From: Faramira The Casa Loma experience helped calm a little my anticipation for the movie release. But now…
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The Casa Loma experience helped calm a little my anticipation for the movie release. But now that I saw and touched the props that will actually figure in the movie, my respect and admiration for Peter Jackson and his crew has grown ten-fold. To all you guys who did not get the chance to see the exhibit in Toronto, rest assured that THIS MOVIE WILL KICK BUTT!
From: Elom
The Big Breakfast (morning TV) in the UK ran a 3 minute LOTR film, with interviews from the cast:
Ian McKellen said “If Tolkien hadn’t written LOTR there would be no Dungeons & Dragons & might not have been any Star Wars but you’d have to talk to George Lucas about that!”
Billy Boyd spoke a little on the background of Hobbits, their disposition, community & lifestyle.
Elijah Wood spoke of his early mornings, ” We would have to get up at 5:30 in the morning to get our feet glued on.”
Dominic Monaghan told of the different methods used to create the effect of the smaller Hobbits, ” Some scenes were shot separately then super imposed together & sometimes we would just be on our knees”
Liv Tyler said that due to the difference in size of characters there would be more than one scale of set used.
Dominic Monaghan joked about Billy Boyd already looking Hobbit like without make up, ” Due years of drinking it’s given Billy an open face, constantly smiling” to which Billy replied ” yes my mind is pickled!”
Ian McKellen pointed out he had seen a Gandalf cake topper once and found it strange that anyone would want a wizard on a cake?
From: Matt
Once again The Movie Chart Show on Channel 5 in the UK had a brief segment on LotR in their programme on Wednesday evening. It showed a part of the first FotR trailer (bah!) and talked mainly about the fan club, and how fans can get their names on the credits of the DVDs. I think the prices they quoted were for the US membership though, rather than the Sterling equivalent of the International option. The programme is usually repeated on a Sunday, around late morning.
Juleen W sends along these scans from the November issue of ‘Readers Digest’ take a look!
From: New Line
Next week, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY presents its annual Holiday Movie Preview, a special double issue packed with buzz on all the big-screen offerings for the coming season. This year, New Line’s “Lord of the Rings” trilogy (the first installment, “The Fellowship of the Ring,” opens Dec. 19), is spotlighted on 5 collectible covers of the issue, including:
ELIJAH WOOD as Frodo
IAN MCKELLEN as Gandalf
VIGGO MORTENSEN as Aragorn
CATE BLANCHETT as Galadriel
…and a CAST COVER, displaying all of the above: Mortensen, McKellan, Wood, and Blanchett.
The issue also features a 10-page behind-the-scenes story on “Lord of the Rings,” with quotes from director Peter Jackson, stars McKellen, Wood, Mortensen, Sean Astin, and others. Entertainment Weekly correspondent Gillian Flynn travelled to Middle-Earth stand-in New Zealand and traces the fantasy series’ epic journey from page to screen, revealing elements that were excised or changed from the books, how the principal performers were cast, why Jackson was the choice to helm Frodo Baggins’ journey to Mordor, and much, much more.
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