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]
Category: Movie Return of the King
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.
Darci writes: David Wenham, who played Faramir in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, told SCI FI Wire that the upcoming special extended-edition DVD of The Return of the King will feature deleted scenes that further develop his character. !!!EE SPOILERS!!! [More]