WESTWOOD — The hero plunges into a stream that flows and glows like liquid crystal. His muscular legs drive him through the gleaming water toward the lavish grass on the opposite shore. It’s a lovely scene, idyllic and utterly unreal. The wading man creates no wake, no splashes, not even a ripple. Aatish Salvi notes the absence of water turbulence and apologizes for it. His team of software engineers hasn’t yet added that feature to the scene. [More]
Day: August 20, 2003
(Hollywood Reporter) – When it comes to Oscar consideration, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences isn’t entertaining any two-for-one offers. The issue arises because this year there will be two “Matrix” movies and, possibly, two “Kill Bill” movies that could all qualify for Academy consideration. [More]
In related news, the Planetary Society will hold a special benefit stage performance next month that will be directed by Picardo, and will star John Rhys-Davies. In Star Trek: Voyager, Rhys-Davies played Leonardo da Vinci, but in this reading he’ll be another Renaissance man: Galileo. Titled “An Evening with Galileo and His Daughter,” the performance will take place one time only on Monday, September 22, 7:30, at the historic Pasadena Playhouse. [more]
The official Lord of the Rings website (http://www.lordoftherings.net) has posted 5 new Return of the King Teaser posters today. The posters feature Arwen, Gandalf, Gollum, Frodo and Sam. Check them out! We’ll have ordering information asap! Minor Spoilers [More]
Update: we’ve also mirrored these in our own Scrapbook – and don’t forget you can already buy the Aragorn one from the New Line Shop! [More]
Early this morning while my head was still deep in my pillows I was quietly listening to the best morning show in the world when 2 names were mentioned that caught my attention. It seems that Cate Blanchett (Galadriel) and Ian McKellen (Gandalf) have been confirmed as guests for the 2003 Toronto International Film Festival. [TIFF]
The folks at WETA Digital wrote us regarding this report on Roman Reyes in Dublin: ‘[Roman is] hardly a “leading designer” for LOTR. He just worked on set doing makeup, possibly came up with a design for one of the orc masks but definitely nothing to do with Gollum.‘
Thanks for the correction!