Director James Cameron, hard at work on his sci-fi extravaganza Avatar, is the latest person to comment on the increasingly nasty legal battle between Peter Jackson and New Line over profits from The Lord of The Rings. Jackson, for those who haven’t been keeping up with current events, accused New Line of deceptive accounting practices and demanded that the company submit to an audit. The resulting lawsuit managed to nix any chance of Jackson directing The Hobbit for New Line under their current management and time is running out for the film to be put into production before the rights switch hands again. Already there are rumors that Sam Raimi will be taking over the project before the contract expires in 2009. Premiere Magazine spoke with Cameron about the controversy because Cameron is planning to use Jackson’s Wellington studio to shoot parts of Avatar. [More]
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From movieweb.com: From the imaginations of AnnaSophia Robb and Josh Hutcherson, comes the new film, Bridge to Terabithia. But, those creatures didn’t just come out of no where – the good people at WETA worked tirelessly to get them looking spectacular. The film is an adaptation of the children’s novel by Katherine Patterson; it’s directed by Gabor Csupo, of Nickelodeon cartoon fame.
I had the chance to speak with Matt Aitken, one of the animators at the New Zealand workshop about creating the world of Terabithia. He told me making this land was a little different than working on King Kong and The Lord Of The Rings. [More]
Today is the day for contests! Christopher Lee has sent us the video announcing the ‘REVELATION’ giveaway winners plus a little something else special! Take a look at the man himself!
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TheOneRing.net and Conlan Press have joined forces to provide you with your own copy of ‘The Last Unicorn’ signed by Peter S. Beagle.
The Last Unicorn: 25th Anniversary Edition DVD features an all-star cast of voice talent, and songs performed by the band America. Starring Christopher Lee, Mia Farrow, and Academy Award® nominees Alan Arkin, Angela Lansbury, and Jeff Bridges, the movie tells the powerful tale of a unicorn who sets out on a quest to find her lost brothers and sisters. The film’s character design and animation were done by the Japanese artists who went on to become the core of Hayao Miyazaki’s Studio Ghibli (My Neighbor Totoro, Spirited Away).
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Ian Collier also sends this in: The Tolkien Society Los Angeles Chapter will hold its annual JRR Tolkien Reading Day event on Saturday, March 24, from 3:00 p.m. until 5:30 p.m. and on Sunday, March 25, from 1:30p.m. until 4:30 p.m. The Saturday event will take place in the Arcadia Public Library, located at 20 West Duarte Road in Arcadia. The Sunday event will be held at a separate location, the Mid-Valley Regional Branch Library, located at 16244 Nordoff Street in North Hills. Costumed volunteers will be reading selected works from JRR Tolkien, most notably from his famed “Lord of the Rings” trilogy. Children can also participate in coloring and sing-a-longs. For more information on this event, you can email Jacki Stevens here.