He’s the special effects wizard who seems to visit the Academy Awards every other year to collect an Oscar for a “Lord of the Rings” film. But it’s a gentle, animated children’s show about a Medieval knight and her goofy, fire-breathing dragon that captures most of Richard Taylor’s attention these days. Of course it doesn’t hurt that Taylor’s own preschool children are among the biggest fans of “Jane and the Dragon,” the cornerstone show of the qubo Channel, NBC’s Saturday morning block of children’s programming.
Thanks to board member diedye for sending in this article in which Taylor reveals that the eyes of Lord of the Rings actor Andy Serkis stand in for the eyes of the dragon. Read More
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Ain’t it Cool News posted a juicy tidbit this morning that Howard Shore has confirmed he is involved with The Hobbit and has been working on ideas for it since he scored The Two Towers. Not necessarily anything we didn’t already highly suspect, but definitely another step in the right direction. Read More
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Lawrence French writes: While watching the extended DVD version of LORD OF THE RINGS: RETURN OF THE KING the other night, I was once again enthralled by the magnificence of the production, and thought back to several of the interviews I had done on the movie that never made it into CFQ’s December 2003 issue on the film. Director Peter Jackson had grown up in New Zealand as an avid reader of CFQ, so I had virtually unlimited access to anyone I wanted to speak with about the making of the picture. Unfortunately, by that time, Cinefantastique founder-publisher-editor Fred Clarke was no longer at the helm of the magazine, so what would have certainly been a deluxe double issue if Fred had been in control, containing comprehensive material on the first fantasy film to ever win a best picture Oscar (and ten others), ended up cut down the to a mere 15 pages! Supernal Dreams: Tolkien artist Alan Lee on designing middle-earth for “Lord of the Rings”
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From message board member, diedye: Barrie Osborne, producer of “Lord of the Rings” trilogy, will deliver a keynote address on the global entertainment industry at the FICCI (Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry) “Frames 2008” convention to be held this week in Mumbai India.
“Top honchos of the entertainment industry in India and abroad will participate in the three-day event to discuss, among other issues, the future direction of the country’s Rs 50000 crore ($12.5 billion) media and entertainment industry that registered a 17 per cent growth last year over the previous year’s figure.”
Among the topics to be discussed at the convention: ‘The Opening weekend: how to get the audience in.’ A good reason to include Osborne among the speakers
Board member Beren had the good fortune to interview Tolkien illustrator Alan Lee recently at the Paris Book Fair where Lee was invited by the French Tolkien publishing company, Christian Bourgois Editeurs, to sign the French translation of “The Children of Hurin.” In the in-depth interview, Lee describes the joys and challenges of illustrating Tolkien’s world, and comments that it would be nice to be involved with The Hobbit. [Read More]
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… IS, WELL, WHAT YOU SEE
Or The Lego Box View of the World of Yore and a Few Other Considerations
John Howe writes: I’ve been spending a lot of time leafing through old atlases and encyclopedias, both physically and on the net, and have become enamoured of the various and varying views of the world of yore*.
Image trawling is like looking for pieces in a box of Lego. Continue reading “John Howe’s Journal: WHAT YOU SEE…”
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