On our behalf we’d like to thank you for making this an amazing year for us and Tolkien on the internet. If you’re home tonight or surfing around on 1/1/01 I thought I’d put together a few links recapping some amazing stories and scenes for your pleasure.
You might start with good ole Harry’s reports from his trip to see the last week of LotR filming, then move on to check out our HUGE treasure trove of pictures and images from the films. Or here’s quick access to headlines and articles of recent and past movie news. You also might like the Official Peter Jackson fan club website or our very own (soon to be updated) LotR movie FAQ.
We know 2001 will end with a bang, and we hope the rest of the year is good to you too!
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To listen to this audio June 2000 update on the LOTR movie news, click here. The following is a transcript of the audio:
Greetings and well met!
This is Calisuri, coming to you live from the official headquarters of TheOneRing.net, Middle-earth.
Stay tuned for this edition of the Lord of the Rings Movie Brief for June 2000.
It’s been another productive month in New Zealand! New filming locations continue to crop up like mushrooms. Among some of the more noteable, we have seen action at the Fernside Lodge, near Featherston. We believe this could be Lothlorien.
Lyall Bay has seen the rise of quote “white medieval tents, with green detailing,” close to a cliff face; Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn) was rumored to be seen here, with a large variety of horses… could it be Dunharrow?
Something rather large is happening at the Claireville Showgrounds in Carterton. A recent report has large moving trucks, camera equipement and other movie making materials moving into this large scale stadium.
The Helms Deep set at Dry Creek Quary has also seen more action , with orc, human, and elvish armies doing battle. It is rumored that the Uruk-Hai at this set wear wear ‘black leather-like breastplates and shoulder pads… full length arm coverings… and crested helmets’.
It is also thought that a Minas Tirith set will also be built at Dry Creek Quary.
The Mordor location on Mt. Ruapehu near Iwikau Village has seen a huge cast, crew, and bluescreen hard at work; with elf, human, and orc armies fighting here this could be a location from the early history of Middle-earth, the Last Alliance of Men and Elves.
If you’re a regular consumer of Lord of the Rings news you’ve been treated to some incredible glimpses of what’s to come. We have seen Sir Ian Holm decked out as Bilbo Baggins, a beautiful shot of Hobbiton, and a pack of Nazgul chasing down a lone horse and rider. We were also lucky enough to see John Rhys-Davies in full costume as Gimli, shots of Frodo and Gandalf together in a cart, and a fierce-looking Aragorn!
New Zealand’s Women’s Week continues to produce incredible snapshots of the production: a recent spread included Frodo (Elijah Woods) and Sam (Sean Astin) working closely with director Peter Jackson and some of the crew.
Come down to TheOneRing.net for daily updates on Tolkien and Lord of the Rings movie news! Check out our scrapbook for images galore, our archives sections for past news, and our chatroom Barliman’s for the latest scuttlebut on the filming.
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We are proud to announce our first ever streaming Lord of the Rings audio update! [listen]
You will need the Real Audio player to listen to this broadcast.
For a transcript of this broadcast, click here.
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Xoanon here,
It seems that we’ve been jumping the gun here at TheOneRing, before we found out if we could post that cast breakdown, we didn’t see if it was copywrited. And alas it was so we had to remove it. But fear not, Teahnu is working on a very detailed review for you!
email: right here
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With the new news system we had a bit of construction. Hope I didn’t put anyone out.
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Well, yet another major change to TheOneRing.net happened over this weekend. We finally added a real news update system. Hopefully it will work better then the last one. As usual, any suggestions of comments send them my way.
I am also working very hard to get the characters section up and running. Look for it this weekend sometime.
Hope you guys like the new poll. Seemed it was quite the popular topic on the board, so I figured you’d enjoy. Don’t forget to send my your poll questions! This week I had only one to choose from..:(
Have a great week!
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