VARIETY says that the highest rated show in last week’s programming in the WB was Wednesday’s RETURN TO MIDDLE EARTH, an hour-long documentary on the filming and production of the upcoming film THE TWO TOWERS. The show drew a 2.3/6 in the key young adult 18-49 demographic. [More]
Day: December 11, 2002
A year ago, Peter Jackson remarked that he regarded the first instalment of his Lord of the Rings trilogy as a kind of extended introduction, and the final chapter as “one long climax”. The Two Towers, Jackson said, was “the complicated one”, the one “where things go from worse to worse.” [More]
Middle-earth and Midtown collided for the Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers premiere party at the New York Public Library. Fantastical and regal elements combined for the event, which used lots of props imported from the film’s set in New Zealand as decor. Clare Anne Darragh, senior vice president of national publicity for New Line Cinema, and Maria Ruiz of MAR Events oversaw the event’s production. [More]
If Woody Allen’s first movies are the “early, funny ones” that only hint at what’s to come, think of Peter Jackson’s first movies as the early, gross ones. [More]
Lord of the Rings actor Andy Serkis has revealed the lengths he had to go to for his role as Gollum, by performing each scene twice so the character could be computer-generated (CG). [More]
NEW YORK–He puts the mischief in Middle-earth and some fear into Frodo. Hands down, the most discussed creature of the new movie millennium is the Gollum. [More]