The Z Review has a brief update on Orlando Bloom’s (Legolas) next film, ‘The Remains of the Piano’: “Eric Idle’s Merchant Ivory spoof The Remains of the Piano will film at Victoria BC starting on the 18th August, no word on where exactly it will film , if anyone hears then do get in touch! It is thought that the movie will also film in the UK.”
Month: June 2003
WeeTanya writes: The official Christopher Lee (Saruman) website just posted that he was in an episode of “This is Your Life”, and discussed a film that he’s acting in. [More]
I’m sure many out there already know this information, but a few of you will probably look at the inscription on Andúril from the Teaser poster and wonder what it says – and maybe wonder if it’s the same as the inscription on Narsil.
I recently got in touch with elvish expert David Salo and asked him.
I showed him a blown up version of the image above of Aragorn with Andúril, and asked if he could try and translate it.
He replied: I can make out on the right hand side “…l meletya telchar” and the whole inscription should start on the left-hand bottom of the triangle.
This is part of the full inscription, which reads: “Narsil essenya macil meletya; Telchar carnéron Návarotessë” (My name is Narsil, a mighty sword; Telchar made me in Nogrod).
There’s also a full translation and explanation of the characters inscribed on Narsil (and other weapons used in LoTR) on Elvish.org here.
Update: I also noticed just before that the hilt length of Andúril in the teaser poster is far shorter than in other shots we’ve seen. In fact, Andúril’s hilt looks like a one-handed sword in the teaser poster, as opposed to the much longer two-handed hilt in the picture above.
I guess it’s possible – likely even – that the designers mucked about with the perspective. Or that they even digitally lopped out a bit of the hilt to make everything fit the constraints of the poster – and to make everything *look* better/perfect for the poster.
In the end, it’s not earthshattering, but the obviousness of it seems very surprising to me.
The Official Site has finally unleashed the RoTK Teaser Poster. Very reminiscent of the Frodo teaser poster for FoTR, it features Aragorn holding Anduril. There’s also a fantastic desktop version for download. [More] TORn has also mirrored the images below.
A few of you will probably look at the inscription on Andúril from the Teaser Poster and wonder what it says – and maybe wonder if it’s the same as the inscription on Narsil. [More] Updated!
The official New Line Cinema Shop has posted the ‘Return of the King’ teaser poster for sale! [More]
Brian writes: Space: The Imagination Spacey Awards and two awards have just been given to TTT. Gollum received an award for the viewer voted category Favourite Creature Character. Andy Serkis accepted the award on behalf of Gollum with a humorous taped acceptance speech. Aragorn won for the viewer voted category Favourite Movie Hero. Viggo Mortensen accepted the award via a taped speech from the set of “Hidalgo”. Other awards won:
Best Sc-Fi, Fantasy Movie
The Wizard writes: My daughter Stefanie and I recently returned from our trip to New Zealand. I thought you might be interested in what we saw and did there. Thank all of you so much for your help in planning this great adventure. [More]