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Month: December 2004
TORN Goddess Tehanu sends this along from one of her sources in New Zealand. It deals mainly with King Kong however there is a very interesting tidbit on PJ’s next film. I’ll give you one hint, it DOES NOT involve little furry footed people and dragons..sadly. (MAJOR SPOILERS!!!) [More]
From a very good source:
I got some news from the Jackson camp from a good friend who’s working onset on “King Kong”. I’m not sure if you’ve heard these before or not, but here goes:
1) Two words: Giant Spiders. Yes Peter Jackson has DEFINITELY shot the infamous Giant Spider segment that was cut from the original 1933 version of the movie. And not only Giant Spiders, but Giant Wetas as well!
2) Andy Serkis’s character – Lumpy – bites it in the Giant Spider sequence
3) Andy Serkis’s motion capture suit apparently has extended arms to give him a more gorilla effect AND he has a microphone that goes through an audio processor to make him roar like a gorilla to give the actors something to perform against!
4) Here’s the most interesting tidbit of all – there is a VERY STRONG rumour going around set that Peter Jackson’s next movie is going to be – A WORLD WAR I EPIC about the ANZACS! And that the Venture is going to be reconfigured into a WWI Minesweeper for the film!
The newest addition to the One Ring Celebration, Dominic Monaghan, will be appearing on the ‘Ringers’ panel at the convention! Also set to join them are X-Men & X2 producer and all around geek Tom DeSanto. Tickets are still available, but are going fast!!
Meanwhile, ‘Ringers’ director Carlene Cordova is currently in Hawaii with Dominic recording the narration for the film! [ORC Website] [Ringers Website]
LONDON (Reuters) – Gollum, the creepy character in “Lord of the Rings” with the dual personality and eerie voice, suffered from a schizoid personality disorder, according to a group of medical students. Thirty students at University College London were asked to explain the odd behaviour the character displayed in the films based on the J.R.R. Tolkien trilogy. The students noted his solitary habits, spiteful behaviour, odd interests, difficulty in forming friendships, emotional changeability, nervousness and paranoia. [More]
From IMDB: Lord Of The Rings beauty Liv Tyler has announced the name of her newborn baby boy – Milo William Langdon. Tyler and her husband, Royston Langdon, welcomed Milo in the early hours of Tuesday morning at a New York hospital. The baby weighed in at 8 pounds. This is the first child for Tyler, 27, and her English rocker husband, 32. Tyler and Langdon married on 25 March 2003, in Barbados after a two-year engagement.