Anonymous Ringer Spy wrote in: “Thought you’d like to know: I just got my preliminary Nebula ballot and Two Towers will be up for a script Nebula in this go round.” The Nebulas are among the top awards that one can achieve in the fields of science fiction or fantasy.
Day: January 14, 2004
The Dark Lord himself, aka Sala Baker, will be hosting the invite-only private event taking place at The Sundance Film Festival. TORn will have friends in attendence to send back a report next week.
Nate writes: Barrie Osborne is on KQED radio San Francisco right now (the show is called Forum). In the Bay Area it’s on 88.5 (streamed live at kqed.org). It might repeat tonight at 10, and it should be available at online in a day or two once they’ve archived the show. [More]
Don’t bank on Peter Jackson’s epic taking all the Oscars back to Middle Earth, writes Glenn Whipp. To hear some people talk, this year’s Academy Awards might as well be cancelled because The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King is a shoe-in for best picture, best director and a passel of other Oscars. [More]
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – According to their cameraman peers, the top feature film cinematography this year was seen in epics of both historical and fantastical nature. The five ASC Awards contenders, announced Tuesday by the American Society of Cinematographers, are: Russell Boyd for “Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World,” Andrew Lesnie for “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King,” John Schwartzman for “Seabiscuit,” John Seale for “Cold Mountain” and John Toll for “The Last Samurai.” [More]
An apparent Brit glitch is making a ballot brouhaha for Oscar. Even though Academy Awards ballots are due Saturday, many voters in Europe still have not received their forms in the mail. So on Monday, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences resent 330 ballots to European voters — 241 of them in the U.K. [More]