Ringer Spy Kristoffer writes: I was just in contact with CEO of SF, the company that distributes the LotR-trilogy in the Nordic countries. He told me that the release date (at least in Norway) was scheduled for 12/12. Since this is a Sunday, I guess it’ll be December 14 here in the north.
Category: Movie Return of the King
Ringer Spy SideshowHerb writes: I work at Best Buy and the in-store date according to our new release schedule is December 7th. This of course would allow the longest possible time for holiday shoppers to pick this one up. So there you have it everyone, the king comes home Dec. 7th!
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Movie and music mogul Saul Zaentz has sued the studio behind the hit “Lord of the Rings” movie trilogy for more than $20 million in unpaid royalties, Hollywood trade paper Daily Variety reported on Thursday. Zaentz’s claim against New Line Cinema, a unit of Time Warner Inc., was spelled out in a complaint filed on Wednesday in Los Angeles Superior Court, the paper said. [More]
Satarina writes: I just wanted to let you know that at DragonCon this year all three movies will be shown on Sunday back to back. They start at 12:30 pm as part of the conventions Film Festival. [dragoncon.org]
universalmusicstore.com is auctioning off some interesting items for ‘Songs of Hope’. CanadianCricket writes: As of this time bids for this Return of the King/Into the West sheet music signed by Annie Lennox are only at $51! I have to believe that with a little help from exposure on TORN’s main page that much much more could be raised for this worthy cause! [More]
Spies in Auckland report that Peter Jackson was seen there checking out King Kong location possibilities, but he also went into the Imax cinema there – reportedly this is because they are checking out the possibility of putting all three films into Imax format.