It’s hard to believe that such a serene, refined actress could be the offspring of a rowdy rocker, Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler. Yet, it’s Liv Tyler’s natural-born grace, intelligence, and beauty that make her perfect for the role of Arwen, the Elven enchantress of The Lord of the Rings trilogy. [More]
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The Star reports: The Paramount theatre in downtown Toronto had the top opening day box office gross in North America for The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, ringing up $114,124 in the first 24 hours of release. When three of the theatre’s screening rooms sold out for the midnight opening Wednesday morning, two more screens were added. Across Canada and the U.S., The Two Towers grossed $26 million on its opening day, smashing The Fellowship of the Rings, which opened with $18 million in its first day of release.
The actor who plays Gollum in the latest Lord of the Rings film has revealed details of a spoof take he shot for The Two Towers. The scene involved Andy Serkis as Gollum pretending to be interviewed as if he was on American TV channel E! In the comedic scene Gollum reveals that he auditioned for the role of Dobby in Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets. [More]
Director Peter Jackson doesn’t ease us back into the world of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings trilogy at the beginning of the second film, The Two Towers. Instead, he hurls us headfirst into the movie screen, as if through the windshield of a crashing car. Towers begins not with a stately summary of the prior film, The Fellowship of the Ring, but by reprising one of its most famous moments and then going on to show the grand pyrotechnics previously kept “off-stage.” [More]
The despicable Saruman the White cuts an imposing figure cloaked in white robes, with a long metallic staff clutched in one claw and a prosthetic nose that boasts its own architecture. An imposing, if not a little daunting, 6ft 4in (1.93m) figure, despite the fact that a team of minions is currently rummaging around in his skirts. [More]
The orcs launched their assault on the world’s cinemas yesterday as The Lord of The Rings: The Two Towers recorded a $42m (£26.2m) opening day haul in 14 countries. [More]