Sharon writes: Today’s LA Times Weekend section contains a glowing review of John Astin’s performance as Edgar Allan…
Continue ReadingSharon writes: Today’s LA Times Weekend section contains a glowing review of John Astin’s performance as Edgar Allan Poe in “Edgar Allan Poe, Once Upon a Midnight.” The show runs through Sunday, October 20 at the Hermosa Beach Playhouse.
“Edgar Allan Poe, Once Upon a Midnight,”
written by Paul Day Clemens and Ron Magid
Starring John Astin
Hermosa Beach Playhouse
710 Pier Ave
Hermosa Beach, CA
310-372-4477
Well, ok…I may think one has nothing to do with the other…but I have to ask…can we have one?!?!? For…review purposes…that’s right, review… [More]
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Concept: Get everyone who came the first time to come back. On the marketing front, make sure people realize it’s “the central installment”; never use the word ‘sequel’. [More]
Concept: Get everyone who came the first time to come back. On the marketing front, make sure people realize it’s “the central installment”; never use the word ‘sequel’.
Expectations: Giant. In one of the biggest gambles in movie history, New Line spent about $170 million making all three ‘Rings’ pictures at once. Part I was a smash; the AOL Time Warner unit wants a repeat.
The Buzz: The seasons’ big winner. Industry execs think “Two Towers” could be as huge as last year’s “Fellowship of the Ring.” Helping matters is recent video/DVD release of “Fellowship” that may pique the interest of the nine people who didn’t see the first one. “Towers” has even more fighting, the studio says, including epic battle sequences. And then there’s Gollum, the schizophrenic freak whom Frodo and Sam meet on their journey. “He’s got a good side and a bad side,” says New Line marketing chief Russell Schwarts. “I call this ‘A Beautiful Mind’ in Middle-earth.” (nice quote there Russell, blech -Xo)
Xoanon here, a few people have written to me with the same info, check it out from Nathaniel’s email: It appears that The Two Towers is indeed finished, for it has been rated at filmratings.com. The rating is PG-13 and the reasons cited are nearly identical to that of the first film: “rated PG-13 for epic battle sequences and scary images.” (The only difference is the omission of the word ‘some’ before ‘scary.’)
