From ComingSoon.net: Universal Pictures will pay “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy director Peter Jackson $20 million against 20% of the gross from the new King Kong movie, marking one of the largest deals ever made with a director. [More]
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Ringer Spy Scorpio writes: Orlando Bloom is in this month’s Anime Insider Magazine. The writers made their own live-action cast of “Yu-Gi-Oh!” and Orli made the role of some guy named Maximillion Pegasus. [More]
I’ve posted about my good friend Lindsay Klemm and her musical talent before. This time she has completed her ‘LOTR Suite’ with ‘To the Havens…’: “This song was the one I’d been waiting to write until I had completed all the other songs for the Suite. I had the most ideas for this one, since it’s the one that I felt would be the most emotional, not to mention the last piece the listener would hear in the suite. Now that this song is complete, I will resample all the Lord of the Rings songs and release my first cd, Lord of the Rings: Symphonic Suite.” [Listen Now!]
Peter Jackson might want to clear off his mantel. The director of the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy, which has already grossed more than $1.8 billion worldwide, is finishing part three, “The Return of the King,” and even without seeing a frame, Hollywood insiders consider it the front runner for a best-picture statuette—and Jackson for best director—come Oscar time. [More]
Alias writes: Here’s a picture of The Two Towers feature DVD. I don’t know if you’ve already seen the DVD feature disk of The Two Towers, but I received this from a friend of a friend and I thought it was my duty as a Middle Earth inhabitant to share with others what I have. [More]
Ringer Spy Kevin sends along these Promo TTT pins from Blockbuster Video. They feature Gandalf, Eowyn (although they call her ‘Eowin’), Theoden, and Wormtongue, Aragorn, Arwen, Sam, Merry & Pippin, Saruman, Frodo, Legolas, and Gollum. [More]