Aileen sends along word that WETAs Richard Taylor was quoted in cnbc.com’s Memorable Quotes from 10 Years of “Managing Asia”. His quote: “People asked me, ‘Who do you hire? Who works at Weta?’ And I’ve always said, ‘They are the kids who drew on the back of their pencil cases, and who dream of monsters.’ And that really is the heart of the people here.” Richard Taylor Quoted in ‘Memorable Quotes from 10 Years of “Managing Asia”‘
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Crystal Goodbody sends this in: Here’s the latest on this, just received from Amazon.ca. I presume that the *ROTK Complete Recordings* will be available later, but this email certainly has me wondering. I would love to hear from you or on TORn as to what the situation is regarding other orders that haven’t been filled. Surely if there is sufficient demand, they can run off more of them??
“Hello from Amazon.ca. We’re sorry to report we won’t be able to obtain the following item from your order: Original Soundtrack (Artist) “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – The Complete Recordings [Import] [Soundtrack]” [Audio CD] Continue reading “More ‘ROTK: Complete Recordings’ Problems?”
On the Media has a segment today on Tintin, offering a great primer on Georges Remi and his work with Tintin. The joint venture of between Spielburg and Jackson to make a series of movies about the comic.
TORn Forum member Diedye sends us a link to an article at Portfolio.com which furthers the idea that Peter Jackson will not be directing ‘The Hobbit’ films. The article describes the series of events that brought about the resolution between PJ and New Line, as well as listing the projects and committments Peter Jackson has over the next few years. [Read Full Article]
Side Rant: Our current poll (located on the right side of this page) seems to imply that nearly 90% of fandom out there would like Peter Jackson to direct AND are are willing to wait a little bit for it to happen. While yes, the poll is not scientific, it is a good measure of the general will of Tolkien fandom. As someone in that 90%, I can only hope the flexibility exists for PJ to direct the next installments of the best fantasy film series in history!
From tvnz.co.nz: “‘The Hobbit’ back in pipeline” – The film ‘The Hobbit’ is back in the pipeline after Peter Jackson and New Line Cinemas managed to settle a long-running feud. [Follow this link click on ‘Related Video’] [tvnz.co.nz]
Take a look at a few more links covering New Line/Peter Jackson’s announcement about ‘The Hobbit’;
Peter Jackson to lord over ‘Rings’ prequels
‘Lord of the Rings’ returns as ‘Hobbit’
Epic battle ends for ‘Rings’ creators
The Hobbit Goes Hollywood
Lord of the Rings director will make Hobbit movies
Peter Jackson signs on for ‘Hobbit’ films