Peter Jackson, already one of the world’s most successful movie directors, is expected to earn even more money creating video games based on his films, The New York Times says. The paper said Jackson, who with fellow Oscar winners Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens is being paid a record $34 million to make King Kong, worked out a deal with game maker Ubisoft and the film’s backer, Universal Pictures. [More]
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Ringer Spy Linuxelf writes: Hi just a reminder for all NZ fans; this week friday is the start of the Armageddon Pulp Culture Expo; also GREAT NEWS!! two new LOTR guests has been added!! see below for details! [More]
Nominees have been announced for the 2004 Hugo Awards, recognizing excellence in the field of science fiction and fantasy. Named for legendary magazine editor Hugo Gernsback and awarded annually by the World Science Fiction Society, the Hugos will be presented Sept. 4 at Noreascon Four, the 62nd Worldcon, in Boston.
•28 Days Later
•Finding Nemo
•The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
•Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
•X2
A whole slew of people pointed out that Gollum got a Hugo-nomination as well, for his MTV Awards-acceptance speech:
•”Chosen,” Buffy the Vampire Slayer
•”Gollum’s Acceptance Speech,” The 2003 MTV Movie Awards
•”Heart of Gold,” Firefly
•”The Message,” Firefly
•”Rosetta,” Smallville
Check out the entire list of nominees here!
Lord of the Rings remains popular with cartoonists all over the globe. First there’s John Cook from cartoons.sev.com.au who writes: I’ve posted a new Lord of the Rings cartoon revealing the real reason why Gandalf refused the ring. Check it out here!
And ‘Monty’ keeps up his LOTR-inspired storyline as well, according to Karen: Yesterday (April 12) Liv Tyler showed up, just because there aren’t enough babes in the story. [More]
Ringer Spy Irascian writes: Last week John Rhys-Davies was the subject of “60 Seconds” the interview that takes place every day in “Metro” magazine given free to commuters across the UK. You can read the whole interview here!
The LET THE HOBBIT HAPPEN campaign website thehobbitfilm.com has posted two new letter templates to send to our friends at New Line and MGM/UA. Additionally, the number of websites involved in the effort continues to grow with nearly 200 partner posting banners! If you run a website and would like to help, check out the partners area. [More]