From LOTRCastaway: Just thought to pass on that some Regal theaters here are already offering FOTR tickets. Since…
Continue ReadingFrom LOTRCastaway:
Just thought to pass on that some Regal theaters here are already offering FOTR tickets. Since I am going to the AMC theater, I called them and they said they had no idea how Regal could do it as New Line dictates when they can start selling tickets. AMC said they hope to know something early next week. Is Regal pulling a fast one, I know they and New Line were having some disagreements? Just thought I would pass this on.
In the beginning of a very different advertising campaign, New Line Cinema show us how exactly they would like the Oscar nominations for Fellowship of the Ring to play out when it’s time next year. Thanks to davey for the scans!
Best Picture
Barrie M. Osborne
Peter Jackson
Fran Walsh
Best Director
Peter Jackson
Best Cinematography
Andrew Lesnie, A.C.S
Best Actor
Ian McKellen
Best Adapted Screenplay
Fran Walsh &
Philippa Boyens
& Peter Jackson
Best Original Score
Howard Shore
Best Supporting Actor
Elijah Wood
Ian Holm
Viggo Mortensen
Sean Bean
Best Supporting Actress
Cate Blanchett
Liv Tyler
Best Film Editing
John Gilbert
Best Original Song
Enya
Best Art Direction
Grant Major
Dan Hennah
Best Make-Up
Peter Owen
Richard Taylor
Best Sound
Gethin Creagh
Christopher Boyes
Michael Semanick
Hammond Peek
Best Sound Editing
Mike Hopkins
Ethan Van Der Ryn
Best Costume Design
Ngila Dickson
Richard Taylor
Best Visual Effects
Jim Rygiel
Richard Taylor
Alex Funke
Randall William Cook
Workaholic Cate Welcomes Pregnant Pause From Films
Cate Blanchett, looking radiant at the Evening Standard’s Leicester Square premiere of Bandits – one of the five new films in which she stars – says her pregnancy has been a godsend. “I have about six weeks to go until the baby is due. These last weeks have proved fantastic for me,a welcome break from work,” she said last night. A whirlwind year has seen her film not only Bandits but also the Lord of the Rings, The Shipping News, Charlotte Gray and Krzysztof Kieslowski’s Heaven. The 32 year old, married to screenwriter Andrew Upton, said: “It has been exhausting. Andrew and I tried to travel together as much as possible, but we knew it was going to be a problem. Going into it, we said, ‘This will be month on, month off’.”
From Lord G
There will be special LOTR coverage in the following newspapers on December 1, 8 and 15:
(Quebec newspapers)
La Presse
Le Soleil
Le Droit
Le Nouvelliste
La Tribune
Le Quotidien
La Voix de l’Est
They will also give 340×2 tickets and other prizes.
More details available here (in french):
www.cyberpresse.ca/concours/seigneur/popup.html
From: Mark S
New Empire magazine published in the UK today. It’s a special 2 cover collectors edition with 40 pages dedicated to the film! Not many new pics, but lots of fascinating articles. I’ll try sending a few scans in tomorrow. One snippet of news for now that will make you drool. In an article about Weta is the following paragraph.
In April, the footage at the Cannes film festival featured an astonishing CG cave-troll. Which, remarkably, has since been overhauled. “For Cannes, it was ‘OK, we’ve got 80 cave-troll shots, and they seem to be working perfectly nicely.’ But we went back and redid all those, and they’re just amazing now, ” reveals Rygiel. (Jim Rygiel, Visual Effects Supervisor)
From: Mark S
Film 2001 in the UK tonight spent 5 minutes looking at LOTR, with host Jonathan Ross saying it would be fair to say that the film was causing ‘a bit of a stir.’
Apparently in two weeks there will be a special show from the launch party itself!!
They showed the usual trailer footage and some interviews from Cannes. Can’t quote exactly as the program took me by surprise, but comments included:
Ian Mckellen saying something along the lines of ‘you think this is hype, you should see the fans reactions. They are almost ill with excitement.’
Peter Jackson saying he wished he could be hypnotised so he could go to see the film with a ‘blank mind’ and enjoy it like everyone else.
Christopher Lee saying he could imagine J.R.R Tolkien watching the film, standing behind Jackson and patting him on the shoulder saying “Well done my boy!”
