From: Mark S
New Empire magazine published in the UK today. It’s a special 2 cover collectors edition with 40 pages dedicated to the film! Not many new pics, but lots of fascinating articles. I’ll try sending a few scans in tomorrow. One snippet of news for now that will make you drool. In an article about Weta is the following paragraph.
In April, the footage at the Cannes film festival featured an astonishing CG cave-troll. Which, remarkably, has since been overhauled. “For Cannes, it was ‘OK, we’ve got 80 cave-troll shots, and they seem to be working perfectly nicely.’ But we went back and redid all those, and they’re just amazing now, ” reveals Rygiel. (Jim Rygiel, Visual Effects Supervisor)
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Pierre P writes that the latest issue of ‘Ici’ magazine in Montreal has a LOTR cover and feature. Check it out!
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Mark S writes: Film 2001 in the UK tonight spent 5 minutes looking at LOTR, with host Jonathan Ross saying it would be fair to say that the film was causing ‘a bit of a stir.’ [More]
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From: Mark S
Film 2001 in the UK tonight spent 5 minutes looking at LOTR, with host Jonathan Ross saying it would be fair to say that the film was causing ‘a bit of a stir.’
Apparently in two weeks there will be a special show from the launch party itself!!
They showed the usual trailer footage and some interviews from Cannes. Can’t quote exactly as the program took me by surprise, but comments included:
Ian Mckellen saying something along the lines of ‘you think this is hype, you should see the fans reactions. They are almost ill with excitement.’
Peter Jackson saying he wished he could be hypnotised so he could go to see the film with a ‘blank mind’ and enjoy it like everyone else.
Christopher Lee saying he could imagine J.R.R Tolkien watching the film, standing behind Jackson and patting him on the shoulder saying “Well done my boy!”
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The Lord Of The Rings film trilogy could do for New Zealand tourism what Crocodile Dundee did for Australia, a travel writer for one of America’s top newspapers says. [More]
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James sends us a scan from ‘The Hollywood Report’, it’s an ad pimpin’ the LOTR EFX crew for Oscar consideration. [More]
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