Tookie writes: Showmasters have announced on their forum that they are teaming up with the organisers of Ring Con to bring us Ring Con UK!! There’s no location information just yet, but we do have dates – April 13-15th 2007! Here’s the link to the forum if anyone should want to take a look. [More]
Month: July 2006
While Peter Jackson remains tight-lipped about who he is casting in upcoming movies, there’s a lot of people willing to spill the beans. Sightings of Hollywood star Denzel Washington in Wellington this week are a reminder of how much the city has changed. There was a time when the closest we got to big name movie stars was by going to the movies. But not now, when Wellington is home to Peter Jackson. One of the best rumours during the early days of Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings were sightings of former James Bond Sean Connery, whom many people were convinced would play the good wizard Gandalf – a role later taken by Sir Ian McKellen. Everyone knew someone who knew someone who had seen Connery in the capital. People claimed to have spotted the Scottish actor eating at the humble Chocolate Fish Cafe in Wellington’s Scorching Bay – not far from Jackson’s home. [More]
Hovey writes: There’s a new sweepstakes back at the old official LOTR movie site. The prizes include an autographed Sam’s Sword, a Sauron Polystone Collectible, an EA video game, a LOTR T-shirt, a LOTR keychain, a LOTR deck of cards, and finally all three LOTR Limited Edition DVDs that are coming out at the end of August. Also, the site hints that there will be an additional trailer, clips, and more. [More]
July and August are the last Red Carpet LOTR tours that will be able to include the LOTR props exhibition at the Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa. Very implusive tourists may be in time for the July 10 tour, however the August 14 tour is also still accepting bookings. The Te Papa LOTR exhibition closes on August 20 and its future after this is uncertain. [2006 Tour Schedule] Meanwhile, previous tour fellowships are plotting return visits on the Red Carpet Fellowship Tour EziBoard.
Today is Liv Tyler’s Birthday! Liv was born on July 1st, 1977 in New York City, New York. That makes her 29 years old! Happy Birthday Liv!