The latest issue of Premiere Magazine features an article called “Hollywood’s 50 Most Powerful” with Peter Jackson in the number one spot! Take a look! [More]
Category: Old Main News
In the summer, woods around Moscow, as well as Moscow’s biggest parks often teem with people who look like they’ve just walked off the set of “Lord of the Rings” — swords, armor, the works. The parks and gardens — which, for those in the know, have their own names in elven tongue — serve as grounds for role-playing and acting out the scenes from Tolkien originals as well as Tolkien-based fan fiction. [More]
Bruce Hopkins writes: The digital feature film I acted in in 2003 called “1nite” has been selected as a finalist for the NZ Screen Directors Guild Film and Television Awards in 2 categories. Best Digital Feature ( Amarbir Singh, my partner in indiPact Films ) and Best Contribution to a Digital Feature ( Cristobal Lobos, the cinematographer ). This 80 minute film was shot for NZ$400.00 on a Canon XL1 camera, with no other crew or gear, no lights or sound equipment. It was selected ahead a many fully funded films to play in the 2004 NZ International Film Festival and played to full houses gaining great revues. [More]
Susanlynnl writes: Lord of the Rings fans need to respond to the IMDb daily poll for today, asking which of the IMDb Top Ten movies are the most overrated. Unfortunately, right now ROTK is #1 in the poll, and FOTR is #4. [More]
NIFFF, The Neuchatel International Fantastic Film Festival is screening ‘John Howe: There and Back Again’ today. From NIFFF: The viewer is taken on a journey in search of Howe’s inspirations, from the cathedral of Strasbourg to the Canton of Neuchâtel and the neighbouring French Jura, the real places that often provided settings for “The Lord of the Rings”. [More] [NIFFF]
Today is Liv Tyler’s Birthday! Liv was born on July 1st, 1977 in New York, New York. That makes her 28 years old today! Happy Birthday Liv!