One of the team who created the Oscar-winning visual effects for The Lord of the Rings is in the running for another 34 centimetre-tall gold statue next month. Joe Letteri, who won visual-effects Oscars for The Two Towers and The Return of the King, as well as a scientific and technical achievement award, has been nominated in the visual effects category for I Robot. The nomination is also the fourth for Wellington’s Weta Digital, where Letteri – from San Francisco – has been based for more than three years and is visual-effects supervisor on Peter Jackson’s King Kong film. [More]
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From Stuff.co.nz: “Responses to the Sunday Star-Times Top 50 Books survey are pouring in. So far there’s no clear winner. Yes, Tolkien’s doing pretty well, but it’s by no means a foregone conclusion that he’ll top the list.” [More]
Cartoonist John Cook writes: I’ve added a new Lord of the Rings cartoon spoofing that Two Towers scene where Gimli waits at Helm’s Deep, unable to see over the top of the battlements. Check out the cartoon here!
From LA Downtown News: “It was busy last Tuesday afternoon at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising (FIDM) museum in South Park: A dress from The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King was getting steamed, Peter Parker’s Spider-Man outfit was waiting on a pedestal and word was spreading that the Finding Neverland costumes wouldn’t arrive until the end of the week.” [More]
Ray writes: John Noble will be appearing at our “Hollywood Collectors & Celebrities Show”, on February 18th & 19th, as one of our celebrity guests. For more information, please check our web site www.hollywoodcollectorshow.com.
Crimdac writes: Abbey Road Studios are throwing open their doors for a film festival of movies with soundtracks recorded at the studios. The screenings take place during the last two weeks of March. Needless to say the complete Rings cycle is well represented – all three movies will be shown three times during the fortnight. The price is a hefty £15 per movie – but it is Abbey Road. Booking opens on the 3rd February but Guardian newspaper readers can buy tickets from 9am UK time today (29th). [More]