International Business Machines Corp on Wednesday said it had sold 150 workstations to Oscar-winning New Zealand-based Weta Digital Ltd. for work on the “Lord of the Rings” film trilogy. [More]
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Mor’loki Twilight writes: I was watching MTV Movie House and I noticed a particular blond elf (Legolas of course). The announcer mentioned what Orlando Bloom (Legolas) did in his spare time. It was pretty funny. It showed shots of Orlando sky diving, snowboarding, and bungee jumping. They’re probably going to show it again.
Clairvoyant writes: Sierra is going to launch “The Hobbit” as a RPG game for Nintendo’s gameconsole Gamecube in 2003. [More]
From Count Dracula to Count Dooku, Christopher Lee still counts. Two generations after he played the Transylvanian terror in the classic Hammer horror films, Lee remains one of the most imposing heavies on the big screen. [More]
Merry-in-Oz is keeping an eye out for Orlando Bloom sightings, as he’s in Australia as part of a movie about bushranger Ned Kelly. “Last night on the news they had a blurb about the filming of the Ned Kelly movie. We thought we caught a glimpse of Orlando (I can’t spot him as a non-elf but my daughter can!!) but nothing was said. . . .will keep watching.”
MS was interested to find out if you could pre-order the LOTR DVD through Blockbuster Video, which should interest those people who don’t like buying over the Internet. [More]