Ringer Spy Justin sends in the latest from New Zealand! WOW, these are some great looking sets!!
Hiya,
Check out the huge picture on the front page of today’s Press! I’ve attached pitiful blurry computer-cam pics of the two images, but at work (where I’ll be in a few hours) there is a flatbed scanner, I can do a decent scan if you want one – the Edoras picture was quite large and has a lot more detail than can be made out from the image attached.
Wow.
Seeya
Justin
C’mon Justin!! get to work and scan these pics in nice and BIG!
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The ever-vigilant Tiggy happened to record TVOne’s Susan Wood interviewing Craig Parker, who’s playing Haldir in LOTR. It’s a bit incoherent, as real conversations often are, and it’s clear he was avoiding saying too much. Another source tells me that in the movie Haldir accompanies Arwen wherever she goes,so the role isn’t as small as all that.
Thursday 17/8 (last week.)
SUSAN So you’re a tall elf, a six foot elf ?
CRAIG Yes, I’m probably five eleven or five ten probably if I’m honest…
I stand on blocks. The elves are about six (foot).
SUSAN Are the blocks attached to your shoes?
CRAIG We tried that on the first day of shooting for a big wide shot and I taped
polystyrene to my feet but that didn’t work – I fell over. It’s magic – it’s all done with smoke and mirrors.
SUSAN You see the likes of Tom Cruise out of Hollywood and you know he’s little.
CRAIG Yes …
SUSAN Nicole towers over him. So how do you do it?
CRAIG We’ve all sworn a blood oath to secrecy honest, but there’s a lot of very complicated scale doubling and some fantastic actors who are about this size (indicates short) who they used in some shots – all magic stuff…sometimes the shots are forced, sometimes not.
SUSAN So it’s all trickery!
CRAIG Confuses the hell out of me!
SUSAN All trickery and confusion!
CRAIG All trickery and confusion, yeah !
SUSAN What sort of explosion[sic] did it give you ?
CRAIG I think the film is going to be fantastic. I have a smallish part in it that goes for ……cool stuff…….but I’m not moving to Hollywood or anything like that but it’s great fun. I think in NZ we get to work on a lot of interesting things and for me the joy in it for me is just being there and doing it
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Ringer Spy PV sends in a great pic of that LOTR Bookmark from the promotional convention a few months back. I wants one!!!
Xoanon,
Here is a big pic of the the New Line Bookmark, oddly enough, the website listed on the BM says ‘.com’ when it should really be ‘.net’ ah well…
PV
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From: rapata
Heres an article, out last friday. I have heard a few other rumours since then, but I seldom get into Takaka from my hidden valley in the mountains nearby. I am a bit of a farmer maggot type myself, and will be taking my horse and trap in tomorrow, so I’ll keep my ear to the ground. It’s quite possible that the “2 days” filming has been and gone. Did notice a few helicopters buzzing round these mountains at the end of last week and in the weekend.
Lord of the Rings scouting for locations
The Lord of the Rings film production crew has been looking for locations in Golden bay after heavy snowfalls further south ruled out the use of planned sites.
Publicist Clair Askin confirms that the production company has recently visited Golden Bay looking for the right landscape to film a scene in the next few weeks involving many cast principals.
Members of the cast include well known actors Cate Blanchett (Galadriel), Sir Ian Holm (Bilbo), Christopher Lee (Saruman), Liv Taylor (Arwen) and Elijah Wood (Frodo). New Zealander Peter Jackson (The Frightners) is the director and has written the screenplay.
Accomadation for up to 170 cast and crew will be needed for around a week, with filming expected to last two days if the weather is fine. Local hostelries have signed confidentiality agreements and so cannot confirm when or if they will be supplying rooms.
Around 60 people will be flown to a remote site in Kahurangi National Park in four helicopters. D.O.C. staff will be involved to ensure filming does not cause damage to the park. It is understood the film crew will not be using explosives or animals.
The filming of JRR Tolkein’s Lord of the Rings began in Wellington in October last year. Peter Jackson says: “We owe Professor Tolkein and his legion of fans worldwide our very best efforts to make these films with the integrity they deserve.
The original books have sold more than 50 million copies worldwide in 25 languages since they were first published more than 50 years ago.
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Not much to see in this pic folks, but I’m sure you’re drooling with anticipation to take a guess!
Xoanon
You might be interested in this piece published on August 16th in the Upper Hutt Leader under the heading “Hutt River features in Rings movie set”.
Regards
Deepdelver
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Ringer Spy Lonely Planeteer sends the news on what they’ve been filming these past few days!
Lonely Planeteer here with some news on what they’ve been filming this past Tuesday and Wednesday, August 8,9. While I was lying in my cold, empty cot, contemplating my empty life, I know for a fact the production team were shooting the following scenes.
The flooding of Isengard
Underwater in Isengard with Billy Boyd (Pippin)
Slopes of Amon Hen with Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn) and Sean Bean (Boromir)
On Wednesday the they filmed the following:
Scenes involving the Anduin River
with Elijah Wood (Frodo), Sean Astin (Sam), Dominic Monaghan (Merry), Billy Boyd (Pippin), Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn), John Rhys-Davies (Gimli), Orlando Bloom (Legolas) and Sean Bean (Boromir).
Hope this helps,
The Lonely Planeteer
Love to see what and who is filming! Makes it all so REAL! This was just this past week!
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