LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – With Disney’s “Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl” having profitably tested the waters for the return of the high-seas adventure, the timing couldn’t be better for the arrival of “Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World.” [More]
Day: November 4, 2003
A wide grin, a cheekily raised eyebrow – a year after wrapping Matrix Revolutions, Hugo Weaving still looks like he really relishes having played “the baddie”. Exuding enthusiasm for the film ahead of Sunday’s Sydney Opera House premiere – the first occasion on which he has seen it – Weaving recounted with glee the sense of physical power and dark humour represented by the evil Agent Smith. [More]
To add to our earlier report about Christopher Lee (Saruman) in London, he will be at ‘Forbidden Planet’ on Shaftesbury Avenue on November 8th. Lee will be signing copies of his autobiography ‘Christopher Lee, Tall, Dark and Gruesome’. Thanks to Ahriell for the tip!
Hugo Weaving (Elrond) attended the Aussie premiere of The Matrix Revolutions, due out in theatres tomorrow (November 5th). Follow the link for 2 sad little images (I want more Hugo!!). [More]
Ralf writes: newsarama.com has notes on a recent Marvel Comics Q3 earnings conference call. As you may or may not know, Marvel Comics owns/is owned by (I can never remember which) Toy Biz which holds the license to produce LotR action figures.
“When asked about the effect of the Lord of the Rings toy sales affecting Q4 numbers, Toy Biz’s Alan Fine revealed that the DVD of Return of the King will be released in May of 04, and Marvel expects toy sales to remain strong through Q4 of 03 and Q1 of 2004.”
Emma writes: I got a very few of my Tony Wolf photos up last night, from his demo last night. I haven’t had time to write anything up on the page yet. Tony was fantastic–very articulate and with a lot of opinions about what stage combat has been, is, and could be. [More]