Ringer Spy Silmarien sends along the latest edition of the Dominion Post with this article on LOTR documentry filmmaker Costa Botes. Take a look! [More]
Category: Old Main News
A new ‘limited series’ TV show co-starring Bernard Hill premieres tonight on TNT. ‘The Grid’ is described as dramatic thriller set around a counter terrorist unit. It also stars Julianna Margulies, Dylan McDermott, James Remar & Tom Skerritt. Take a look at the TNT site for more info. [More]
With Sony apparently unable to construct a final offer for MGM, it’s looking increasingly likely that Time Warner will swoop in and grab the prize. Bagging the Lion would give Time Warner a nice little bonus — worldwide theatrical and television rights to J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Hobbit.” What a sweet addition to New Line’s “The Lord of the Rings” franchise. Hey Peter Jackson, what are your plans after “King Kong”? [More]
Aspen – As Howard Shore began his critique of a student score on a recent morning, the famed composer for the “Lord of the Rings” movie trilogy drove home one point right at the start. “Bar numbers and tempos are God in film music,” Shore said. “You want to number every bar and use a bolder font to do it.” [More]
Cunning Vixen is one of the lucky people who caught a screening of Costa Botes’ documentary, “The Making of the Fellowship of the Ring”. The film features footage never before released from behind the scenes of the LOTR filming. This documentary has been released for the NZ-based film festival only, and New Line Cinema asked that it have the caveat of being a “Work in Progress.” CV tells us all about it, and plans to delare marshal law if this exact print is NOT allowed to be seen outside NZ….and I’ll be a card carrying member of that revolt if it’s true! [More]
From AICN: Remember us reporting on the George Miller animated film HAPPY FEET? The one with the penguin voiced by Elijah Wood?….Animal Logic [the SFX house commissioned to bring the project to life] has never done this kind of film before. The company’s basically expanded by a factor of ten to do it. All of this to bring George’s vision of completely photo-real CG penguins to life. But in all this activity, all this work, there’s been one thing that everyone’s overlooked… photo-realistic penguins CAN’T ACT!!! [More]