Wellington, New Zealand — “Peter wants this,” scribbled the young woman next to me at a Courtenay Place cafe. I figured she had to be in pictures. Wearing a tailored black suit and the requisite sexy-librarian glasses, she was jotting comments in the margins of some latte-stained production notes. Peter, I had to assume, was Peter Jackson, the white-hot and famously disheveled Wellington director who practically wore out the carpet on Oscar night last February as he repeatedly made his way to the stage to accept a double armful of statuettes for “Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.” [More]
Month: November 2004
TheHutt writes: Howard Shore’s official tour program in Moscow began today with a fan meeting session. If a fan came at 4:30pm to the shop “Soyuz na Strastnom”, he could easily get a “LotR Symphony” flyer with a nice hand-written signature “Howard Shore” on it. Apart from that, Shore readily signed other LotR articles and spoke to Russian fans, to their greatest joy. Here on Henneth-Annun.ru is a photo gallery of this event. [More]
Elril writes: The official site has put up a new video clip of Peter Jackson talking about the Extended Edition of Return of the King, as well as a promotional trailer for The Third Age by EA Games. [More]
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Erwin sends along this fascinating link, he has been quietly and patiently examining the text on the walls in Moria, and translating them for all to read. It is not easy work, some shots last less than a second and the lighting conditions are not perfect for this type of work. Take a look at his work! [More]
Kelly writes: For many who are not aware, David Wenham is the Ambassador for The Wayside Chapel, in Kings Cross, Sydney, Australia. I have just been informed by the Marketing Director of The Wayside Chapel that they have just placed on Ebay a poster featuring the award winning portrait of David by Adam Cullen. The poster is signed by both David and Adam and if you look on Ebay you will see a photo of David next to the poster. David has also promised a personalized letter to the highest bidder and we hope this is something you might be interested in. [More]