The cast of the amateur show had gathered for their photograph to be taken for the local newspaper. Minus one cast member. Billy Boyd opted not to show up. In his neighbourhood, aspiring to be an actor wasn’t exactly the done thing. “It was tough growing up in a housing scheme in Glasgow, I couldn’t tell anyone I wanted to be an actor. It was all very cloak and dagger.” [More]
Month: December 2004
Eldarwen writes: We tried this last year and didn’t succeed so we should try again this year! I encourage all Canadian Lord of the Rings fans to nominate Howard Shore for a place on Canada’s Walk of Fame! [More]
oqwarrior writes: Here is a little something to whet your appetite in anticipation of the ROTK Extended Edition DVD release. These menu shots are from the first disc of the set. I have also included scans of all four discs (2 movie discs, 2 appendices discs) as well as scans of some of the packaging. [More]
The movies of Cameron Duncan, the promising young Auckland film-maker who died of cancer last year, will be seen by millions worldwide thanks to Peter Jackson’s final DVD chapter in his Lord of the Rings trilogy. The 17-year-old’s autobiographical short films DFK6498 and Strikezone are included as extras on the new extended-version DVD of the third film of the trilogy, The Return of the King Extended, released yesterday. [More]
When Dominic Monaghan was a kid, he lived and breathed Star Wars. “I would watch Star Wars and Empire Strikes Back over and over again,” says the actor who’s most widely known as Merry, one of the heroic Hobbits in The Lord of the Rings trilogy. “I knew the first 45 minutes to an hour of Star Wars word for word. I just obsessed over the film.” [More]
World-renowned artist Alan Lee, acclaimed LOTR illustrator and Academy Award-winning conceptual designer for the film trilogy, will discuss his long involvement in creating the visual world that accompanies the books and films based on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien. Lee’s visual presentation will include a slide show and a display of a dozen original illustrations. Today, (December 11th) Alan will be at ‘Book Soup’ in West Hollywood, CA. For the full list of his stops, click here! [More]