Ringer Spy Gorel sends along his tale from this weekends ‘Mythcon’. Check it out, and look for more news to come!

I got back from Mythcon a little while ago and wanted to drop you a quick story about Phlipa Boyens which others might enjoy. She sat in the audience during the panel discussion on the movies (after her interview). I was sitting behind her, and it was interesting to watch her shake her head or nod as people made various comments. I got out my Letters with the intent of quoting one of them. I was surprised to see her pull out her own dog-eared copy, raise her hand, and cite exactly what I had intended to:

“Final query: can a tale not conceived dramatically but (for lack of a more precise term) epically, be dramatized – unless the dramatizer is given or takes liberties, as an independent person?” – Letter 195

After the panel I told her what had happened and asked her to sign my copy of the Letters. She politely declined, saying she didn’t like to sign Tolkien’s work. Then she looked around in her purse and found a pad of paper with a LOTR logo, and gave me a nice autograph. She was a gracious person whose respect for Tolkien was evident.

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Ringer Spy Carl sends along more pics from the Sideshow/Weta booth at comic-con 2001. Take a look at these great pics!

Be sure to check out the WETA/Sideshow website and order all your goodies today! [More]

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Ringer Spy Derek sent along these great pics from various vendors around Comic-Con, mainly our good friends at the WETA/Sideshow booth. Check them out!

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Ringer Spy Mike sends along some very interesting news regarding a possible 3rd and 4th LOTR trailers! None of this can be confirmed at the moment, but take a look and get ready to dance!

As you probably know by now, I live in *snip* and I’ve been busy these past couple of days e-mailing a Marketing Director at *snip* DISTRIBUTION (the distribution place for one of the biggest cinema chains in *snip*).

I asked her all these questions about the current trailer and what films it is gonna be placed with etc. but, in her e-mail yesterday she added something very strange, she said that ‘The Lord of the Rings’ will have four trailers before its world wide release in December (the first trailer being the Theatrical Teaser with Galadriel talking and all that).

I e-mailed her last night and asked how it would be possible to release four trailers before December because the third one is due to come out in September sometime (when would the fourth trailer come out?). She e-mailed me back (I got the message about fifteen minutes ago) and this is what she said:

“You are quite correct in that the third trailer will be released mid September, this in essence is a final trailer for the film and we will look to attach it to one of the biggest films being release at that time. We have not finalised this as yet. With regards to the fourth trailer, this is a 60 second trailer which is slightly longer than the third and will be attached internationally to ‘Harry Potter’, which is being released in *snip* on 23 November, one week after the US.”

So there you have it, there will be a 60 second trailer with ‘Harry Potter’ all over the world.

Another thing she added (under the heading of ‘further updates’) was:

“We have received a non-final second poster concept which we anticipate will be in cinemas the first week of September and I must say it looks absolutely stunning. All other materials are currently being finalised in the US and notification of these availabilities will be made soon.”

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