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News
In this column I'll include any breaking news, such as information on upcoming plot developments, new additions to the cast,
or talk show appearances.
12/17/03 I've Seen ROTK...
and it was absolutely fantastic! I lved it! I was a bit disapointed that the
halls of the healing parts were not there, but I got over it. It was just too good to have anything against it! I mean...how
could it have ended any better?? I laughed, I cried, and loved this movie!
11/10/03 Ain't-It-Cool-News talked directly with director Peter Jackson about
the Hard Truths of Editing RETURN OF THE KING...
...Peter... knowing very well that this was volatile news... Not
in any other sense than there will be a certain level of fan disappointment at the loss of Christopher Lee's scenes in RETURN
OF THE KING, but he didn't want to see the record wrong on how all of this came to be. Here's what Peter wrote me....
We have decided to save the Saruman sequence for the DVD. It's a great little scene; 7 mins
long. Chris is wonderful, as usual. Brad is in about 6 shots. It was a film maker decision - nothing to do with the studio.
The problem is that the sequence was originally shot for The Two Towers, as it is in the book. Since The
Two Towers couldn't sustain a 7 min "wrap" after Helm's Deep, we thought it would be a good idea to save it for the beginning
of the Return of the King. The trouble is, when we viewed various ROTK cuts over the last few weeks, it feels like
the first scenes are wrapping last year's movie, instead of starting the new one. We felt it got ROTK off to an uncertain
beginning, since Saruman plays no role in the events of ROTK (we don't have the Scouring later, as the book does), yet we
dwell in Isengard for quite a long time before our new story kicks off.
We reluctantly made the decision to save this
sequence for the DVD. The choice was made on the basis that most people will assume that Saruman was vanquished by the Helm's
Deep events, and Ent attack. We can now crack straight into setting up the narrative tension of ROTK, which features Sauron
as the villian.
It was a very similar situation to last year when we decided to take a nice Boromir/Denethor flashback
out of The Two Towers, and put it in the DVD. It was causing us pacing problems in the theatrical version, but with
the Extended Cut just coming out now, fans can see this great little scene. Thank God for DVD, since it does mean that a version
of the movie, which has different pacing requirements, can be released later. The Saruman sequence will definately be a highlight
of the Extended ROTK DVD.
We have a lot of great DVD material this time around. As we crafted the movie, we reduced
it from an over 4 hour running time, down to 3.12 (without credits - about 8 mins long). This was done by us. There were no
studio cutting notes. We now have a movie with a pace that fells ok for it's theatrical release. One more week to go. We are
nearly there. Will we still be standing? It's going to be a close run thing.
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Basically..no Sarumon
in ROTK at all....
Click here to read the entire article. (Profanity warning!!)
8/08/03 The Two Towers Extended Cut To
Be 222 Minutes Long
In an interview in the official Lord of the Rings Fan Club Magazine, director Peter Jackson has revealed that the forthcoming
extended DVD of The Two Towers will be about 43 minutes longer than the theatrical cut. This will make the film a whopping
three hours and forty-five minutes long, about 20% longer than the theatrical cut and 15 minutes longer than the extended
version of Fellowship. Jackson also reveals that the Treebeard section of the story will receive much more screen time
in the extended version, and that it has actually been finished for several months now. Fans will have to wait until the November
DVD release to see the new cut.
-Ring FAQ
05/08/03 TTT DVD/VHS Release Date:
-TheOneRing.net
02/23/03 Shore Wins Grammy For FOTR!
Howard Shore has won 'Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture,
Television
or Other Visual Media' with his work on the FOTR score! YAY! Well deserved!
2/23/03 TTT US Boxoffice Total
$328,056,000USD
02/11/03 Six Oscar nominations for Two Towers including Best Picture
The Two Towers has been nominated for Best Picture but no nomination for Peter Jackson in the Best Director category.
TTT is up against Chicago, The Hours, Gangs of New York and The Pianist. TTT is also nominated for Art Direction, Film Editing,
Sound, Sound Editing and Visual Effects. Chicago leads Oscars with 13 nominations. Full list of nomination-War of the Ring website
01/15/03 TTT Box Office Info
The second installment of Jackson's trilogy continues to surpass its predecessor at the box office, grossing an estimated
$26 million in its third weekend of release for a U.S. total of $262 million. For comparison, Fellowship had only reached
$156 million after its third weekend of release, demonstrating the enormous fan base gained by converts from the first movie.
Towers tied for second place as the fastest film to reach $200 million in only 12 days, and is twice as long as the
#1 recordholder in that category. The film has also broken its predecessor's December records for opening day ($26 million)
and opening weekend ($62 million). The film has also been performing well internationally, breaking opening day records in
at least 8 countries. Most box office analysists are now predicting the film to reach a final U.S. gross in the range of $350-$400
million.
Box office data for Two Towers at TheNumbers.com
-Ring FAQ
12/7/02 Fight Scene
Elijah Wood says cinema goers will see a fight scene in The
Two Towers which is not in J R R Tolkien's book.
He says his character Frodo will fight with Sam Gamgee, played
by Sean Astin.
He says they filmed the new scene in New Zealand during the summer.
"For the sake of the film
we needed to raise the stakes slightly, just to show that there is a little more going on with Frodo...
Click here to read the entire article.
Thanks SheElf of Ringquest
7/7/02 More on the extended DVD
More included scenes:
Bilbo Baggins writing a journal entry entitled "Concerning Hobbits," which serves as a history of the Hobbits and
their bucolic lifestyle.
A new introduction of loyal Hobbit Sam Gamgee.
More footage from the Green Dragon Inn, with
Peregrin "Pippin" Took, and Meriadoc "Merry" Brandybuck happily singing Hobbit songs.
Sam & Frodo witnessing the stately
Exodus of the Elves on the road to Bree.
Additional footage from the Fellowship's climatic battle scene
Character material
delving into the complicated relationship between elves and dwarves.
Aragorn beside his mother's grave in Rivendell
7/1/02 Two Towers Trailer
Click on the link below for the trailer that can be seen in the MIB2 movie!
6/04/02 Fellowship nominated
for Fox Teen Choice Awards
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
has been nominated for three categories in the Teen Choice Awards:
Liv Tyler (Best Actress)
Elijah Wood (Best
Actor)
and Best Drama/Action Adventure.
Click here for more information and to cast your ballot.
6/01/02 Rings triumphs at MTV Movie Awards
British actors were honoured at the MTV Movie Awards in
Los Angeles, as the Lord of the Rings and Moulin Rouge scooped prizes.
The Lord of The Rings: The Fellowship of the
Rings was voted best movie, beating Black Hawk Down, Legally Blonde, The Fast and the Furious and Shrek.
Kent-born
Orlando Bloom picked up the male breakthrough performance award for his turn as the elf archer Legolas.
Read the entire article here.
4/28/02 'Lord of the Rings' racks up MTV honors
Hobbits and
elves rule this year's MTV Movie Awards, with "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" receiving a leading six
nominations. Elijah Wood was nominated for best male performance for his portrayal of the hobbit Frodo Baggins. Orlando Bloom,
who played the archer elf Legolas, was nominated for male breakthrough performance. "The Fellowship of the Ring" is up for
best movie, as well as best villain (Christopher Lee), best action sequence and best fight. The awards show will air on MTV
at 9 p.m. June 6.
- xenite.org
Want to help LOTR win? Click on the link below:
04/14/02
More info. on the DVD (4 disc version)
Some of the additional scenes include:
More time with the Hobbits including a musical number. Extra scene further underscores the Hobbits sense of isolation
and the growing realization that they can't ignore the outside world for much longer.
Frodo and Sam POV watching the elves going to the "Undying Land".
When the Hobbits are sleeping, Frodo is awakened by Aragorn's signing of an elvish tune that foreshadow's his relationship
with Arwen.
More at Rivendell with Aragorn.
More on the departure of the Fellowship from Rivendel.
More in the Mines before the cave troll fight.
Gifting scene ... as the Fellowship leaves, Galadriel gives them each a personalized gift that will end up being critical
to their future. Legolas gets a special bow, Sam gets some elvin rope that comes in handy when he faces a giant spider in
The Two Towers, and a touching moment between Gimli and Galadriel.
3/30/02 The Fellowship of the Ring has crossed the $300 million mark
at the U.S. box office, placing it among the 10 highest grossing movies of all time.
-from RingFAQ.com
FYI: The Fellowship of the Ring will be released on video and DVD on August 6, 2002. The DVD
will include the theatrical cut of the film, along with trailers, television specials, and other light special edition content.
Then on November 12th, a four-disc special edition will be released. This version will feature a 30-minute longer version
of the film with additional scenes, and extensive special edition content yet to be announced.
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