australian Eastern Time, Australia’s East Coast
Mistakes to my Daylight Savings calculations? (It’s quite possible) Questions? Topics? Send ‘em here.
Thanks to Arathorn, Berendir and Tookish for the help with the calculations!
