A lot of people have been writing in about the very cool new Oscar commercial for Fellowship of the Ring that’s now playing on TV…well PRH was kind enough to send in a copy of it for all Ringers to check out in Quicktime format at a compact 1MB! [Mirror 1] [Mirror 2] [Mirror 3] [Mirror 4]
Month: February 2002
Chris writes: Has anyone alerted you guys yet to the subject of this week’s “Tom the Dancing Bug” comic strip? The title of this installment is “Bob of the Lord of the Lord of the Rings Figurines.” Funny! (And also something a lot of Ringers out there can relate to – S) [More]
Wizardlex sends word that the Hollywood Reporter of a fantastic interview between themselves and Peter Jackson, as PJ recounts the amount of hard working he and his cohorts invested into getting the LotR Trilogy going even before the picture started as they searched for a suitable studio that would make LotR ‘the right way’. [More]
Tom Pipeweed Whillaby writes: Heard a great radio segment yesterday. Steve Brown, nationally syndicated host of the Key Life show, heaped kudos on FOTR and Tolkien. Brown then went on to read a passage from ROTK, in Gollum’s character! Excellent stuff. It’s always good to hear another fan on a rave! Click on the link below, and listen to the Thursday, February 14th show. The FOTR commentary begins around the 5:00 minute mark. [More]
Brandon Gray
Boxofficemojo.com
“The Lord of the Rings” wasn’t the favorite date movie on Valentine’s Day as it fell back down to No. 8, and the teen melodrama “A Walk to Remember” jumped up from No. 11 to No. 4 on a 280% increase. “Rings” was no slouch, though. It enjoyed a 75% bump-up on Thursday to $638,000. lifting its 58-day total to $272.934 million. [More]
Brandon Gray
Boxofficemojo.com
“The Lord of the Rings” wasn’t the favorite date movie on Valentine’s Day as it fell back down to No. 8, and the teen melodrama “A Walk to Remember” jumped up from No. 11 to No. 4 on a 280% increase. “Rings” was no slouch, though. It enjoyed a 75% bump-up on Thursday to $638,000. lifting its 58-day total to $272.934 million and dwarfing the Mandy Moore movie’s $32.041 million total if it’s any consolation. “I Am Sam” and “Rollerball” (what the… ?) were the other two movies to get a Valentine’s jump over “Rings.”