By JANET MASLIN from nytimes.com (via Laurelin): Pity Viggo Mortensen, the director of the Center for Multireligious Studies at Aarhus University in Denmark. He edited an anthology called “Theology and the Religions: A Dialogue,” and all it does is make people angry. They order this $35 paperback by mistake. Then they grouse about it online, because they thought it had something to do with the “Lord of the Rings” guy. [More]
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Howard Shore’s complete Grammy-winning score for The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, from the epic film trilogy The Lord of the Rings, will be available in a deluxe four-disc edition from Reprise/WMG Soundtracks on November 7, 2006.
This historic release contains over 180 minutes of music on three CDs, comprising the full score of the 2002 film, composed by Howard Shore. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The Complete Recordings marks the second edition of the three complete recording releases of the film trilogy whose score has been honored with three Academy Awards, four Grammy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards, and which has sold over 6 million copies worldwide. This deluxe set also includes exclusive new artwork, packaging, extensive liner notes written by Doug Adams, and “Gollum’s Song” performed by Emiliana Torrini. [More]
Pre-Order ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers – The Complete Recordings’ on Amazon.com today!
In happier news, today is Peter Jackson’s Birthday! Peter was born on October 31st, 1961 in Pukerua Bay, North Island, New Zealand. That makes him 45 years old today! Happy Birthday Peter!
As many of you may have heard, the PJ produced live action Halo film has been put on the back burner. Here is the press release from Wingnut Films:
As was previously confirmed, we deeply regret that both Universal and Fox did not choose to move forward with financing the Halo film under the original terms of the agreement. At this time Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh, along with their partner, Microsoft, have mutually agreed to postpone making a feature film based on the Halo video game universe until we can fulfill the promise we made to millions of Halo fans throughout the world that we would settle for no less than bringing a first class film to the big screen… [More]
Nicolas from www.Hans-ZIMMER.com writes: Just to let you know, our team was in Nice (France) last saturday evening for the Lord of the Rings Symphony with composer Howard Shore. We made a 14 minutes video from the event (with authorisations), but as it doesn’t concern our website directly, we put the video on a free server and a review on our forum. We thought it might interest the lord of the rings fans, although it isn’t professional work. [More] [Video] (choose “free download”, down of the page)
A ton of interesting new films are out on DVD this week. Take an early look on our ‘DVD Tuesday’ feature…every Monday! You can actually pick up some DVDs today in most stores, it is Mission: Monday with ‘Mission: Impossible II’ out on DVD, as well as a collector three pack. A ‘Baywatch Collection’ is also available today. Check out some other TV goodies like the ‘Benny Hill Collection’, ‘C.S.I. Miami – S4’ & ‘Ghost Whisperer – S1’. Some great animation out today as well, ‘Ghost in the Shell SAC Complete 1st Season Box Set’ & ‘Speed Racer 5’. Some Blu-Ray & HD DVD offerings include; ‘Mission Impossible 3’, ‘Excalibur’ & ‘Under Siege’. Personally I’m interested in ‘The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian and the Voyage of the Dawntreader’ & ‘The Kids in the Hall Megaset’! Check out the whole list here! [More]