Peter Jackson’s movie King Kong, which begins shooting in Wellington next month, will be a reunion of the director’s dream team from The Lord of The Rings. King Kong’s crew includes cinematographer Andrew Lesnie, production designer Grant Major, art director Dan Hennah, conceptual designer Alan Lee, Weta special effects whizz Richard Taylor, visual effects director Alex Funke, visual effects supervisor Joe Letteri and composer Howard Shore. [More]
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David writes: I thought that you might like to know that there are still tickets available for the Howard Shore LOTR Symphony at the Royal Albert Hall in London on the 23rd September 2004. The performance on the previous evening of the 22nd was sold out immediately, and the second date was then offered and put on sale from the 3rd August. The Royal Albert Hall management tell me that they are concerned that the hundreds who were turned away from the first performance may not be aware that the second is being run the following evening and/or booking now. We want a full house! Can you publicise this? Howard Shore has kindly agreed to this second date, and we don’t want to let him down! [More]
Whether through the six volumes of Tolkien’s classic novel or Peter Jackson’s spectacular film adaptation of the epic, The Lord of the Rings has fascinated audiences of all ages for 50 years. Now fans can relive the magic in a new way with Creating The Lord of the Rings Symphony: A Composer’s Journey Through Middle Earth. This exclusive concert presentation of the films’ unforgettable music, conducted by its composer Howard Shore, will have its Canadian television premiere on Bravo! NewStyleArtsChannel Saturday, September 4 at 8:30pm ET. [More]
Some might have already guessed it but none other than Alan Lee is the latest addition to the lineup for The Fellowship Festival:
We are proud to announce that Mr. Alan Lee, one of the world’s leading Tolkien Artists will be joining us at The Fellowship Festival from 28th-30th August 2004, at Alexandra Palace, London.
As all Tolkien fans out there will know, Alan illustrated the lavish anniversary edition of The Lord of The Rings. Alan also laboured on the New Zealand set of Peter Jackson’s film trilogy, The Lord of The Rings. As conceptual designer for the films, it was Alan’s job to create the distinctive “look” of Middle Earth.
Alan will be talking about his life and work in our Hall of Fire, along with meeting and signing for fans and attending the Fellowship Feast, the exclusive dinner for 90 fans and the cast and crew attending.
Most importantly, Alan, along with John Howe, the other conceptual artist who worked alongside Alan, will be the judges of the fan art competition.
Alan joins our other distinguished guests including:
Bernard Hill (King Theoden)
John Noble (Denethor)
Craig Parker (Haldir)
Mark Ferguson (Gil-Galid)
Bruce Hopkins (Gamling)
Sarah McLeod (Rosie Cotton)
Cameron Rhodes (Farmer Maggot)
Lawrence Makoare (Lurtz)
Jorn Benzon (Rumil)
Jed Brophy (Snaga/Sharku
Jarl Benzon (Glorfindel)
Sandro Kopp (Gildor)
Gino Acevedo (Weta Workshop)
John Howe (Conceptual Artist)
Come and meet Alan, along with the other 14 other The Lord of The Rings cast and crewmembers at the festival.
You can get your tickets here or call our hotline on +44 (0) 208 880 8150
For all event information and a full list of cast and crew attending go to: www.aaaevents.co.uk!
The Fellowship Festival is set to be this years convention-not-to-miss. With an amazing lineup including Bernard Hill, John Noble, John Howe and Alan Lee as well as many of the Kiwi actors we all love so much this will be a weekend not to miss. TheOneRing.net is proud to be allowed to give away two Silver Day Passes for this event, entitling you to the following:
* Numbered ticket allocated in the best available seat in the silver section
* Access to Hall of Fire Theatre activities hosted by Craig Parker and Mark Ferguson (includes Q+A sessions with all cast and crew attending)
* Access to The Talan Workshop and Seminars
* Access to The Pelennor Fields live demonstration Arena
* Entrance to the Official Licensed Exhibition where exclusive LOTR collectables are available
* Entry to the entertainment each evening, Saturday Bilbo Baggins sing along, Sunday, Galadriel‘s Ball and Monday, Minis Tirith Library Challenge.
All you have to do to win one pair of Passes is answer the following question:
Entries can only be emailed to leo@theonering.net and must be in before sunday 11am GMT. The winner will receive notification from yours truly. Good luck and see you there!
Loressar Erchamion writes: I just got my Nov/Dec issue of scr(i)pt, a screenwriters’ magazine available at Barnes and Noble. It features a 4-page interview with Fran Walsh and Phillipa Boyen discussing The Two Towers. Very interesting from a screenwriter’s point of view, cruelly uninformative from a spoiler seeker’s point of view.
For the first page or two, they mostly talk about the work involved in writing the script, what it’s like to work on a project of this magnitude, etc. This is followed by something about how TTT gets more into the world of men.
The part that follows could count as a semi-spoiler as to the film’s opening, so I’ll give it verbatim here:
scr(i)pt: Will there be anything to help a novice find his/her way into The Two Towers, some recap of what has happened so far, or will we plunge right into it?
Philippa Boyens: Pretty much a big plunge, you might say – a rather large plunge! [Both laugh as if sharing a wicked, private joke.] – the deep breath before the plunge. Well, it’s a terrible pun; and you’ll understand it when you see it, but I think it’s one of the most amazing openings ever – pure Peter Jackson!
They then talk about intercutting the two halves of TTT, a bit about Ents and their place in the story (Boyens mentions the challenges brought to scriptwriting by the long-winded Ents!), and the moving of Shelob to RotK.
The interviewer asks about the dialogue between Frodo and Sam about “tales”. Walsh and Boyens are adamant about how much they love that passage, but don’t tell us if it’ll be in the film.
There is a question about looking at the movie in light of the events of September 11, which the interviewer acknowledges happened long after they began work on the screenplay. Both writers are hesitant to reply, but then offer some nice insight from the pages of Tolkien. Walsh quotes Eomer (“How shall a man judge what to do in such times?”), and Boyens quotes Frodo (“I wish none of this had happened”) as well as Gandalf’s response (“So do all who live to see such times. But that is not for you to decide. All you have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to you.”) On that note, the interview ends.