In a fascinating interview, Chief Counsel Michael Stailey sits down with LORD OF THE RINGS and KING KONG producer Michael Pellerin, who shares his thoughts on the pleasure of collaborating with Peter Jackson, redefining the value of DVD special editions, the potential future of THE HOBBIT, and the passion and dedication needed to be a successful filmmaker. [More]
Month: January 2007
For more than half a century, the iconography of J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Rings” was rooted in the power of the word. Or rather, in the tens of thousands of words that made up his 1937 fantasy “The Hobbit” and the subsequent expansion of that tale into the “Rings” epic. Then came director Peter Jackson’s film adaptations, and what had been the province of written language was transformed, translated and transmuted into visual imagery, revealing Tolkien’s universe to a audiences who might be disinclined to wade through the dense pages of his very large novels. Add to this the imagery of sound – Howard Shore’s film scores – and the sensory reorientation was complete. [More]
Creation Entertainment and TheOneRing.net are proud to announce two sensational superstars to headline ORC: THE ONE RING CELEBRATION coming to BURBANK, CALIFORNIA on MARCH 9 to 11, 2007.
ANDY SERKIS is the most requested guest we’ve had in recent times and after years of trying Andy’s always packed working schedule finally meshes with our events! What a talent he is, of course as GOLLUM/SMEAGOL but more recently in KING KONG.
DAVID WENHAM is the very popular star who portrayed FARAMIR and will soon be seen in Frank Miller’s “300” which we can’t wait to be in the audience for! David has been in VAN HELSING and MOULIN ROUGE, amongst many other credits. This is his first convention appearance for us!
Other guests will be announced shortly. Visit our site to grab WIZARD CIRCLE WEEKEND PACKAGES, the absolute best way to attend the convention. Other ticket packages will be on sale soon. PHOTO OPS with David and Andy (as well as autograph tickets) are now on sale at the site now. [More]
TheHutt writes: During their TotalHD press conference at CES, Warner announced that New Line was working on the Lord of the Rings trilogy for both HD DVD and Blu-ray. While they did confirm that the titles were in the works, no details were given. A source close to the matter gave us a few details of the upcoming release, these include:
- Main feature will be a single DL disc on both HD DVD and Blu-ray. (no word if it will be a TotalHD disc (TotalDVD is a double-sided combination of HD-DVD and Blu-Ray)
- The movies will be the Theatrical Versions of each film.
- Both discs will be encoded using VC1
- These will be the first titles to use Dolby TrueHD 7.1 Audio
- Due to bandwidth constraints, as of now there will be no IME (“In Movie Experience”) like features.
Susan writes: Yesterday, Elijah Wood and Sandra Oh announced the SAG Nominations. Elijah has been nominated as part of the ensemble cast for “Bobby.” Cate Blanchett has been nominated as supporting actress for “Notes on a Scandal.”
Sean writes: I just thought that readers of The One Ring may be interested to know that Christopher Lee, who portrayed Sauruman, will be doing a special signing on Saturday 20th January at the Radisson Edwardian Hotel, Heathrow, London. It will run from 12noon until 5pm. [More]