News for Apr. 10, 2001
Jon Stewart reccomends Tolkien!
4/10/01, 9:46 pm EST - Gamgee
4/10/01, 5:14 pm EST - Xoanon
As the Australian Film Festival in the Barbican Centre rolls on David Wenham (Faramir), paid a suprise visit to the event. Thankfully, BBC Entertainment caught up with him, and asked him how he's been getting on as late. [More]
SHOP: Hildebradt 2002 Wall Calendar
4/10/01, 5:08 pm EST - Xoanon
4/10/01, 10:54 am EST - Xoanon
'The Lord of the Rings' Generates More Than 350 Million Hits On Website as New Line Prepares to Unveil Footage in Cannes. [More]
Liv Tyler: 'characters are the most important part'
4/10/01, 9:08 am EST - Xoanon
CANNES: New Line Finally Speaks
4/10/01, 8:59 am EST - Xoanon
Great Arwen pic over at Sweden's "Expressen" paper
4/10/01, 5:38 am EST - Tehanu
"Alicom Licensing (Roland Lindholm) is going to market the products connected to the movie in Scandinavia. They sell licenses for local manufacturing of everything from computer-, console-games to puzzles, bags and shoes with motifs from the movie. (SHOES??? Drool!! -T.)
As of yesterday people in Sweden could buy the first of ten collecters cards with LotR motives, from SF (Svensk Filmindustri). You can also see the trailer and the first movie poster is up at cinemas.
News for Apr. 09, 2001
4/09/01, 5:38 pm EST - Xoanon
Cate Blanchett Interviewed During UK Visit
4/09/01, 3:00 pm EST - Strider
Oliphant arrested at Massage Parlor...
4/09/01, 12:46 pm EST - Calisuri
4/09/01, 7:29 am EST - leo
Shop: Tolkien posters at Allposters.com
4/09/01, 1:02 am EST - Calisuri
4/09/01, 12:24 am EST - Xoanon
News for Apr. 08, 2001
Peter Jackson: 'Never Again...'
4/08/01, 1:39 pm EST - Xoanon
More on Screen and Theatre Numbers
4/08/01, 1:30 pm EST - Xoanon
... the 10,000 print launch of LotR would by far still be a record but I think coming in Dec this is HIGHLY unlikely. Not only are screens at a premium but it would amount to 40% of the entire North American screen total. [More]
CastWatch: McKellen narrates Cirque du Soleil
4/08/01, 2:44 am EST - Calisuri
News for Apr. 07, 2001
MediaWatch: Brazilian Sci-Fi Magazine
4/07/01, 5:39 pm EST - Calisuri
"The mythology that Tolkien developed to provide his constructed languages with a history, ending up with the 1100 pages of "The Lord of the Rings", was to him only the second step; he used to say to astonished readers that his imense book was in fact 'an essay on linguistic aesthetics". [More]
Brazilian fans may visit Pelennor.com for more info and scans! Cheers!
-Dúnadan
Cast Watch: Sean Bean with Michael Douglas
4/07/01, 1:03 pm EST - Xoanon
Media Watch: 'CINEMA' Magazine
4/07/01, 12:59 pm EST - Xoanon
The greek movie mag "CINEMA" is featuring an article on Cate Blanchett (Galadriel) on their April issue. Translating part of her interview on LOTR:
Blanchet says she is fascinated by the experience [of filming LOTR]: "By reading the books of Tolkien being an adult, you understand how dark, tortured and occult is their writer. I think that Peter Jackson is the perfect man to direct this movie."
Philippa Boyens Interview Follow-up
4/07/01, 11:11 am EST - Calisuri
4/07/01, 6:41 am EST - Tehanu
In Spain, they know how to party!
4/07/01, 6:25 am EST - Tehanu
The Balrog - a closely-guarded secret.
4/07/01, 6:10 am EST - Tehanu
I noticed that there was no mention of a BALROG in the 'Forces of Evil' list of figures on the GAMES WORKSHOP site. I found this slightly worrying as they did have other Moria stuff listed, so I decided to enquire at the big Games Workshop in (somewhere secret otherwise they'll get in trouble.)
The guy I talked to there was very excited about the whole thing, and seemed to know more about it than he was letting on, and HE said that there definitely WOULD be a Balrog produced by them, and that it would be some sort of special release, separately boxed type thing. He also said that although all the other figures would be released up to 6 weeks before the release of the film, the Balrog figure is not allowed to be released until AFTER the film. This is apparently because of the secrecy surrounding what the Balrog will actually look like, and he mentioned how closely guarded the stills/pictures were."
Thanks to Luthien Tinuviel for a great scoop
News for Apr. 06, 2001
MediaWatch: Yahoo! Internet Life May 2001
4/06/01, 6:48 pm EST - Calisuri
TOPPS talks LOTR cards and stickers
4/06/01, 6:31 pm EST - Calisuri
"The company is on track to introduce trading cards featuring the new 'Planet of the Apes' movie this summer. 'Lord of the Rings' trading cards and sticker/album collections are planned for late 2001." [More]
So i guess we can expect to see those cards in the checkout aisle at Wal-mart! Our very own staff member, Quickbeam, wrote an article for Green Books on the potential threat of Merchandising Hell. Check it out! [More]
MediaWatch: Blanchett hosts Oz film festival
4/06/01, 2:26 pm EST - Calisuri
Teletext.Co.Uk has a large on-line article on the Film Festival and the Hollywood star herself. [More]
4/06/01, 10:30 am EST - Xoanon
Was just watching Access Hollywood, and they had a quick report about LOTR. I heard that LOTR will be premiering in over 10,000 screens. They made it sound pretty huge.
Xoanon here: I watch AH every night, and the night I miss it, I miss some LOTR news! Ah well, if this story from Pieman is correct, LOTR will by FAR have the largest amount of screens on opening weekend ever. From what I've gathered, last X-Mas' 'How the Grinch Stole Christmas' currently holds the record at 3,127 screens in the US. Other biggies include: 2,938 Gladiator, 2,674 Titanic, 2,970 SW1, 2,104 SW4 (re-release), 2,111 SW5 (re-release), 2,111 SW6 (re-release).
We do know that New Line is working on a world wide release, so 10,000 seems like a realistic amount. Just image the amount of popcorn....
4/06/01, 8:18 am EST - leo
New to You? Official Site Update - UPDATE
4/06/01, 12:18 am EST - Calisuri
UPDATE
Okay, so they weren't new...i guess I'm a slacker! But, like me, a lot of fans wrote in to say they never actually looked that deep into the official site. If you are interested in more desktop images, check out the fan wallpaper section of the site.
News for Apr. 05, 2001
Liv, Cate and Elijah return to New Zealand.
4/05/01, 5:04 pm EST - Tehanu
Thanks to Tiggy for that tip.
4/05/01, 10:48 am EST - Xoanon
4/05/01, 9:24 am EST - Calisuri
Thanks to T. Jones for the tip.
UPDATE
Ringer fan M. sends in another place to buy the poster! Check out PixPosters.com. [More]
News for Apr. 04, 2001
LOTR vs Harry Potter: Round II
4/04/01, 2:32 pm EST - Calisuri
4/04/01, 10:03 am EST - Xoanon
Fundraising efforts are underway for Ovation's premier production of The Fellowship of the Ring: A Journey Begins, an original stage adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's first book of the trilogy The Lord of the Rings. [More]