Nerwen writes: John Howe has just posted a new entry at his site and says “London was great, the extended version of the Return of the King is spectacular, and don’t count on me to spill any of it before the DVD comes out.” [More]
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Elmer writes: Thought you might be interested to know that Howard Shore will be speaking about his score to Return of the King on May 8 as part of the Tribeca Film Festival in New York. The discussion will be moderated by Doug Adams, the author of the upcoming book on Shore’s Rings scores.
Will ‘The Hobbit’ make for a good movie? What will a movie based on J.R.R. Tolkiens 1937 publication be like? Will it be a childrens movie? Do you think the story will translate as well to the movie medium as ‘The Lord of the Rings’ did? Join us in #thehalloffire this easter weekend to discuss the cinematic possibilities of ‘The Hobbit’.[More]
Weta Workshop, the New Zealand-based special effects company that gained global fame for its work on the Lord of the Rings film trilogy, has chosen the Toronto-based Nelvana animation house to collaborate on the new animated series Jane and the Dragon. Thanks to Hobbitangel for the story. [More]
From Ringer Giuseppe: On April 8th, a cinema in Riposto (Italy) has been showing the whole Trilogy, which makes it the first LOTR Marathon in Sicily (to my knowledge), and the only one on the flanks of the largest active volcano in Europe, Mt. Etna! [Mt. Etna Cam](Of course it’s a bit dark in Italy at this posting…)
Mentioned in passing: The ABQ Correspondent looks at the way DVD technology has changed our expectations of movies, citing the LOTR films as a case where we’ve come to know far more about the behind-the-scenes team than we would have in the past, making Richard Taylor and Barrie Osborne’s faces familiar to us. [More] Fun website, intelligent people should enjoy.