[Lotr_announce] TheOneRing.net Newsletter (10/29/2006)

Sun Oct 29 14:09:20 EST 2006

TORN #325

October 29th, 2006

Here is the weekly newsletter! Enjoy!

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Rings Roundup (Top headlines of major interest)
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'We've got to kill a hobbit. You pick one'
In an extract from his biography of Peter Jackson, Brian Sibley, tells of
the director's early struggles to make The Lord of the Rings. In 1994, the
director Peter Jackson and his writing partner Fran Walsh, fresh from the
success of Heavenly Creatures, were signed to an exclusive three-year “first
look” deal by the Miramax founders Bob and Harvey Weinstein. “First look”
deals allow a studio to pay overheads for writers and directors to come up
with ideas. The studio then gets the option to turn those ideas into films.
With the deal signed, Jackson and Walsh set to work on the screenplay for
their adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings series: by
1997, they had completed a draft script that abbreviated the trilogy into
two films.
http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/1/1161886697

Tolkien Again Makes 'dead celebrity' List
The Forbes.com website ranks 13 celebrities pushing up daisies on their
income and proves that death need not be an obstacle to making money, with
the group collectively earning 247 million dollars in the last year...J.R.R.
Tolkein, the creator of the Lord of the Rings epic, slid three places since
last year, but the success of the film trilogy, DVD sales and offshoot
merchandise have continued to make a killing for the English writer.
http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/1/1161886521

MGM Makes More Plans for The Hobbit
>From The Hollywood Reporter (via movieweb.com): Sands hopes to resuscitate
MGM with several big new films. Sands is in discussions with New Line Cinema
to get the rights to produce two prequel films to "The Lord of the Rings"
series, based on J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit, he said.
http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/1/1161886380

Win a chance to meet Peter Jackson
Wellington paper The Dominion Post is giving away ten double passes to the
launch of Brian Sibley's authorised biography, "Peter Jackson, a
Film-maker's Journey."
http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/1/1161375537

Studio backers quit Jackson's Halo project
Universal and Fox have pulled out of co-financing the film after
disagreements over Jackson and Walsh's profit shares, according to PJ's
agent Ken Kamins. Kamins says they are not unduly worried, as they are
confident other backers will be found.
http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/1/1161374924

Wood Confirmed for ORC 2007
Elijah Wood has been confirmed as a guest for ORC 2007, our annual LOTR
convention held in LA. I missed ORC 2006, therefore did NOT get the chance
to meet Miranda Otto (doh!!!). ORC 2005 was a blast with Sean Astin, Elijah
Wood, Dominic Monaghan, John Rhys-Davies and more! More news as we confirm
guests, ORC 2007 will take place Fri., Sat. & Sun. March 9-11, 2007 at the
The Burbank Airport Hilton Hotel.
http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/1/1161360836

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Coming Soon:
Tuesday October 31st: Peter Jackson's Birthday
Thursday November 2nd: HobbitCon 2006 in Brazil
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