Nellie Andreeva writes: Sean Astin, Leelee Sobieski and Timothy Dalton are set and Angie Harmon is in negotiations to star in NBC’s four-hour miniseries “Hercules,” from Hallmark Entertainment.
British newcomer Paul Tefter has been selected from more than 200 candidates to play the title role in the project, which chronicles the life of the Greek hero who, after killing his two sons and two of his brother’s sons, performs 12 labors to repent.
Astin will play Linus, Hercules’ music teacher. Sobieski will play Hercules’ second wife, Deianeira. Harmon will play Hercules’ mother, Alcmene, and Dalton will play the hero’s stepfather, Amphitryon.
Roger Young is directing the mini, budgeted at more than $20 million, from a script by Charles Pogue.
“Hercules,” executive produced by Robert Halmi Sr., is scheduled to begin production Aug. 23 in New Zealand with the premiere eyed for May 2005.
While Tefler has an imposing physique, at 6-foot-2, the project will not follow the Hollywood formula of portraying Hercules as a Schwarzenegger-type muscle man with incredible physical strength.
“His strength comes within,” Halmi said. “He grows strong emotionally, mentally and spiritually as he tries to redeem himself.”
Astin, who played Frodo’s best friend Sam Gamgee in “The Lord of Rings” trilogy, recently wrapped the feature “Caught in the Act” and will next be seen in “Elvis Has Left the Building” and “Marilyn Hotchkiss’ Ballroom Dancing and Charm School.”
He is repped by Writers & Artists Group International, manager Joel Stevens and attorney David Feldman.
Sobieski, whose credits include starring roles in the miniseries “Joan of Arc” for CBS and “Uprising” for NBC, is repped by ICM and manager Joan Hyler.
Harmon, a “Law & Order” veteran, most recently co-starred in the feature “Agent Cody Banks.” She is repped by UTA.
Dalton, who has a long relationship with Halmi, most recently starred as Julius Caesar in Hallmark’s 1999 telefilm for ABC “Cleopatra.”
Dalton, best known for his role as James Bond in “The Living Daylights” and “License to Kill,” was most recently seen in the features “Looney Tunes: Back in Action” and “American Outlaws.”
Telfer is not a stranger to ancient times. He had roles on TNT’s miniseries “Spartacus” and the upcoming indie “Alexander the Great From Macedonia.”
In addition to “Hercules,” Halmi is shepherding two other high-profile longform projects to air on broadcast networks next season, “A Christmas Carol” for NBC and “The Five People You Meet in Heaven” for CBS.
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Howard Shore’s evocative music for Peter Jackson’s multi-award winning film, already greeted with a unanimous standing ovation by a sell-out Royal Festival Hall audience in May, returns to London, not once – but now twice – to meet public demand. Columbia Artists Management announces today a second Royal Albert Hall concert to join 22 September (Bilbo and Frodo’s joint birthdays). The party is now set to continue the very next day, Thursday 23 September. [More]
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The Lord of the Rings Returns!
AGAIN!!
22 September 2004 Royal Albert Hall selling out (very limited number of seats still available; Gallery standing now on sale @ £12)
DUE TO OVERWHELMING DEMAND
Columbia Artists Management ANNOUNCES A SECOND DATE AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL 23 SEPTEMBER at 7.30pm in six movements for soloists, chorus and orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra & London Voices Sissel, vocals. Howard Shore, composer & conductor
BOOKING OPEN MONDAY 2 AUGUST at 9am!
Tickets: £15; £25; £35; £40; £45 (plus booking fee)
Box Office: 020 7589 8212 Website: www.royalalberthall.com
Howard Shore’s evocative music for Peter Jackson’s multi-award winning film, already greeted with a unanimous standing ovation by a sell-out Royal Festival Hall audience in May, returns to London, not once – but now twice – to meet public demand. Columbia Artists Management announces today a second Royal Albert Hall concert to join 22 September (Bilbo and Frodo’s joint birthdays). The party is now set to continue the very next day, Thursday 23 September.
The Royal Albert Hall will resound with the folk-inspired music of the Shire, the nostalgically melancholic music of the elves, Arwen and Galadriel, the rousing music of the Helm’s Deep, Gondor and Minis Tirith, and the demonic music of the Balrog, Nazgul, Mordor and the Dark Lord, with the London Philharmonic Orchestra once again joined by composer/conductor Howard Shore to recreate the epic story of the battle for the heart and soul of Middle Earth.
One of the most eagerly-awaited, stupendously-acclaimed and, now, richly-awarded cinematic events of all time (both in middle-earth and this earth), The Lord of the Rings lives on in the powerful score composed by Howard Shore. Among the extraordinary 33 Oscars, Baftas and Golden Globes, Shore has five to his name – Academy Awards for Best Score for Fellowship of the Ring and both Academy Awards and Golden Globes for not only Best Score but also Best Song for The Return of the King. In addition Shore won two Grammy Awards (Best Original Soundtrack for The Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers).
Having composed twelve hours of music for the trilogy (in both its theatrical release and extended DVD versions), Howard Shore returns to London to conduct the London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Voices and Norwegian vocalist Sissel in The Lord of the Rings Symphony. The performance will be held in the recently refurbished Victorian majesty of the Royal Albert Hall. Shore’s Symphony was premièred in Wellington, New Zealand as part of the celebrations for the opening of The Return of the King in December 2003. Subsequently performed in United States, Canada, Europe, Taiwan, and Australia, its Royal Festival Hall performance on Sunday 23 May sold out immediately and now the Royal Albert Hall concerts will be its only UK performances next season. 22 September, serendipitously, coincides with Bilbo’s and Frodo’s birthdays.
Follow, once again, the intrepid fellowship of nine as they collectively, and individually, battle against the evil of Sauron and try to protect the ring-bearer, the hobbit Frodo, as he carries the burden of “the one ring to rule them all” to Mordor’s Mount Doom. Shore’s score was an integral part of Peter Jackson’s overall design, and the beauty of Rivendell and the elves is as evocatively caught in sound as it is in images; the battle scenes are as memorable for their pounding ferocity as the sight of thousands of orcs, oliphants or the Nazgul.
The performance will be accompanied by projected images from artists Alan Lee and John Howe, whose drawings inspired Peter Jackson and his team. Together with Shore’s soaring music, they bring a touch of Middle Earth to the Royal Albert Hall, from the mystery of the mines of Moria to the grandeur of Minis Tirith; from the beauty of Rivendell to the horror of Helm’s Deep; and the two towers themselves, Saruman’s Isengard and Sauron’s Barad-dûr in Mordor. Remind yourselves of the host of wonderful characters evoked by the stunning score – Gollum, Treebeard, Merry, Pippin, Arwen, Eowyn, Gandalf, Legolas, Gimli, Aragorn, Boromir and Faramir.
The promoters regret that there are no concessions for hobbits, elves, orcs, goblins, dwarves, ring wraiths or, indeed, any wannabe Lords of the Ring!
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In a story that may get the attention of many fans, and most certainly the ire of others, Electronic Gaming Monthly reports that there may be Extended Extended editions coming to DVD in the not-so-near future. Or so says the ‘LOTR: The Third Age’ RPG game Executive Producer, Steve Gray. [More]
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manicjaguar writes: Wonderful site as usual….Just thought I’d let you know about an article in the September 2004 issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly. It has the rpg game LOTR: The Third Age on the cover, and inside is a good article about the game. What’s of note is several quotes from the games Executive Producer, Steve Gray. Here’s some excerpts.
(EGM)But even when the final product hits the shelves in November, only New Line and EA will know which plot elements were created from scratch and which are based on actual footage Peter Jackson shot but still hasn’t seen the light of day. “They’re really protective of that footage,” Gray says, “because obviously, they want to make the extended (italics EGM) extended versions someday–in a trilogy box set or whatever. They want to keep the franchise alive for years to come.”………..Thousands of movie production photos line the walls, and hours of footage from the films–some of it not even included in the special extended editions–fill artists’ hard drives.
There’s more, but I thought you’d enjoy that, didn’t know if its been submitted or not though.
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