British actor Orlando Bloom has come aboard the Walt Disney Co.’s “Pirates of the Caribbean,” in which he will star opposite Johnny Depp. [More]
Thanks to Lessa for the link!
Month: September 2002
There it is posted on their website – the outline for the LOTR fan tour of New Zealand which will coincide with the premiere and release of TTT in Wellington. [More] There’s been a lot of interest in this one, not surprisingly.
Woo! Finally a, small, update on the official website (lordoftherings.net). Head over there and check out the new fact-file on Wizards which contains at least one new picture of Gandalf the White! [More]
Science fiction mag Locus has a report on the Hugo awards including a pic of Sala Baker (Sauron) and Sean Astin (Sam) holding FOTR’s Hugo award. [More] We mistakenly reported that Lawrence Makaore was there rather than Sala. Thanks to Kim for the link and the correction.
The middle chapter in the saga that was robbed of last year’s Oscar — can you believe A Beautiful Mind won?
Peter Jackson, the New Zealand director of all three Rings films, worries that the middle chapters of movie trilogies don’t impact audiences as much, what with the lack of a beginning and an ending. Hey, Pete, check out the first Star Wars trilogy: The Empire Strikes Back has it all over its bookends. And The Godfather, Part II is a classic. [More]
(Who calls him ‘Pete’ anyway? -Xo)
frodo’s girl writes: I was wandering around Lambton Quay the other day, and was surprised to find a bunch of actual movie goods in the window of Whitcoulls. [More]