David Stewart from Interaction writes: Just a note to remind you that Alan Lee will be a special guest at Interaction the World Science Fiction Convention in Glasgow. The Convention runs from August 4 to 8 and Mr Lee will be present from the Friday to the Sunday of that weekend. To coincide with his appearance, Harper Collins have very kindly made available copies of his new book A Lord of the Rings Sketchbook in advance of its official publication date and Mr Lee will be signing copies on Friday August 5. [More]
Mr Lee’s schedule in full (subject to change at the last minute)
Friday 4:00pm Harper Collins Pre-launch of Alan Lee’s The Lord of the
Rings Sketchbook
Saturday 11:00am Future Art Media
Saturday 1:00pm Alan Lee Interview
Saturday 3:30pm What It Means to be a Concept Artist for a Movie (1.5
hrs)
Sunday 1:00pm Collaborating Magic
Sunday 3:30pm Alan Lee Slideshow (1.5 hrs)
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The Lord of the Rings Symphony is a musical journey into the realm of Middle Earth that calls to the stage more than 200 musicians and vocalists. Of the work, one writer for The New Yorker said, “[Composer Howard] Shore manages the admirable feat of summoning up a Wagnerian atmosphere without copying the original…Shore’s musical opus is every bit as impressive as Tolkien’s literary one, standing on its own as a sweeping, operatic experience.” [More]
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Talia writes: Blogger Cleolinda finally started writing her infamous Movies In Fifteen Minutes for print; the pre-order for the new book (which includes stunning recap/parodies of all three LOTR movies) is available at Amazon.com. [More]
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Ringer Spy Philippa sent along the latest issue of Empire Magazine that features this article with Elijah Wood. [More]
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A group of artists are appealing for help to find a giant Lord of the Rings puppet stolen at the Womad Festival. The 14ft (4.3m) effigy of the character Treebeard was taken from the children’s tent on Monday afternoon, along with the troupe’s tools, worth £300. The group, from south Wales, spent the weekend helping children make costumes for a parade, with Treebeard the star. Men in a white Ford Escort van were seen strapping the puppet to their roof at the festival in Reading, Berkshire. [More]
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Chris writes: In a recent interview with the New Zealand Herald, Sean Connery talked about how he turned down the role of Gandalf. He turned down Gandalf in Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings. “Yeah, well, I never understood it. I read the book. I read the script. I saw the movie. I still don’t understand it.” He says he is very impressed with both Jackson – “he obviously understands nuts and bolts”, and so is obviously not one of the idiots (in Hollywood) – and the movie. “Whereas I would be interested in doing something that I didn’t fully understand, but not for 18 months.” [More]
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