What if Frodo Baggins, instead of confronting the evil empire in “The Lord of the Rings,” just got himself a lawyer and sued instead? The real-life corollary is going on now in Hollywood, where Peter Jackson, one of the film industry’s most powerful and popular directors, is suing New Line Cinema, the subsidiary of Time Warner that financed and distributed his Oscar-winning “Lord of the Rings” film trilogy. [More]
Month: June 2005
Cate Blanchett will reprise her role as the Virgin Queen in a multi-million-dollar sequel to her Oscar-nominated 1998 film Elizabeth. Elizabeth: The Golden Age will tell the story of the Tudor monarch’s tempestuous relationship with Sir Walter Raleigh, suggesting Queen Elizabeth was infatuated with the adventurer. Britain’s Daily Telegraph reported that British actor Clive Owen had signed on to play Sir Walter Raleigh. [More]
Tolkien-freak-girl writes: Just thought I´d send you this picture of Ian McKellen walking the Europride parade in Norway. He got the most fantastic welcome, soo well earned of course! 🙂 He took the time to greet everyone, write autographs and all. Go Ian! [More]
Curi writes: I heard on the radio this morning that Billy Boyd will be part of the Make Poverty History rally in Edinburgh on July 2nd. Billy was also wearing one of the white Make Poverty History wristbands at London Film and Comic Con yesterday. [More]
The official trailer for Orlando Bloom’s latest film ‘Elizabethtown’ is now online. Take a look! [More]
Roheryn writes: During the American Film Institute’s salute to George Lucas this evening on the USA cable network, there was a segment in which prominent filmmakers paid tribute to Lucas, acknowledging how he had blazed a trail for them with cutting edge special effects. The slimmer Peter Jackson made a brief comment about how motion capture and digital effects have made nothing impossible in film now, thanks in no small part to Lucas’ work. As he spoke, they showed a clip of Gollum, as well as of Legolas bringing down the mumak. [AFI.com]