Elijah Wood is slated to be a guest on the German chat show ‘Wetten dass…’ tonight. [More]
Category: Original TORn
The creator of the Royal Selangor range the Lord of the Rings Collection, will be at Harrods, Knightsbridge, London. In the Silver department, on the 2nd floor, today and tomorrow. He will demonstrate his skill, and sign any pieces purchased, there is a free to enter prize draw.
Click here to read my report from the Graeme Anthony appearance in Montreal
‘Director Peter Jackson, fresh from the Return of the King world premiere, will start work on his $200 million King Kong film in Wellington next month. Universal Studios is to pay Jackson a record $32 million to direct the film which is expected to provide between 1500 and 2000 jobs. “It’s actually going to be easier. . . (than The Lord of the Rings) the logistics involved don’t seem as daunting.”‘ [More]
In another opinion piece, two of The Telegraph‘s writers go head-to-head in a debate over whether or not The Return of the King merits the Best Picture Oscar and a general clean sweep at the Academy Awards next year. [More]
Ok, that may be getting tiresome, but Rolling Stone’s Peter Travers has a lot of positive things to say about ROTK in his “10 Best Movies of 2003” list. ROTK isn’t #1, but it’s close enough – in fact, if you read closely, it almost sounds like a tie. [More]
Anyone who has purchased the FotR or TTT Extended Edition on DVD will know that each one has a documentary on it dedicated to the titanic struggle PJ and company faced with adapting Tolkien’s masterpiece to the big screen. On that note, The Daily Telegraph today posted an op-ed piece discussing those exact difficulties and the similar challenges faced by those adapting New Line’s next big franchise, Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy, for its theatrical run in London. [More]