News has reached me via TheOneRing.com that WETA are using Steve Buscemi, an actor that has appeared in many movies, such as Armaggedon, Fargo, The Big Lebowski and Con Air, as a model for the emaciated Hobbit.
I have a few friends at Weta, (I DON’T work there myself), and as we were talking a bit about digital character animation, they told me that they were gearing up towards the building/animating of a fully digital main character. So I said ‘yeah, nothing new, everybody knows you’re doing Gollum for lotr’. Then he said ‘ok, but did you know that we’re using Steve Buschemi as a template?’ (!!?)
I was more than a little surprised. But they insisted that they’re using Buschemi not only for facial expressions but also for the lipsynch testphase.
I find this highly unlilkey to be true, the good folks at WETA (I have spoken with a few) are very nice, but they cannot give away info of that nature. It remains to be seen, but don’t hold your breath.
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Ned has sent this in to me and all I can say is keep those barf bags handy!
Big Shock! Fan Dismay! End of Middle Earth as we know it! I have it from a very reliable source that Leonardo DiCaprio has been cast for the film…with his boyish face and lithe figure he could only be…you guessed it…Galadriel.
DD
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Just found a great article by way of Joram. It’s titled “Hobbit wanted – but no little people need apply”. by: Mark Burman, for Guartian Unlimited Network
In it Mark talk with PJ himself and asks him several questions, firstly why does he think he can tackle Tolkien’s work where other’s have failed in the past?
“I’m a real believer in trying to push yourself,” (Jackson) says. “And if you’re a film-maker, I don’t think there’s anything more amazing to be involved with than The Lord of the Rings. It’s the holy grail of film-making. It’s a once in a lifetime experience, and if we do it and we can be proud, then we want to retire when it’s all over.”
PJ also talks about shooting all 3 films back to back. And how it has it’s advantages.
“Shooting three separate movies back to back has never been done before,” says Jackson. “But I think it’s unfair to say to an audience, ‘Come to The Fellowship of the Ring and, if it’s successful, we make part two’. That’s not what we’re doing. We are making the entire trilogy, one long film shoot and then we’ll cut them all together. I guess it’s a certain form of madness.”
And when asked about fan sites (who me?) PJ had this to say:
“I do read the websites. People post up opinions about the actors and the story and I sometimes sit there for hours and hours and read the comments. It must be very frustrating to feel your favorite book is going to be filmed and think, ‘How are they going to stuff it up this time?’ “
He also discusses what you folks have been telling me is a big fear of yours, ‘the shrinking thing’
“Well, we’ve thought about that a lot. We still have tests to do but the Hobbits are the principal characters. If you study Tolkien’s descriptions of them, they are really described as small people. Between three and a half to four foot tall and they’re not strange in any other way than these large, hairy feet.
“I know casting authentic little people is the way that some people have thought we’ll go but it just doesn’t fit what Tolkien wrote. So we are casting normal sized actors and using prosthetics, computer tricks and other less complicated trickery to reduce them in size. I certainly don’t want to use puppets or CGI(computer-generated imagery) characters because this is a story about real people.”
For the rest of the article: Click Here
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THEONERING.NET EXCLUSIVE!!!!Xoanon here!!!
This is honest to goodness folks 10000% percent reliable. If I am wrong I will honestly give up the web business. I just recieved this from a very reliable source!!! Stuart Townsend will play Aragorn!!!
Townsend has appeared in films such as, All About Adam, The Wrong Blond, Simon Magus, Resurrection Man, Shooting Fish, Under The Skin, and Trojan Eddie.
If you can rent any of these movies, I recommend doing so to see what type of actor he is!
UPDATED
After a little digging I’ve uncovered more info on ST. He played ‘Jez’ in a Fox Searchlight film ‘Shooting Fish’
Stuart Townsend’s natural style was quickly recognized by casting directors, as he cut his acting teeth on stage and in his home town of Dublin. Soon Townsend made his feature debut opposite Richard Harris and Stephen Rea in director Gillies MacKinnon’s ‘Trojan’ Townsend’s most recent film credits include ‘Resurrection Man’ and ‘Under the Skin’
I’m looking for more info, if you have anything for me! Email me!
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Greetings all: this is Quickbeam of the GreenBooks section.
This morning as I surfed through the Internet Movie Database (IMDb) I found something that was so surreal I had to share it with all of you. Their listing for the Rankin/Bass TV movie “Return of the King (1979)” shows something that is certainly somebody’s idea of a sick joke. The VHS cover they display is NOT the same as the poorly received animated feature. Instead, they have this wacky image from some comedy about Elvis Presley! Get it, return of the KING? Ugh! what a hoot.
Anyway, please don’t write the IMDb folks to tell them…. they already know, believe me, and will correct it in about a week. But while it’s still up just browse over there and see. It’s worth a laugh.
As hasty as an Ent can be,
Quickbeam
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The locations section has had a major overhaul. We are looking for all you New Zealanders out there to submit photography to fit in this section. Please email calisuri@theonering.net your submissions.
Thanks to ‘Reservoir Dog’ for this weeks poll! We figured after the brain bending poll last week, we all could use something a little more laid back!
Look for a new Tehanu’s Note very soon!
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