Garfeimao sends along word that Guillermo Del Toro’s ‘Hellboy II: The Golden Army’ will have it’s World Premiere at the Los Angeles Film Festival as it’s Closing Gala event at the end of June. The full schedule goes live next week, there are loads of other cool events at the festival this year. GDT’s “Hellboy II” To Premiere at LA Film Fest
Month: May 2008
Peter Jackson and Guillermo del Toro invite you to a live internet chat about The Hobbit on May 24 (May 25 in Australia/NZ). Peter and Guillermo would love to answer your questions and hear your comments about our new adventure into Middle-Earth. Please register now to make sure you don’t miss out on the Unexpected Party and get regular updates on the movies! Follow the registration link for instructions on submitting a question. Check out the rest of the story for chat times around the world and the text of PJ’s letter!
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Catherine Élise “Cate” Blanchett (born May 14, 1969) is an Academy Award- and Golden Globe Award-winning Australian actress and stage director. She has won various other acting awards, most notably two SAGs and two BAFTAs, as well as the Volpi Cup at 64th Venice International Film Festival. Blanchett came to international attention in the 1998 film Elizabeth, directed by Shekhar Kapur, in which she played Elizabeth I of England. She is also well known for her portrayals of the elf queen Galadriel in Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy and Katharine Hepburn in Martin Scorsese’s The Aviator, a role which brought her the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She and her husband Andrew Upton are currently artistic directors of the Sydney Theatre Company.
Graham sends in this reminder that in just one week the Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts (Vienna, VA) will host the U.S. Premier of Howard Shore’s Score to The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring featuring a Live Symphony Orchestra and Chorus and the entire film in HD! The live performances will be held on Wednesday, May 21 & Thursday, May 22, 2008 @ 8:30 p.m. Ticket prices range from $25 – $55. Wolf Trap’s limited engagement back-to-back dates are currently the only performances scheduled on U.S. soil, and are not to be missed! Read More
Author Kristin Thompson writes: There has been a development in the lawsuit the Tolkien Trust filed against New Line Cinema in February. It’s not clear what it means, but I offer some suggestions on The Frodo Franchise. New Details on Tolkien Trust vs New Line Cinema
Volcanic activity at Mount Ruapehu is increasing and an eruption could occur at any time, scientists warned on Tuesday. The volcano, famed as a location in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, last erupted on September 25 2007, spitting two metre boulders distances of up to two kilometres. Ruapehu’s elevated alert level has not been changed, but scientists said on Tuesday that activity within the mountain was greater, with high levels of gas spewing out, a warmer than average crater lake and ongoing volcanic tremors. “The volcano remains in a status of unrest and the possibility of further activity remains. If further eruptions occur, they may occur without warning,” Geological and Nuclear Sciences (GNS) said in a statement.