As a member of the Houston Symphony Chorus, Katia Baizan has sung in Russian, German, English, Latin, Hebrew, Aramaic, French and Italian. But she has never sung in Elvish — until now. [More]
Day: June 28, 2004
New Zealand Post are to release a lavish selection of stamps, miniature sheets, postcards and a booklet on 7th July to mark the country’s contribution to the Lord of the Rings movies. [More]
Sarah writes: I was looking through my company’s intranet the other day, looking at upcoming DVD street dates, when lo and behold, it had a street date of December 14 listed for the ROTK:EE. Now, the title has not been catalogued yet, so things could still change, but it’s the first time I’ve seen an actual date listed for it. [Pre-Order]
Things are gearing up for another big fantasy-project currently underway in New Zealand. Monday June 28th was the first day of filming for The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe. New additions to the cast include British comedienne Dawn French (Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban), Scottish actor James Cosmo (Troy) and Rupert Everett who can currently be heard in Shrek 2 directed by, indeed, LWW-director Andrew Adamson. Reports on the first day can be read here or here, with the latter link even providing the first footage from the set! Screencaps of said caps can be found here, and if you don’t want to click all those different links: everything is pretty much summarized here!