London — If you want to move the merchandise, you have to tease the customer with a sample. To that end, producer Kevin Wallace yesterday presented three songs from the world’s most ambitious stage production, The Lord of the Rings, before 45,000 travel agents and tour operators at the 26th World Travel Market. [More]
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Lisa writes: First of all, thanks again for posting about the Sean Bean auction… and thanks to everyone who bid… the bear raised $375 and helped me raise almost $28,000 this year!!!
I went to a screening of A History of Violence at Lincoln Center on the 9th and there was a panel discussion afterwards with David Cronenberg, Howard Shore and some of the cast, including Viggo Mortensen!
I managed to get a signature for a bear from Viggo (though no picture this time… they were rushing him out) and that auction is now live and can be accessed through my site. (proceeds from this one will actually go toward my fundraising for next year!)
WELLINGTON, NEW Zealand—“Come on in,” Richard Taylor said, leading a pack of journalists who had flown in from all over the world for a tour of his Weta Workshop. Weta, named after an insect that is found primarily in New Zealand, was established by Richard and his partner Tania Rodger 16 years ago. They had been active in the business for a number of years, but it was their work on the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy that did more than just put the spotlight on them. It also earned them an Oscar. The award is well deserved. After all, Taylor and his crew worked on the trilogy for seven years and made a whopping 48,000 props for the films. [More]
Once again this year, we are having a fan film competition, to encourage the creativity and sense of fun of all Ringers, and potentially discover some future Peter Jacksons…! All genres are accepted; submissions should be 5-15 minutes (ideally) and no longer than 30 minutes. Format: DVD (preferred) or VHS. [More]
Today is your LAST DAY to buy tickets to the RINGERS: LORD OF THE
FANS world premiere and party! In addition to screening our award –
winning film, we’ll be having a silent auction with some fantastic,
one-of-a-kind prizes! (To benefit the National Center for Family
Literacy, one of Sean Astin’s favorite charities.) [More]
Seekers of Dreams: edited by Douglas A. Anderson. Cold Spring Press, trade paperback, $14.00, 1-59360-048-8. Original compilation. Cover by Daniel Govar. A collection of twenty stories, one play and one poem which exemplifies the diversity of fantasy, in style and in form. Authors represented include Jonathan Carroll, Lord Dunsany, Peter S. Beagle, Clark Ashton Smith, Clemence Housman, and L. Frank Baum. The Baum is a short story version of his famous novel, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, never before reprinted. [More]