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News for Jan. 22, 2003
Vote For TTT As 'Film Of The Year'!
1/22/03, 5:08 pm EST - leo
The BAFTAS (the English equivalent of the Oscars) are rapidly approaching and one of their categories is 'The Orange Film of the Year'-award. The great thing about this award is that we, the fans, can vote for which film will win this award and (of course)
The Two Towers is nominated! There are only nine days left to vote so make sure
TTT actually picks up this award and head over to
Orange.co.uk to cast your vote and maybe even win a ticket to attend the BAFTAS!
(Several people have emailed me saying that voting is only possible for UK-residents, this is however not true since I tried to vote and it all worked for me and I am as Dutch as they come... -leo)
Understanding Tolkien and LOTR
1/22/03, 2:34 pm EST - Tehanu
Michael Drout - editor of the recently-discovered Tolkien translation of Beowulf - is giving a talk tonight to speak tonight "Understanding Tolkien and The Lord of the Rings" at the Boston Centre for Adult Education. [
More] Thanks to Hadley.
UK News: Animex
1/22/03, 2:20 pm EST - Tehanu
At University of Teesside in the UK, Middlesbrough, Jason Schleifer of WETA Digital will be giving a talk about creating the films, especially how they created Gollum. It is on 31st January and tickets are available website
here Thanks to Samena for the link.
United Cutlery to expand range?
1/22/03, 1:59 pm EST - Tehanu
The people who make the full-size LOTR sword replicas are looking to expand their range to include staffs, helmets, crowns, bows etc. The site is
here - click on 'Breaking News.' Thanks to Ranger of Dunland for the link.
Emerald Rose Selected to perform at Post - Oscar "Lord of the Rings" Party
1/22/03, 1:00 pm EST - Xoanon
North Georgia band featured by Tolkien fans at Hollywood Gala Event. Celtic folk-rockers Emerald Rose will be featured performers at the upcoming post-Oscar event to be held in honor of "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" director, cast and crew. Tolkien fans from the internet web site www.TheOneRing.net will be hosting
"Two Towers: One Party", in honor of the success of the latest movie in the popular series. [
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Two Towers breaks Italian opening record
1/22/03, 12:57 pm EST - Xoanon
New Line International's The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers scored the biggest bow of all time in Italy over the weekend as it opened on a staggering $9.4m. The second instalment of
Peter Jackson's J R R Tolkien adaptation averaged $11,773 from 800 screens after opening on Jan 17, a Friday. The amount is roughly 19% higher than the opening weekend for The Fellowship Of The Ring. [
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Lord Of The Bookshelves
1/22/03, 12:55 pm EST - Xoanon
"This tale grew in the telling." When John Ronald Reuel Tolkien began his foreword to The Lord of the Rings with that phrase, he meant, naturally, the thousand pages of his masterwork. And even at that length LOTR could barely contain the author's intricately detailed Middle Earth -- replete with the complicated histories of hobbits, elves, orcs, dwarfs, ents and men. [
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Foxtrot Goes Geek
1/22/03, 12:51 pm EST - Xoanon
Or should I say 'geek
ier'?, take a look at D&D...LOTR; style. [
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Adults, teens talk Tolkien
1/22/03, 12:49 pm EST - Xoanon
Fantasy fans taste elfin cuisine at Bartonville lecture. Linda Lowery says she knows J.R.R. Tolkien. Not just the author’s life, but his "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy of books, the movies adapted from them and the characters described in each. [
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Jackson, Taylor & Selkirk Buy Cinema
1/22/03, 12:45 pm EST - Xoanon
The NZ Dominion Post has an article detailing the purchase of a cinema complex in Miramar, NZ.
Peter Jackson, Richard Taylor and Jamie Selkirk bought the place recently, click for more details. [
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New TTT (or ROTK) Picture Online
1/22/03, 12:39 pm EST - Xoanon
Bonnie sends in this picture from the February issue of Roadshow Magazine from Japan, it shows
Orlando Bloom (
Legolas),
Bruce Hopkins (
Gamling),
Bernard Hill (
Theoden),
Karl Urban (
Eomer) and
Viggo Mortensen (
Aragorn) on horseback. Take a look! [
More]
Ngila Nabs A Costumers Guild Nomination!
1/22/03, 12:31 pm EST - Xoanon
Pippin's Scarf writes: Ngila Dickson has been nominated for her costume work for TTT. [
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TTT Premiere: India
1/22/03, 12:28 pm EST - Xoanon
Kunal Joshi writes: Despite the recent flurry of movies such as Spiderman, Harry Potter 2 which have made it to India within a month of their US release, it appears that TTT will arrive only sometime in Mid-March. I got this information from the Warner Bros. India office.
News for Jan. 21, 2003
PJ Gets DGA Nomination!
1/21/03, 4:07 pm EST - Xoanon
From
IMDB: Oscar hopes continued to shine bright for Golden Globe winners Chicago and The Hours as the directors for both those films – Rob Marshall and Stephen Daldry, respectively – were nominated today for this year's Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in a Feature Film; it was the first DGA nomination for both directors. Previous DGA nominees
Peter Jackson (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers), Roman Polanski (The Pianist) and Martin Scorsese (Gangs of New York) – none of whom have ever won.
Craft Corner: Frodo Doll.
1/21/03, 4:03 pm EST - Tehanu
"Kementari" shows how easy it is to make a cloth Hobbit doll. Crafty people could build on this simple idea to make some adorable presents to corrupt, uh, I mean, to give to young relations. [
More] Thanks to Mel for the link
Resisting the lure of the Playstation2
1/21/03, 4:02 pm EST - Xoanon
Nick Georgandis writes: As anyone who's ever met me will tell you, the similarities between The Lord of the Rings'
Aragorn (played by actor
Viggo Mortensen) and myself are fairly obvious. With my rugged, brooding good looks, equal talent on horseback or with sword in hand, and my penchant for having Elvish princess
Liv Tyler constantly swooning in my wake, it's easy to see how the two of us can be confused. [
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The Must-See LOTR Cast Projects Of 2003: Part Two
1/21/03, 2:06 pm EST - Strider
Yesterday I listed the
first half of my ten personal highlights of the upcoming movie year that involve cast members of
The Lord of the Rings. If you found the list even vaguely interesting, read on for what will hopefully be five more of the most successful films of 2003. [
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VARIETY: 'Towers' powers past $400 million
1/21/03, 12:49 pm EST - Xoanon
"The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" passed $400 million internationally and registered Italy's biggest opening weekend ever while rapper Eminem found his voice with stellar debuts for "8 Mile" in the U.K., Oz, Mexico and smaller territories. The Italian preem for "Two Towers" returned $9.1 million in four days in an otherwise soft market where the Warners co-produced local comedy "Ma che colpe abbiamo noi" is the only other fresh title. [
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Gollum At The Golden Globes
1/21/03, 12:43 pm EST - Xoanon
Cat sends in this very funny photoshopped picture of Lara Flynn Boyle at the Golden Globes. Somehow
Gollum looks better in this dress don't you think? [
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The Long And Short Of It Online
1/21/03, 12:29 pm EST - Xoanon
PippinsSunshine writes: Here is a link to
Sean Astin's short film that all the cast/crew was involved in during shooting of LOTR. It's almost 6 minutes long, but very well worth it! Be sure you watch through all the credits. You can download it full screen or you can view it high/low speed with Windows Media 8 or 9. [
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(Here's hoping it doesn't get 'TORned', it's a great little piece Sean! -Xo)
TV Watch: Canada AM Talks To Andy Serkis
1/21/03, 12:16 pm EST - Xoanon
Seredic Tussock writes: "Canada AM" will be talking to
Andy Serkis on Wednesday January 22nd:
A computer-generated movie character is creating a Hollywood controversy. The character called Gollum steals the show in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers; so much so that some people are pushing for the actor behind the computer image the get an Oscar nomination. We talk to Andy Serkis.
Viggo's 'Hidalgo' News
1/21/03, 12:13 pm EST - Xoanon
Filmjerk.com has some interesting news regarding
Viggo Mortensen's latest film 'Hidalgo'. Take a look at all the latest. [
More]
Dourif At 'Collectors & Celeb' Show Report
1/21/03, 12:03 pm EST - Xoanon
Deb writes:
Brad Dourif (Wormtounge) was at the Hollywood Collectors & Celebrities Show this past weekend (Jan 18-19) at Beverly Garland's Holiday Inn in Studio City, CA. signing autographs. [
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Anyone with pictures of Brad at the event?
Send them along!
Off with the pixies
1/21/03, 11:50 am EST - Xoanon
Overseas tourists are trying to book trips to Middle Earth without realising the destination is fictional, a holiday website has found. Places featured in the Lord of the Rings book trilogy and two films directed by New Zealand's
Peter Jackson, such as Mordor and Rivendell, have become popular holiday search terms on internet search site Yahoo Travel, staff at the site say. [
More]
A Fan's -Eye View of NZ
1/21/03, 6:46 am EST - Tehanu
Ringer Spy Lee went to New Zealand recently on what was meant to be a non-LOTR-centred tour...but hey, LOTR stuff was just everywhere, and too good to pass up. Read more on the stunt horses, the Ringmaker, flying ....[
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Any Harry Potter Fans Out There?
1/21/03, 6:10 am EST - Tehanu
Kind of off-topic, but we know plenty of HP fans read this page, and you'll want to know that the publication date for the next HP book is announced on the publisher's page at
BloomsburyMagazine Thanks to Pantalaimon for the heads-up.
More Name Generators
1/21/03, 6:00 am EST - Tehanu
Mentioning the Hobbit Name Generator brought up the Barrow-Downs site, that can give you your name in Elvish, Orcish and Dwarvish as well, according to Melissa. [
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Cast Watch: Sean Astin on E! and KansasCityStar
1/21/03, 5:43 am EST - Tehanu
Seems that everyone who ever worked with Sean Astin can't find enough good things to say about him. "We tried to put as much of Sean into Sam as we could. Because really, Sean is Sam." Cynthia sends this nice article on him from the KCS / Orlando Sentinel. [
More] Also E!Online Multimedia has a videoclip interview with Sean
here - thanks to Nash for the link.
TTT tops US$300mil
1/21/03, 5:37 am EST - Tehanu
The list at boxofficemojo.com estimates that TTT topped US$300M at the domestic box office on Monday. [
More] TTT has gotten in 6 weeks to the point that took FOTR 15 weeks to reach. Next milestone... passing FOTR's total box office take at $313M. Thanks to Ian for that.
News for Jan. 20, 2003
The Tragic Flipside
1/20/03, 8:42 pm EST - Xoanon
Cass Avery writes: When you tell people that Lonely Planet has just rated New Zealand the top travel destination for this year you can see the time lapse as their synapses struggle to cross the credibility gap. I mean I know it's a great wee place and all but, really, ya must be jokin'. [
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Acting Through Pixels
1/20/03, 8:39 pm EST - Xoanon
We're all familiar with the awards acceptance speech cliché "I want to thank all the little people that made this possible." But with
Gollum, Dobby and Yoda all turning in groundbreaking performances in 2002, who's to thank when the little people are up for the awards? [
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UK Sunday Mail Eowyn & Theoden Images
1/20/03, 6:55 pm EST - Xoanon
We posted these images a while ago, however we have now managed to get our little hands on a great Hi-Rez scan of the
Eowyn and
Theoden images from the UK Sunday Mail. I zoomed in on each of them to give you a better look at the details of their costumes! [
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SHOP: Stone Trolls on Pre-Order
1/20/03, 4:53 pm EST - Calisuri
Partial to a little Hobbit history? Sideshow/Weta Collectibles has just placed their Stone Troll Environment on pre-order. It is limited to 750 pieces worldwide and each is individually hand numbered. Check it out! [
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SuperBowl goes LOTR
1/20/03, 3:34 pm EST - Calisuri
Thanks to the various Tampa Bay Buccaneer (American) football fans who sent us the following link. Tampa Bay will be fighting to become 'The Lord
s of the Ring' this sunday at Superbowl XXXVII. Check out this highly creative flash animation at the official Tampa Bay website. [
More] (PS - While I wasn't cheering for any particular team, this my lure me to the Bucs side - Calisuri)
The Must-See LOTR Cast Projects Of 2003: Part One
1/20/03, 2:38 pm EST - Strider
With the incredible success of
The Fellowship of the Ring and
The Two Towers, many members of
The Lord of the Rings cast have sensibly used their appearances in Peter Jackson's epic as a springboard for their movie careers. This year will see the actors and actresses we know and love so well as characters of Middle-earth appear in places such as Australia and Mexico as many of the LotR cast dabble in various genres, from action to drama to comedy. [
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New Zealand's Middle Earth takes the cake
1/20/03, 12:56 pm EST - Xoanon
SYDNEY, Australia (CNN) -- One of the world's largest travel publications has picked clean, green but quiet New Zealand as its top hotspot for 2003. New Zealand came out trumps after a survey of 450 Lonely Planet staffers, who were buoyed by the country's "breathtaking appearance" in the Lord of the Rings films, the group's global travel editor, Don George, said. [
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Racist 'Rings'? Lord, no, says exec
1/20/03, 12:48 pm EST - Xoanon
'The Lord of the Rings" executive producer Mark Ordesky is lashing back at a claim that "The Two Towers" may be racially insensitive. [
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Box Office Reports: Italy
1/20/03, 12:46 pm EST - Xoanon
Rudy sends in word from Italy that TTT has broken the Italian box office records held since 1994, it raked in 7.233.506 euro.
Boyfriends Of The Week: Billy & Dom
1/20/03, 12:36 pm EST - Xoanon
Jennifer writes: A long running site, "Meg's Boyfriend of the Week" has
Merry and
Pippin up as this week's feature. [
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More Info On UK's 'Hobbit' Stageplay
1/20/03, 12:32 pm EST - Xoanon
Claire writes: Interesting to read Catherine's review of "The Hobbit" stage play in Liverpool (
here). British fans haven't missed it altogether as it's on tour. Details of the tour are available here. [
More]
Cate Blanchett At The Golden Globes
1/20/03, 12:13 pm EST - Xoanon
Yes...we didn't win, however that doesn't mean we don't have to report about it!
Sean Astin (
Sam) wasn't the only LOTR allum at the awards show last night.
Cate Blanchett (
Galadriel) arrived with U2's Bono and was a presenter for Best Foreign Language film. Take a look at all the pics! [
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Return Of The King....'nuff Said
1/20/03, 10:30 am EST - Xoanon
Many people have been sending us this image from the
calendar live website. Take a look!
!!Spoilers!! [
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Japan News: Fan Power Triumphs
1/20/03, 5:55 am EST - Tehanu
Now they're REALLY listening to the fans over there, and getting their input into the translations. And in further news, Viggo is going to Japan on Jan 22 for a booksigning. [
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Cheer Up.
1/20/03, 5:44 am EST - Tehanu
So TTT didn't win. That's kind of depressing. Go have some fun on PVP's
cartoon for Sunday 19th, or check out what your hobbit name is on the
Hobbit Name Generator Thanks to Carl and Brian for those. And Neutron reports that the ROTK
Clockdown has been announced. It will go up January 22nd. So we can all start moving forward.....
News for Jan. 19, 2003
TTT Misses Out To 'The Hours'
1/19/03, 10:53 pm EST - Xoanon
The Hours has just won best dramatic film at the Golden Globes, beating TTT and a long list of other fine films.
How will the effect the Oscar race? No one knows...but it will be interesting to find out!
Jackson Misses Out At Golden Globes
1/19/03, 10:08 pm EST - Xoanon
Peter Jackson has just missed out the best director award at the Golden Globes. Martin Scorsesse won for Gangs of New York.
Sean Astin At The Golden Globes
1/19/03, 7:58 pm EST - Xoanon
Our very own
Sean Astin (
Sam) is attending the Golden Globes, check out these two images from the red carpet. [
More]
The show begins at 8PM EST, check your local listings, and be sure to look at this space when the winners for best director and best dramatic film are announced!
If you want to chat about the awards while they are on, log on to Barliman's chat and type /join #awardsparty and have a ball!
Media Watch: American Cinematographer
1/19/03, 7:37 pm EST - Xoanon
Andrew Lesnie, ACS and director
Peter Jackson take on The Two Towers, the second installment of New Line's epic Lord of the Rings trilogy. [
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'Hobbit' Stage Play Report
1/19/03, 7:32 pm EST - Xoanon
Catherine writes: Despite the press that everything else "Tolkien-esque" is receiving, it almost passed unnoticed that "The Hobbit" was being performed at my local theatre, The Empire in Liverpool. [
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Cast Watch: Viggo at Book Soup Signing.
1/19/03, 3:51 pm EST - Tehanu
Entertainment Weekly has a great pic of Viggo Mortensen at the recent booksigning held at Book Soup. Those who watched him on the Charlie Rose show a while back will probably realise how much the photo caption would annoy him. [
More] Thanks to Kim for the link.
David Salo, Translator to the Elves
1/19/03, 3:41 pm EST - Tehanu
Wisconsin State Journal has an article on David Salo, who provided the film trilogy with many of the translations for things that are written, spoken or sung in Tolkien's invented languages. [
More] Thanks to XC Badger for the link.
Gollum Wins At Critic's Choice Awards
1/19/03, 2:02 am EST - Demosthenes
Ringer Spy Kerbear reports that the Critics Choice Awards were on tonight and that Gollum snared an award for
Best Digital Acting Performance in The Two Towers. Our congratulations go out to Andy Serkis and the WETA team for their fine work. [
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Bilbo's Partychart!
1/19/03, 1:40 am EST - Demosthenes
Ringer Fan Aura Boy was was sitting in a coffee house reading the Fellowship of the Ring and across Bilbo's famous quote; "I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; And I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve." Wanting to clear up the confusion, threw together this fun little chart to help this famous line. (
*giggles* - Dem.) [
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The Golden Globes Are Coming
1/19/03, 1:19 am EST - Demosthenes
The Golden Globes are coming this way. At roughly this time tomorrow, Two Towers will be fighting it out for Besrt Director and Best Dramatic Film. Here's TVGuide's predictions. People in the USA can also check broadcast times in their your local area. [
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News for Jan. 18, 2003
RoTK Calendar Pics to Knock your Socks Off!
1/18/03, 11:42 pm EST - Demosthenes
Ringer Super Spy Lisa sent us the most amazing hi-res scans of the RoTK calendar that has been doing the rounds lately. And if you really want to check out the incredible detail in this calendar, these images are an absolute must! [
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Spoilers!!
Shore's Tower Score Remains Eligible
1/18/03, 10:48 pm EST - Demosthenes
The music branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has moved to deflect a brewing controversy by postponing a ruling that would have disqualified Shore's Tower's score from nomination. Thanks to Ringer Spy Arwenelf for the link. [
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Two Towers - One Party Hotels
1/18/03, 3:50 pm EST - Calisuri
We've just updated our Oscar Party section with a list of local hotels near the 'Two Towers - One Party.' In some cases, we have arranged for some discounted rates! You can check the complete listing for yourself in our
Hotel Area. For those of you holding out on tickets, we have approximately 50 left!
If you think they're sexy ...
1/18/03, 2:49 pm EST - Xoanon
The men of The Rings are larger than life. But how well would they fare in the real world? They are visions of nobility: selfless, pure of heart and devoted to good. Well, mostly. They are arrestingly beautiful. And oh, their hair. Shoulder-length, carelessly wavy, sometimes slick with sweat, sometimes shimmering in the breeze. [
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Precious Moments
1/18/03, 2:39 pm EST - Xoanon
"Normally, if we need a character to emote and give a performance with dialogue we try to cast a human being," said
Peter Jackson, director of The Two Towers, "but
Gollum's the one exception where we are creating what we hope is a very extraordinary CG creature." It was far from certain, going into the mammoth five-year undertaking that is The Lord of the Rings trilogy, that technology would yield a totally believable computer-generated (CG) character. [
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Sabertooth Games Announces New The Lord of The Rings Tradeable Miniatures Game
1/18/03, 2:34 pm EST - Xoanon
January 17th, 2003 (TUKWILA, WA and Nottingham U.K.)
-Sabertooth Games Inc. (a subsidiary of Games Workshop Group PLC) is proud to announce the Christmas 2003 release of The Lord of the Rings ® Tradeable Miniatures Game! The game will feature expertly pre-painted three-dimensional versions of characters from New Line Cinema's The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy-such as
Gandalf,
Frodo,
Aragorn, and
Legolas. The fast, intuitive Combat-Hex rules system used by The Lord of the Rings Tradeable Miniatures Game allows players to recreate the action and adventure of the films-experiencing the exciting battles of Moria, Helm's Deep, The Pelennor Fields, and much more-in just a half hour or less. [
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Stardom finally 'Rings' for actor
1/18/03, 2:26 pm EST - Xoanon
The past 18 months have seen actor
Viggo Mortensen make a name for himself by hanging with hobbits. But before he picked up sword and saddle to play the dark hero
Aragorn in the blockbuster Lord of the Rings trilogy, he spent 15 years quietly gaining a reputation as "the guy who should be a star." [
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Middle-earth Fabric: Cloaks and Scarves at Te Papa
1/18/03, 2:20 pm EST - Xoanon
Frodo's Girl writes: The folks who made the fabric for the elvish cloaks in LOTR are selling some products, and [New Zealand's national museum] Te Papa has them. Stansborough Gotland Fibre has a scarf (50cmx180cm), a throw (135cmx180cm) and a lined cloak. (now with pictures! -Xo) [
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Shop]
Castwatch: Bloom To Attend Ned Kelly Premiere
1/18/03, 12:28 pm EST - Demosthenes
Orlando Bloom watchers can mark their calenders. Australian newsite news.com.au is reporting that Orlando will be attending the premiere of Ned Kelly (in which he plays bushranger Joe Byrne) in Melbourne, Australia on March 22. [
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Serkis The Best Performance?
1/18/03, 12:15 pm EST - Demosthenes
Not only is Andy Serkis wholly tangible within the digital character, his performance (as Smeagol/Gollum) is the best in The Lord of the Rings The Two Towers. Thanks to TomGreen for the link. [
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SHOP: Gollum Snow Globe
1/18/03, 11:18 am EST - Demosthenes
Very shiny ... and new! This gorgeous globe recreates one of the most powerful scenes in The Two Towers, where Gollum hovers above Frodo and Sam and tries to grab the One Ring. Thanks to Frodo's Girl13 for the link. [
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Ben's LOTR Tour Diary:PT 2
1/18/03, 3:21 am EST - Tehanu
The
Red Carpet tour party continue their LOTR adventures in the South Island. [
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News for Jan. 17, 2003
EXCLUSIVE: The Stone Trolls Environment
1/17/03, 8:49 pm EST - Strider
TOR.n can exclusively bring you the latest addition to the Sideshow/Weta Environment range: The Stone Trolls. Immaculately replicating the three trolls who made a fleeting but notable appearance in The Fellowship of the Ring, this hand-numbered collectible limited to 750 pieces goes on order Monday morning at the price of $300. [Buy]
Hall Of Fire Chats For January 18th & 19th
1/17/03, 8:30 pm EST - Strider
Of all the relationships that exist in the latter parts of
The Lord of the Rings, the triangle between Frodo, The One Ring and Gollum is one of the most intriguing and arguably the most important to the story itself. This weekend, the Hall of Fire crew invite you to join us as we put this relationship under the microscope and examine what really was the key factor by which
Frodo controlled Gollum. [
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Ahoy There! Bloom Spotted!
1/17/03, 7:17 pm EST - Xoanon
Coming Soon! brings us our first ever look at
Orlando Bloom (
Legolas) in his latest film 'Pirates of the Caribbean' [
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Viggo & Jude Booksigning Event Report II
1/17/03, 7:12 pm EST - Xoanon
Arwen writes: The first LOTR booksigning of the new year (at least to my knowledge) was held on January 16 at 3pm at Booksoup (“Booksellers of the Great and Infamous”) on Sunset Blvd, and featured Visual Companion author Jude Fisher, and our very own
Aragorn son of Arathorn:
Viggo Mortensen (also known in some circles as “the barefoot prince”). [
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SHOP: Asylum Makes Mini LOTR Toys
1/17/03, 7:04 pm EST - Xoanon
Lawrence writes: The toy company Art Asylum will be doing a line of LOTR figures in a "mini" style, like the imported Japanese "Kubrick" figures. (a recent interview with
Elijah Wood had him mention his love of the "Amelie" Kubrick). AA also did Crouching Tiger figures, including Mini figures. [
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Shop]
Hobbits Hold Off Scorcese
1/17/03, 6:34 pm EST - Demosthenes
Martin Scorsese's epic movie
Gangs Of New York has been unable to knock Lord of the Rings fantasy
The Two Towers from the top of the UK and Ireland film charts. [
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TTT Nominated For Viewer's Choice BAFTA
1/17/03, 4:21 pm EST - Strider
The Two Towers has been nominated for the Orange Film of the Year
BAFTA award. The award, which is based on votes from the British public and awarded the night of the BAFTAs, has ten strong nominees including Harry Potter, Star Wars and Spider-Man.
The Fellowship of the Ring won the award along with the Best Movie BAFTA last year. [
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TTT: EE & ROTK Release Dates Galore!
1/17/03, 2:38 pm EST - Xoanon
Ringer Spy
Jimi sends in the release dates for the Two Towers DVDs, and Return of the King theatrical, DVD and special edition DVDs as well! [
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Christopher Lee and the Tolkien Ensemble
1/17/03, 2:37 pm EST - Tehanu
Thorbjorn wrote in to correct our earlier news: The new Tolkien Ensemble CD "Dawn in Rivendell" has already been released, and Christopher Lee helped launch it at a concert in Copenhagen. [
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Entertainment Weekly Talks Oscar
1/17/03, 2:19 pm EST - Xoanon
Entertainment Weekly has posted their Oscar predictions, TTT is listed as the front runner for a few categories including Best Picture and Best Director. [
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Elijah Not On Conan After All
1/17/03, 12:34 pm EST - Xoanon
Earlier this week we reported that
Elijah Wood (
Frodo) would be a guest on the Conan O'Brien show tonight (Jan 17th). Either he had to drop his commitment or we were in error, either case Elijah will NOT be appearing on Conan tonight. Everyone can get some sleep!
Bjork Talks TTT's 'Gollum Song'
1/17/03, 12:31 pm EST - Xoanon
Lady Druadan sends in this news about Bjork being asked to sing '
Gollum's Song' but having to turn it down due to her pregnancy, take a look! [
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Strider meets Croc: that's not a sword
1/17/03, 12:15 pm EST - Xoanon
It could go down as this column's stupidest prediction, but we feel it in our bones: The Two Towers is about to steal Crocodile Dundee's title as the second biggest money-making movie ever shown in Australia. [
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SHOP: Haldir Action Figure News
1/17/03, 12:07 pm EST - Xoanon
Mosby writes: Action-figure.com is reporting that a
Haldir action figure is coming out in the early spring. The bad news is that he will only be available in a Helm's Deep battle set with four previously released figures -
Aragorn,
Legolas,
Gimli and
Theoden. [
More] [
Shop]
Report from Viggo and Jude signing in Hollywood
1/17/03, 12:04 pm EST - Xoanon
Garfeimao sends in her report from the Book Soup signing with
Viggo Mortensen (
Aragorn) and Jude Fisher! [
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VARIETY: Big pix click with PGA
1/17/03, 11:55 am EST - Xoanon
Taking an unpredictable turn in the season's wide-open race for feature honors, the Producers Guild of America has opted mostly for large-scale and high-grossing releases as nominees for its best picture award. [
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LOTR News: Japan
1/17/03, 3:54 am EST - Tehanu
Bruce writes in to tell us about the build-up to TTT in Japan, which seems more widespread than last year. [
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Hobbit Cloaks and Scarves
1/17/03, 3:17 am EST - Tehanu
The Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa, is selling a line of cloaks and scarves made by the people who provided the beautiful fabric for the hobbits' elvish cloaks in the film. According to Ringer Frodo's Girl, they're "Gorgeous pieces." [
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Ben's LOTR Tour Diary
1/17/03, 2:57 am EST - Tehanu
Part one of a highly entertaining account of one world traveller's sojourn in New Zealand, doing the Red Carpet LOTR Locations tour over Christmas. [
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IMDB Daily Poll
1/17/03, 2:29 am EST - Demosthenes
At the moment at least, the IMDB Daily Poll is asking: "Which is the better movie ... The Fellowship of the Rings, Two Towers or something else?" But hurry, because it probably closes soon! Thanks to Emily for the heads up. (Requires registration, but it is free) [
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News for Jan. 16, 2003
Lord of Racism Article - One Easterling's Experience
1/16/03, 7:20 pm EST - Xoanon
TK writes: I've just finished reading the
"Lord of Racism" article on the TheOneRing.net site. Interesting stuff. I was lucky enough to work as an extra (attached to Unit 2A) for Three Foot Six. I started off an as Uruk Hai, but most of the work I did was as an Easterling. Were most of the Easterling extras "non-Europeans?" Yes - almost without exception, except for guys who had to "loiter" in the back of shot was taking place. Were we ever told that we, as Easterlings, were the "evil" bad guys? No. [
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Christopher Lee & The Tolkien Ensemble?
1/16/03, 7:03 pm EST - Xoanon
Rosebud writes: I read in a recent issue of Star Wars Insider that
Christopher Lee (
Saruman)performed with the Tolkien Ensemble and that the Tolkien Ensemble will be releasing a new album, "At Dawn in Rivendell".
1st 'Ring' rules at DVD Premiere Awards
1/16/03, 6:58 pm EST - Xoanon
"The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" had a epic night at the DVD Premiere Awards, taking home five trophies Tuesday, including the award for overall new extra features. [
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'Rings' Composer: A Quest for the Right Sound
1/16/03, 6:53 pm EST - Xoanon
LONDON -- On a recent autumn day at London's Abbey Road studios, director
Peter Jackson was conferring with Howard Shore, his composer on "The Lord of the Rings." [
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Hobbit Stageplay In Liverpool
1/16/03, 6:46 pm EST - Xoanon
The Hobbit lifts off on the Empire stage with a magical mist enveloping both an impressive cast and set, taking us on a captivating journey. [
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Time Magazine Goes Back In Time
1/16/03, 5:27 pm EST - Xoanon
Lee writes: TIME Magazine has been writing about the Lord of the Rings for almost 50 years. To read actual articles and reviews that have appeared in TIME since the book was published in 1954, click on any cover below. [
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TTT Nabs Producer Guild Nomination!
1/16/03, 5:25 pm EST - Xoanon
Sasha from
oscarwatch.com writes: This morning, the Producers Guild threw their hat into the mix, nominating six in a tie vote, rather than five. [
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ADAPTATION - COLUMBIA/ SONY PICTURES ENT.
CHICAGO - MIRAMAX
GANGS OF NEW YORK - MIRAMAX
MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING - IFC FILMS
ROAD TO PERDITION - DREAMWORKS/ SKG
LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS - NEW LINE CINEMA
TTT Premiere: Macedonia
1/16/03, 5:14 pm EST - Xoanon
Skopje sends in word that the TTT premiere will be held on Friday, January 17 in Macedonia. Not too long to wait now!
Tolkien saga helps Bloom's career blossom
1/16/03, 5:05 pm EST - Xoanon
This time last year, actor
Orlando Bloom was just happy to be part of an A-list cast in one of the most successful films of all time. One year later, the blue-eyed star now is firmly in the A-list. Thanks to his role as
Legolas in "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy, Bloom has emerged as one of the biggest stars of the epic movie, and the bashful actor, who turned 26 Monday, still can't believe his luck. [
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Box Office Reports: Turkey
1/16/03, 5:02 pm EST - Xoanon
Yusuf writes: On its 4th week, TTT has been watched by 73.921 more Turkish viewers making the sum of 1.070.774 people. Just to remind, the first film (FOTR) made a gross of 1.735.469 people in total.
Media Watch: 'German Cinema' Magazine
1/16/03, 4:59 pm EST - Xoanon
Padfoot sends in this translation from an article in 'German Cinema' magazine.
“The big doors closed. BANG! Inside, iron bars were locking it. SNAP! The door was closed. Sam threw himself against the metal doors and fell to the floor unconscious. ROTK Story Spoilers! [
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An Interview With Brad Dourif
1/16/03, 12:40 pm EST - Xoanon
An Interview with
Brad Dourif, the duplicitous
Grima Wormtongue in The Lord of The Rings II, The Two Towers. At the end of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, the fellowship was divided into three groups after
Boromir's death and Gandolf's
(that's Gandalf -Xo) plunge into the pit of Khazad-dum. [
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More 'Matrix,' more 'Rings': Movies 2003
1/16/03, 12:38 pm EST - Xoanon
LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Sequels succeeded so well in 2002 that film studios have decided to do an encore. 2003 will see about two dozen followup movies, along with a few prequels -- some craved by audiences for a decade or more, others hitting theaters less than a year after their predecessors. [
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Film critics often frown as movie fans delight
1/16/03, 12:36 pm EST - Xoanon
Why do the preferences of America's movie critics differ so radically from the tastes of the general public? This question comes up around this time every year as the leading organizations of working film reviewers announce their arcane choices for top movie awards. [
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Future Film Festival Report
1/16/03, 12:34 pm EST - Xoanon
Robert writes: The LOTR Digital models supervisor was in Bologna yesterday at The Future Film Festival and our reader Rita sent me a fantastic report of the evening He partecipated at a conference, where he explained the work Weta Workshop has done. He spoke mostly about the work done with digital creatures as
Gollum and the Ents. But he spoke also about the differences between what they have done in the first movie and what they have realised in TTT. There was also time to describe how they "improved" the human actors. For example, in one scene they needed to "erase"
Viggo Mortensen's real legs and to create a digital pair of legs to be more realistic! [
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Wizards Slug It Out for Top UK Film Award
1/16/03, 12:30 pm EST - Xoanon
LONDON (Reuters) - Boy wizard Harry Potter and his middle earth counterpart
Gandalf both weaved money-spinning magic over cinema audiences last year -- but whose sorcery left the biggest mark? [
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Meed Viggo Mortensen & Jude Fisher Today!
1/16/03, 12:27 pm EST - Xoanon
Viggo Mortensen and author Jude Fisher will sign copies of THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS VISUAL COMPANION at Book Soup, 8818 Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood, CA TODAY at 3:00 p.m. Presented by Houghton Mifflin, publishers of J.R.R. Tolkien since 1938
LOTR Gets Commited
1/16/03, 12:24 pm EST - Xoanon
Check out this comic from Michael Fry and the folks at Commited. Take a look at the Orc dental plan! [
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Fantasy wars
1/16/03, 12:19 pm EST - Xoanon
Quick. Name this movie: An innocent lad must save the world, while a wizened mentor gives counsel. A princess is caught in a love triangle, a world-weary warrior rises to the occasion, and a good guy is drawn to the dark side. Meanwhile, curious beings both scary and cute scoot about soaring cinemascapes that tease the eye and turbo-charge the imagination. [
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More Info On Liv Tyler's Song
1/16/03, 12:15 pm EST - Xoanon
Aradan writes: I picked up a copy of the complementary magazine published by the 'Cineworld' cinema chain here in the UK because it contained an interview with
Liv Tyler about 'The Two Towers'. Amongst all the usual stuff about costumes and elf ears there was one answer that caught my eye. [
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Gollum is worthy of an award
1/16/03, 12:09 pm EST - Xoanon
He has been causing a stir since the movie came out last month, the long-awaited second instalment of the Lord of the Rings. While
Gandalf, Stryder
(that's Strider -Xo) and
Legolas hold their own in
Peter Jackson's epic, a thoroughly respectful and dynamic cinematic reading of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Two Towers, it's
Gollum who has captured our imaginations. [
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