Today we go back to the Tehanu’s first visit to the LOTR set. Tehanu was invited as the…
Continue Reading
Today we go back to the Tehanu’s first visit to the LOTR set. Tehanu was invited as the only fansite on the net to visit Peter Jackson and his crew make magic in New Zealand back in 1999. Read about her adventure on the Hobbiton Set. [More]
You can also check out some VERY early shots of the Hobbiton set, taken from the sky! [More]
Thanks to Kate, we have a link to a site that shows you how to do a Legolas braid. [More] On another Orlando-ish note, Ford sends word that the complete Ned Kelly trailer is up, plus an interview with Orlando, at NedKellyTheMovie
The FOTR Extended DVD set has won a pile of awards at The Digital Bits who are running their 2002 Bitsy Awards. The awards include a #1 finish in the top 10 picks of all three editors, Best Overall DVD, Best Special Edition DVD, Best DVD Video (Film to Digital Transfer), Best DVD “Making of” Documentary, and a “Digital In” award for Peter Jackson for his work in putting the DVDs together. [More] Thanks to Phil for the news.
We keep hearing this rumour, and people keep asking this question. Here is one answer, from Norway: “It says that a double disc theatrical version will come (to Norway anyway) on 4.august.
The special extended edition and collectors box will come out 3.november.” Similar news has come in from people elsewhere working in the video rental/sales business, though one shop got ‘June’ as the DVD release date: “I am a Video store manager, and I just received a list of when the Oscar nominated films will hit video. Two Towers is listed for June. I called my supplier to verify this, since Fellowship hit in August, and she said that as far as they know, that is accurate.”
Tid-bits from around the world, including a reminder of some skulduggery in the world of Tolkien publishing, Aragorn marshalling some girlpower in Australia, the maths behind WETA digital in NZ, and a comment and review on TTT which has just opened in Japan. [More]
This was sent in by Siobhán a week or so back, and I loved the description of skulduggery in the world of Tolkien publishing:
“Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter reports today that a new translation of LOTR is on the way. The old one is heavily criticized. Personally my view on the old translation has been mellowed after reading how the translator, being declared persona non grata by the Tolkiens for his translation, broke into their house to get a sneak preview of the Silmarillion. Discovered by Christopher Tolkien, he was apparently kicked out.
“The new translation will be done by the the translator Erik Andersson (previous work: Zadie Smith, James Ellroy, Nick Hornby and Jeff Noon) and the poet Lotta Olsson Andersson (she´ll take care of songs and stuff). First part planned for autumn 2004.”
Cecilia writes from Australia: “Sydney radio station 2dayfm has a segment called Battle of the Sexes, in which guys answer girlie related questions and vice versa, scores are kept and there is a winner at the end of the year. The girls have won for the last 3 years, but this year, they are way behind. Because of this, at the beginning of the segment they always play the words spoken by Saruman “There is a new power arising!” relating to the boys and the girls reply is the words of Gandalf and Aragorn “The defences must hold”, “They will hold”. It always gives me thrill when they play it each morning and my kids rush in to hear it. Anyway, what girl wouldn’t want Aragorn on their side?”
Kirk writes from Wellington: “The School of Mathematical and Computing Sciences (at Victoria University of Wellington) will be hosting a seminar “Tales from Two Towers” on Wednesday 12 March 2003 presented by Weta’s Milton Ngan.” [More
Bruce wrote: “The Two Towers had its premier here in Japan last Saturday, the 15th. I went with my wife, sister-in-law and two friends to the third showing that day. The first two and the one that I attended were all sold out. I don’t know about the final showing, however. It did not start until 9:00 p.m., and with the movie being 3 hours long, there is the question of being able to catch a train home.” Bruce sent in a link to the review in an English-language Japanese paper here.
