This feels like 1999 all over again, we have another collection of set pictures from the New Zealand set of Hobbiton. Thanks to Paul for sending these along!
Category: LotR Movies
Hayes writes: The Arlington Cinema Drafthouse just added Rings Fest 2010 to their calendar. All Three Lord of the Ring Movies + Games and Contests – FOR ONE LOW PRICE!
When: Sunday, April 25th, 2010 from 12PM to 10PM
Where: Arlington Cinema & Drafthouse
Price: $8
Watch for your favorite Movie or stay for ALL THREE. Enjoy Lord of the Rings again on the BIG SCREEN! The Festival is open all day, please feel free to come at any time. Continue reading “Arlington Cinema Drafthouse Goes Geek”
Linuxelf sends along the latest batch of vintage New Zealand LOTR news articles. Richard Taylor Interview on Weta, Peter Jackson BAFTA’s FOTR Interview & some rare WETA team footage. Take a look!
Richard Taylor Interview on Weta
TheOneRing.net and Warner Brothers are teaming up to celebrate the release of The Lord Of The Rings Motion Picture Trilogy on Blu Ray, April 6th 2010!
From now until April 13th 2010, we will be giving you the opportunity to win some amazing prizes, including the grand prize of a Lord of the Rings Middle-earth Treasure Chest Jewelry Box, worth nearly $200!
You will be also be competing for a Sterling Silver Arwen Evenstar Pendant, Sterling Silver Elven Leaf Brooch, and over thirty other great LOTR themed prizes!
How to Enter: This giveaway will be hosted on the Official TheOneRing.net Forums! All you have to do to enter is reply to this giveaway thread with your favorite scene in The Lord of the Rings and give us a small explanation of why that is your favorite scene. All winners will be randomly chosen from all replies to the thread.
The chance to charge higher ticket prices has every Hollywood studio rushing to retrofit their 2D spectacles into 3D. Some directors are pushing back, concerned there’s an imminent future of cheesy-looking 3D that will stunt the momentum created by Avatar.
“After Toy Story, there were 10 really bad CG movies because everybody thought the success of that film was CG and not great characters that were beautifully designed and heartwarming,” Avatar’s James Cameron told me recently. “Now, you’ve got people quickly converting movies from 2D to 3D, which is not what we did. They’re expecting the same result, when in fact they will probably work against the adoption of 3D because they’ll be putting out an inferior product.”
Warner Bros and New Line will start the debate on The Hobbit as soon as Guillermo del Toro, Peter Jackson and their co-writers turn in the script for the second installment within a month. Initially, del Toro favored a 2D shoot on film, insiders said. But Warners is sitting on a potential gold mine, looking at an extra theatrical and ancillary revenue cycle if the studio spends $60 million or so to convert the original Lord of the Rings trilogy. It will be an all or nothing decision on five LOTR films, because Warners will not convert LOTR then release a pair of 2D Hobbit films that look visually inferior. More.
ONE-MAN LORD OF THE RINGS
APR 14 – APR 18, 2010 • BAXTER THEATRE
Presented by The Cleveland Play House
One-Man Lord of the Rings is a unique one-man show, featuring Master-Impressionist/Super-Dork, Charles Ross. In one hour, he takes you from the Shire to Mordor and back. Ross recreates, without the use of costume, set, or special effects, Peter Jackson’s trilogy: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and Return of the King. He plays all the characters, performs the music, fights the battles, and ultimately triumphs over evil, all in only 3600 seconds. More..