Towers has just recorded the biggest-ever opening weekend in Australian cinematic history. You can check out the figures here. The Age also has an article speculating on why fantasy has become the new big moneyspinner in filmland. [More]
Day: December 30, 2002
I didn’t think they were using any stock sound effects in LotR, but I could be wrong. Anders writes: I noticed that the famous movie scream “the wilhelm” was used in Two Towers, when an elf is shot and falls down to the orcs in the battle of helm’s deep. The wilhelm is used in several big movies, most of them in Star Wars and the Indy films.
Update: TheForce.net has an extensive article on the history of this film phenomeon, plus a compilation of Wilhem screams (in Quicktime) from films down the years. [More]
Universal Studios have just opened the official website for Gregor Jordan’s Ned Kelly film, set to be winging its way onto the silver screen in 2003 and in which Orlando Bloom stars. Visit NedKellyTheMovie.com to check the film’s teaser trailer and sign up for notification on future updates.
Elijah Wood and Sean Astin are intereviewed by hollywood.com and tell us why hobbits are the best creatures in the newest installment of the fantasy trilogy. Plus: Viggo Mortensen, Dominic Monaghan, Billy Boyd and director Peter Jackson. Thanks to Ringer Fan Aleksandar for the link. [More]
I was fishing around our Discussion Boards and spotted this interesting story that suggested that films and books have a symbiotic link. Contrary to the traditional lament of high-culture fussbudgets – the silver screen lures people away from books – the literary world is reaping big benefits from movies. [More]
I guess New Line must be happy – Towers has become one of the fastest films to reach the US $200 million mark. (Of course, inflation makes this easier with new films – Dem). Thanks to Ringer Fan Perianwen for the link. [More]