Back in October 2001, we reported here on a trivia contest run by Barnes & Noble. Well today, Tita Arce from Texas found a box full of Sideshow/Weta merchandise at her front door as the 1st prize winner in the competition! Congratulations Tita!
Month: February 2002
Sean wrote in to say that he noticed something on Amazon.co.uk that suggests that the ‘Art of Fellowship of the Ring’ book is being released in conjunction with the VHS and DVD versions of Fellowship of the Ring – between May 20th and early June. [More]
Brandon from Boxofficemojo.com chimed in to quite rightly point out that IMDB‘s All-Time Worldwide list isn’t up to date, and in fact Fellowship of the Ring has overtaken Forrest Gump to claim #9 spot. Next up? Steven Spielberg’s E.T. [More]
Thanks to Todd for telling us about these great interviews with Peter Jackson and the other nominees on NZ’s ‘Holmes’ programme. The first interview has about a minute of patriotic enthusiasm before PJ gets to talk – so you can see how Oscar fever’s hitting NZ. [More]
London’s had one, Wellington’s been promised one….now Birmingham puts in a bid to host one of the LOTR premieres this year or next. [More]
Marc quite rightly pointed out that Fellowship of the Ring has now passed ‘The Sixth Sense’ out as #10 in the All-Time Worldwide Box Office charts with $664,400,000, and now sets it sights on Forrest Gump and its $679,400,000. [More]