Ringer Dan noticed something odd at the Tolkien exhbition in London recently. Perhaps it has some bearing on recent news on the editing of certain scenes in RoTK – or perhaps not, but it’s a very intriguing coicidence. [More] !!!Spoilers!!!
Month: November 2003
Ringer Dan noticed something odd at the Tolkien exhbition in London recently and decided to drop us a line. Perhaps it has some bearing on the Saruman situation – or perhaps not, but it’s a very intriguing coicidence.
He writes:
Just thought I d drop you a note to say that when I was at the exhibition [in London], the Orthanc prop had been removed, with a small note saying it had been returned to the set for further filming if nothing else this goes to show that you are looking at the real deal when you go to the exhibition, although I was a little disappointed as it was one of the things I was looking forward to seeing!
I wrote back, asking what date this was – he replied telling me it was November 3.
Of course, the bigature could have been gone a while. But this does add another layer of confusion to the Saruman mess. Was it needed for alternate scenes for Isengard? Or is it just coincidence?
As with all spy reports, treat this news cautiously.
After posting this I received a couple of e-mails from readers. Ringer Philip in particular writes that he went on the first Sunday (back in September) and Orthanc was missing then with exactly the same notice …
LindsayAnne Klemm writes: My Lord of the Rings Suite CD is slowly but surely becoming a reality, I’ve posted remixed and extended versions of “The Opening to the LOTR Suite” and “The Choices of Master Samwise” up on mp3.com. [More]
Lindsay is a very good friend of mine and she will perhaps be at the TORN ROTK Oscar Party 2003. Be sure to stay tuned for more info on that!
VARIETY: Int’l grosses methodology makes money issue murky. So who’s on first? To no one’s surprise, that’s what the “Matrix” vs. “Rings” contest has come down to. Warner Bros. has downgraded its estimate of its five-day worldwide grosses on “The Matrix Revolutions” from $204.1 million to $201.4 million. That would make it king, but stay tuned…. (Subscription required) [More]
Xoanon here, we’ve had tons of reports that the TTT:EE DVD has been unleashed in Europe and parts of North America (New York City specifically). But now comes word that other parts of Europe will NOT even have it available on the 18th! Take a look at these 2 reports from Nerwen & Tove [More]
Nerwen writes:
I visited one DVD store today in Tampere, Finland to ask for their price on the TTT EE DVD. The clerk told me that (to his great personal disappointment) he had just received a note saying that the EE DVD’s release date will be postponed a week and that this is the situation in all Scandinavia. I guess that makes the new date 25th of Oct. He didn’t give any reason for this.
Tove adds more info:
The delay is for the Sone 2-version. A lot of people order the Sone 1 from the US. I will send you the e-mail I got yesterday and any further info from the distributor here in Norway, SF Norge, when I get to work In two hours. All this in norwegian thou….
I work at ARK Bruns Bokhandel (bookstore) in Trondheim, Norway. And I got the bad news because I called SF Norge for info on when my shipment of dvd’s and posters etc was expected to arrive at the store. They had just minutes before been informed about the delay. This was about 11.00 in the morning local time.