Annalisa writes: Dr. Michael Drout (author of the Mythopoeic Scholarship Award-winning “Beowulf and the Critics”) writes in his blog that he is negotiating a contract to edit a new Tolkien Encyclopedia. He mentions back in a July 28th entry that he was interviewed for the new National Geographic: Beyond the Movie (ROTK) which will be airing sometime in November. [More]
Month: September 2003
Louise Jury writes: Some 260,000 people are expected to see the new ‘Lord of the Rings’ exhibition – but critics say it is further evidence of dumbing down. Devotees of The Lord of the Rings will think they have died and gone to Middle Earth. From today, hundreds of props, costumes and gadgetry from the epic production of the J R R Tolkien trilogy, directed by Peter Jackson, go on display in a £750,000 show in London. What critics were asking yesterday was how this Victorian spirit of intellectual improvement could be reconciled with a self-conscious blockbuster exhibition based on a fantasy movie already seen by a global audience of millions? [More]
The official LOTR site posted a new interview with Miranda Otto (Eowyn. Miranda talks about her sword training, Eowyn’s developement and how she approached the character, and her filming experience in New Zealand. [More]
Even though New Line Cinema stopped counting the pennies in regards to ‘The Two Towers’ box office earning, we haven’t! BoxOfficeMojo has just listed TTT in 4th place of all time moneymakers. It just passed Jurassic Park with $920.4 Million dollars (JP has $920.1 Million). In third place is The Phantom Menace with $925.6 Million. [More]
Roger Friedman’s latest article on the Fox News website has this small blurb on ROTK. And by the way, Messrs. Shaye and Lynne — how’s the new “Lord of the Rings” movie coming? Will it make its mid December deadline? “Just barely,” was the unanimous answer, although I am paraphrasing. Turns out director Peter Jackson is in London frantically trying to finish all the special effects. “But we did have a screening last week,” the pair reported. “And it’s phenomenal.”
I tend to think Friedman mis-quoted, PJ is/was in London working on the score, not SFX.
Nik writes: Games Workshop has updated thier site featuring tons of mini images from Return of the King. It’s got pictures of Orcs, Uruks, Easterlings and most excitingly (I thought), Heroes of the West! [More]