Adapted from the master works of J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings trilogy represents an unprecedented undertaking with three films made simultaneously over a year and a half of production. [More]
Month: February 2002
Autumn writes: At the Century City signing Monday we asked Peter Jackson about the rumours of zombie movie in the works, he said he’d like to do it in the future, but isn’t sure if it’ll happen. Sean Astin (Sam), who was seated next to him, said he could play a zombie, to which PJ replied that he’d have to loose 50 pounds, which Sean was happy about. They were all very nice people and it was a pleasure to meet them.
Peregrin T sends in the word that Mad Magazine has goofed on LOTR in their 2002 XL edition. [More]
From: Peregrin T
I just wanted to let you know that my daughter pulled out the Mad 2002 XL edition, and they have Oscar jokes featuring LOTR and others…the reference to Cleveland Browns fans as orcs was particularly funny…since I am a Steeler fan. I also wanted to let you know that I have an article on Tolkien and LOTR coming out on March 21 in Point of Light magazine.
IanRocks is the first Ringer back from a booksigning and discussion at Century City, Ca. Peter Jackson was there, as were Sean Astin, Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens. IR got the chance to hear our favourite rumours confirmed or denied – straight from the horse’s mouth! [More]
News from Erica: “I was just in hellomagazine.com and they reported that the BAFTA awards, for which Lord of the Rings is nominated for 12 awards, are going to be broadcast in the US for the first time on the E! channel. Yay! Some of the cast will probably be there, we can only hope!”