Oh joy of joys…another article about the LOTR Musical….take a look at this one from the UK’s Daily Telegraph. Thanks to Jess for the special torture. [More]
Day: May 30, 2003
He’s been in some duds and appeared in some classics. But as Christopher Lee celebrates his 81st birthday and anticipates the release of The Return of the King, he tells Victoria Barrett that he has no regrets. Not one [More]
Marianne let us know that our good friend Lawrence Makoare (Lurtz) will now be attending Ring*Con in Germany this November. [More]
Gollum attack! Hulk smash!
The special effects folks behind the new Hulk movie ILM gave a rather lengthy interview on thewebsite SMH.com. During the interview they mention how the HULK CGI will surpass WETA‘s Gollum on many levels (*cough*). Here’s one quote that goes stright to the heart for LOTR fans; ‘One thing we came up with was let’s make The Hulk interact with his environment…Gollum, he was climbing across the mountains and a river but he doesn’t get wet, he doesn’t get dirty and doesn’t interact that much.’ You can read the rest of the article here. Meanwhile I will be raising an army and heading towards The Ranch, who’s with me?
Ingve writes: According to the biggest newspaper here in Norway, the running time of ROTK will be 3 h 10 min. PJ is working to make his first 4 hour cut into a 3 h 10 min cut. It is confirmed in the article by the LOTR distributor in Norway, SF Norway.
News of a Photo Safari through NZ: “Our group of 20 participants will explore the very best of New Zealand as we fly in style and total comfort aboard a fully refurbished, private Douglas DC-3 aircraft. This plane is the same aircraft chartered by film director Peter Jackson to transport his cast and crew during the filming of his trilogy — The Lord of the Rings.” [More]