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News for Oct. 06, 1999
Chat Log Online
10/06/99, 11:16 pm EST - Xoanon
The log trascript from our recent chat with Gillian Flynn is now available. Gillian was a wonderful guest with some great insite and a love for the project! Towards the end she asked me if we can turn the tables around and ask the chatroom folks some questions! It was really fun and informative!
A big thank you to Gillian Flynn for her time and insite, you're welcome back anytime!
Click here to read the chat log.
Oh No, Not Again!
10/06/99, 10:51 pm EST - Xoanon
What can only be described as the most annoying rumor in the unvierse has reared it's ugly head again. Is Sean Connery in NZ? Sean, buddy, listen to me, if you are in NZ drop me a line ok? 514.947.5221 ok? Just do it! Just say 'yesh' or 'no' and that's it ok?
From the cool dudes over at
CHUD
From 'Ash':
"I can 100% guarantee that Sean Connery was in New Zealand as I followed him around the shopping mall. I first heard rumors that he was in the area when a friend reported that he had been seen in a Cafe near where Peter Jackson's headquarters are based in Miramar, Wellington. Anyway walking through North City Plaza in Porirua City, Wellington, New Zealand I spot this gentlemen dressed as a Arab Shiek two body guards in front, two to the side and two behind. I decide to follow and find out more. On entering a bookshop the said fake Arab lifts his head dress away from his face and in a voice that only a deaf person wouldn't recognise asks for todays paper. God I wish i had a camera. So any of those rumors about Sean being in New Zealand can be given a big tick of true."
So is Connery narrating the films? Is he playing Witchking? Is he just on vacation and dressing up
like an Arab for pleasure? Only time will tell, but he is in the country and his agent must have reason to deceive, unless he really didn't know where his client was. The Sean Connery rumor mill begins to turn yet again.
Brian @ CHUD
Tehanu's Eighth Note
10/06/99, 10:42 pm EST - Tehanu
Tehanu discusses the Kalevala and Egil's Saga, and tries to make a start on the Silmarillion. It's in the "Features" section as usual.
The Testimonials section is now open!
10/06/99, 10:34 pm EST - Tehanu
Our first contributor to this section is Ursula K Le Guin, one of the most influential writers of fantasy and science fiction for the last thirty years. She kindly allowed us to reprint parts of an essay she wrote recalling her response to "The Lord of the Rings" and the impact it had on her as a young writer.
Check it out in "Green Books"
Live Chat Tonight
10/06/99, 10:18 am EST - Xoanon
Live Chat's return to
Barliman's! Tonight's guest, Gillian Flynn, reporter from Entertainment Weekly, one of the best movie mags out there.
Gillian recently did a piece on LOTR and the internet buzz, she is an avid fan and would love to chat with you guys! Ask her your Hollywood, Mainstream Media, Internet, Magazine questions!
Be there at
Barliman's, Tonight 7 pm et, 4 pm Pacific.
Do you have MIRC? Why not join us from there! Server: www.theonering.net, Room: #theonering.net
Get MIRC FREE: www.MIRC.com , easy to download, no more java crashes!
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CNN Worldtime to find out, see you there tonight!
Arwen Audition Script!
10/06/99, 10:02 am EST - Xoanon
While I cannot post it up, due to the fragile nature I recieved this info. But I will summerize what I have read from Arwens' Audition Script.
While it was only a very short scene, (most audition scripts are) it deals with Arwen and Aragron. They are about to enter battle, and Aragorn does not want Arwen to fight.
She surprizes him by pulling back her hood to reveal who she is, he tells her:
This is madness! Your immortality will not save you from an Orc blade.
They argue abour her staying, Aragorn tells her that this place will be filled with Orcs in an hour.
Arwen claims:
I have lived through worse.
While I have read many audition scripts, I find that the actual text changes when I finally see it on the screen. This script did not surprise me, we've all heard about 'Arwen: Warrior Princes', I'm hoping Liv Tyler can hold back on the killcrazy blood and guts that everyone is worried about.
News for Oct. 05, 1999
Bree Details!
10/05/99, 4:37 pm EST - Xoanon
Xoanon here,
Super Ringer Spy 'Micheal Delving' sent me this info regarding the Bree shoot!
...they plan to shoot the Bree Street Scenes at the end of October, it will be a 10 to 12 hour night shoot, and likely to be with rain.
...I passed through a set where they appeared to be making some test shots with Hobbits. Prostetic feet and all.
'Michael Delving' also told me that he/she/it/they saw some scetches of Gollum and The Orcs and they are fantastic.
So it appears that at Bree it'll be a rainy night! Sounds good to me!
Thanks to 'Micheal Delving' for the scoop!
Bean News - Extremely Dangerous
10/05/99, 4:28 pm EST - Xoanon
While a few LOTR stars are knee deep in Kiwi land, some people are still working, noteably Sean Bean. Sean's next project is Extremely Dangerous, a four part series for British television which will be broadcast this autumn.
'Nona' paid a visit to the set. This is what she had to say:
So what is Extremely Dangerous all about? Judging by this morning's action, it's about Sean Bean, wearing green overalls, a purple shirt and workboots, fiddling about with some electrical wiring under the road, then sauntering over to an outdoor café to have a word with Ron Donachie, who is sitting at a table having a quiet drink. Which is where the Range Rover with the spotless windshield comes in. As Sean's character (Neil Byrne)and Donachie's character (Gebbert) chat, the Range Rover drives ominously down the road towards them.
Visit
The Compleat Sean Bean page to find out more.
Christopher Lee on SFX
10/05/99, 3:41 pm EST - Xoanon
Xoanon here,
The cool dudes at SFX have sent me the latest issue of their movie mag. In it
Christopher Lee (Saruman) speaks about his role in the Trilogy.
I've always said since first reading the three books, and I've always felt this, that I was born to be in it. And now I can say I am! I'm very happy. And Saruman, he's the head wizard. An enormously important role. Saruman goes over to the enemy, he's a Valar, an immortal, and if he'd have remained benevolent it would have been a very different story'
Lee also coments on the script,
'Well, I've only read the first one. But they've done a splendid job, to condense this colossal epic, as big as The Odyssey or The Illiad, to the point where you can make it and present it to the public. I think a very large number of people are very excited, because, like Gormenghast (A TV project he is working on), they said it couldn't be done. All praise to Peter Jackson. Now it will be done'
To read the rest of the article, in which Lee talks of his role in Gormenghast, get the latest issue of SFX!
SFX Magazine, November 1999
News for Oct. 04, 1999
Barliman's Tolkien Trivia Contest Winners
10/04/99, 8:21 pm EST - Corvar
The Barliman's Tolkien Trivia Contest is done. The winners are as follows:
1) Gwaihir 484 Sat Oct 2, 1999
2) JonCannon 477.42 Mon Oct 4, 1999
3) Aragorn283 475.24 Thu Sep 30, 1999
4) JonCannon 475.2 Mon Oct 4, 1999
They will be contacted on how to recieve their prizes. It has been a great contest with great participation. Thanks to everyone who made this possible.
A special thanks to
AllPosters.com, and
Houghton Mifflin for the prizes.
Full Crew List Online Now!
10/04/99, 8:07 pm EST - Xoanon
After some serious reconstruction surgery I'm back to type up this update! Thanks to Tehanu, the complete crew list has now become a reality, and we have it!
From Stuntmen to Catering, Horse Wrangling to 3D Animation it's all here!
Thanks to Tehanu and NZ Onfilm
A note to other websites: Please do not copy and paste the list, it took 4 hours for me to type. Simply link to the page, thanks :)
See the COMPLETE crew page here
now!
Stuntlords!
10/04/99, 7:05 pm EST - Tehanu
Tehanu's had a look at a great article in the October OnfilmNZ magazine. David Gapes interviewed the stunt co-ordinator for "The Lord of the Rings" and he had a lot to say. It makes fascinating reading. If you're not in NZ and can't buy your own copy of the magazine, (which also has the crew list) check out Tehanu's article "
Stuntlords" in the "
Features" section.
Yes we know we promised you the cast list, precioussss. But this is pretty good stuff too.
Full Crew List Available!! - Updated!
10/04/99, 4:11 pm EST - Xoanon
Well, not just yet, while the entire 400+ crew list is right before my eyes, it will take time to type it all down. But here is a sneek peek at a few key jobs that are of some interest!
1st Assistant Director - Caro Cunningham
Previously worked on 'No Escape'
2nd Assistant Director - Guy Campbell
Prevously worked on 'Moby Dick'
3rd Assistant Director - Jo Pearse
Director of Photography (Cameraman) Andrew Lensnie
Previously worked on 'The Delinquents', 'Babe', 'Two if by Sea', 'Babe: Pig in the City'
Updated
As I get more of this stuff down on the computer, I keep stumbling opon some jobs I'd DIE for!
Horsemaster - Harley Young
Horse Wrangler/Falling Horse Stunt Person - Adam Slade
Location Scouts - Dave Comer, Brian Pratt
Make up Designer - Peter Owen
Previously Worked on 'The Portrait of a Lady' 'The Birdcage'
Chief make-up - Jose Perez
Physical Effects Supervisor - Steve Ingram
On Set Physical FX Co-Ordinator - Richie Cordobes, Blair Foord
Physical FX Technicians -Darryl Richards, Dave Booth, Dean Powell, Geoff Curtis, John Mowat, Carl Chisolm, Peter Zivkovic, Scott Harens, Steven Norfolk, Warick Yin
There is so much more (400+ names) all the names, plus their bios (thanks to IMDB) will be online shortly!
News for Oct. 03, 1999
Last day for Barliman's Tolkien Trivia Contest
10/03/99, 11:55 pm EST - Corvar
Monday 10/4/99 at 7PM EST the Barliman's Tolkien Trivia Contest will end. You can see the available prizes and read the rules at our
Contests page. And you can go play Barliman's Tolkien Trivia Contest with a chance to win
here.
Media Watch: (again) Details Magazine
10/03/99, 11:55 pm EST - Xoanon
Alvie send along this info, thanks to Jincey for the heads up!
You ever hear of
Details Magazine? It has a section called Hot/Cold Meter saying what is currently hot and what is not. On the hot side it has this part that says *quote*:
HOBBIT-FEVER-CATCH IT
Jar Jar vs Gollum, with memories of the Phantom Menace fading fast, the geek rumor mill has reason to go on: Peter Jackson's LOTR is now in production. Will Gollum be the media's next computer-generated punching bag? Oh, my precious, no!
This can be found on page 103 of the October issue of Details Magazine.
WETA is recruiting for LOTR like mad!
10/03/99, 7:25 am EST - Tehanu
WETA effects hardly needs me to do their advertising for them, but some of you might be interested to go and look at their website (
www.wetafx.co.nz) They are recruiting armourers,sculptors, designers, prosthetics technicians, all sorts of digital effects experts, even plain old software engineers, and dozens of other jobs too numerous to mention. So if that's your dream and you want to follow it, go have a look.
Maybe now I won't get people asking ME how they can get a job with WETA.
News for Oct. 02, 1999
Media Watch: Ethan & Uma on E!
10/02/99, 11:31 am EST - Xoanon
Ringer spy 'Telos' sent me this bit of news. While I can guarrantee that it's not acurate about Uma being cast, it's interesting to see the mainstream media turning towards Middle-earth.
This morning while watching E! (The Entertainment channel) a show confirmed that not only Ethan Hawke but his "co-star/girlfriend" Uma Thurman will BOTH be appearing in LotR at the end of the first movie (and in the subsequent sequels).
Telos
Media Watch: Liv on Leno
10/02/99, 1:11 am EST - Xoanon
Liv Tyler (Arwen) will be on 'The Tonight Show with Jay Leno' on Thursday, October 7th. No doubt she is promoting her latest film
Plunkett & MaCleane.
Liv plays Lady Rebecca, who is
'beautiful and rebellious' according to the tedious and totally out of place film website (sorry, 210 in the am!).
Be sure to check it out!
Tonight Show: 11:30pm ET NBC
Do you have any bit of news about LOTR or any of the cast members? Send it along!
Thanks to
Gandalf for the tip!
News for Oct. 01, 1999
The Starlit Jewel
10/01/99, 3:04 pm EST - Xoanon
Xoanon here,
Well, I learned this news a while ago, but didn't think there was a need to post it up. Then I started getting a million letters from you guys saying how disheartening it was to hear about the death of Marion Zimmer Bradley, So here we go.
On September 25, Marion Zimmer Bradley, author of 'THE MISTS OF AVALON' died of a heart attack. While I have never read her books, I'm told they are one of the greatest works of modern fantasy.
I recently discovered that she had plans to release an album of LOTR songs called 'The Starlit Jewel'. The company involved 'Flowinglass Music' recently sent me some info regarding the album.
Some of the artists involved are:
Margaret Davis, Kristoph Klover and Deirdre McCarthy.
Songs included will be:
Elvish Lullabye - Hobbit: ch. 19
Song of the Eldar in Exile- Bk. I: ch. 3
Hobbit Walking Song - Hobbit: ch. 19
Merry Old Inn - Bk. I: ch. 9
Children's Song From Dale - Hobbit: ch. 10
In Western Lands - Bk. VI: ch. 1
Galadriel's Lament - Bk. II: ch. 8
Troll Song - Bk. I: ch. 12
Lament for Boromir - Bk. III: ch. 1
Bath Song - Bk. I: ch. 5
In Durin's Day - Bk. II: ch. 4
Lay of Nimrodel - Bk. II: ch. 6
When Spring Unfolds - Bk. III: ch. 4
Visit the
Flowing Glass Web Site.
3 more days to enter!
10/01/99, 11:24 am EST - Calisuri
Hey folks, don't forget to enter the
Barliman's Trivia Contest! The contest ends Monday at 8pm ET!
See the rules in our
contest section, or take the trivia challenge now in
Green Books
News for Sep. 30, 1999
Another Soundtrack Myth
9/30/99, 3:28 pm EST - Tehanu
There's been some wishful thinking around the Web that NZ band The Muttonbirds were going to be involved in the LOTR soundtrack. (Now, remember PJ saying he was tending towards using an orchestral score for the film?
I contacted The Muttonbirds' manager and he said this:
'yes i am the manager of the mutton birds i can tell you that neither don or the mutton birds or preparing music for peter jacksons movie of lotr'
Their manager is a Tolkien fan, I gather, and hastens to add that they wouldn't turn it down if it was offered.
Connery: 'Just A Rumor'
9/30/99, 12:18 pm EST - Xoanon
Sean Connery in NZ? Not likely says his agent's office.
TheOneRing.net placed a call to Sean Connery's representatives asking that exact question:
'It's just a rumor, he is nowhere near NZ'
When asked if they are talking
'Not that I know of'
Can we finally put this rumor to rest?! I know it was us who first reported all these Sean Connery sightings again. But this seems to be a flat out 'no' to any of that :(
More on this Digi Stuff
9/30/99, 8:58 am EST - Xoanon
Told you I don't know much about computers and the like. Super Ringer spy that I cannot even name for sake of his life! (but remember thoe bits of the script and Character breakdowns? this is the dude). He sent me some info regarding what will be done with LOTR after it's in the can, take a gander:
Regarding the item about LOTR being shot digitally... The trilogy is being originated on film, shooting in what is called "Super 35", a non-anamorphic method of capturing a widescreen image, by utilizing the entire width of the 35mm film frame from sprocket hole to sprocket hole, while cropping vertically to produce a 1:2.35 image ratio. All of James Cameron's widescreen films have been shot in Super 35, for example.
I guess the confusion with the article came from the massive amount of footage that will be digitized and processed in the CG realm. However, production footage isn't being shot on electronic digital cameras; as George Lucas is planning to do with the next installment of the "Star Wars" prequel (and as he semi-successfully experimented with for a single sequence in "Phantom Menace", in the night time scene when Qui-Gon test Anakin's blood for midiclorian content).
Even though 80 computer artists working sounds like a handful to manage, this is entirely routine on all contemporary major effects and animated films at the various effects houses and studios where they are produced(Pixar, ILM, Dream Quest, Dreamworks, Disney Animation, Digital Domain, Pacific Data Images, etc.) and Weta should do very well.
Cool tech stuff, thanks!
Now What?
9/30/99, 8:53 am EST - Xoanon
This, I cannot believe, but Ringer spy
Paul C claims that he heard this on the local radio. I will place another call with Seans camp to clear this all up later today. For now, read this:
Further to the report from Keef and Kaz, I heard on local radio this morning (Radio Forth in Edinburgh) that Connery had signed to play the part of 'Witchking'(?), the leader of a vast, evil, undead army. Whether this makes him the ghost king Aragorn subborns prior to the final battles I don't know, but that was the report I heard this morning.
Confirmation or denial will be sorted out soon.
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