If you think you have a wicked sense of humour and could add some funny stuff relating to…
Continue ReadingIf you think you have a wicked sense of humour and could add some funny stuff relating to the movies, cast, crew, locations, etc, that would also be welcome here. But if it isn’t rooted in fact it should at least be funny.
Contact Xoanon if you are interested in contributing to this section.
P.S. this section was sort of my brain child, so don’t let me down 😉
After a couple weeks of restructuring, we have finally accomplished our goal. Welcome to the new and improved TheOneRing.net?! While not all the changes are obvious, there are some major updates, new areas and a new fan.theonering.net site! Everything has changed in some way, but here are a few notables:
Cast Page – Check out small biographies on the confirmed cast members
Release Dates – Self explanatory..:)
Spy Reports – We’ve revamped this section to eliminate any confusion bwt facts and rumors. Here you will find unconfirmed reports for our spies all over the world.
Features Page – Now Xoanon’s Rants and Tehanu’s Notes are in one section. BTW, Chapters 7 and 8 of the Rants are up, as well as Tehanu’s new note: Tad Episode
fan.TheOneRing.net – This is YOUR page. We want as much feedback on sections to add, features you want, and anything your heart desires. So put those thinking caps on!
Archives Page – Looking for past articles? You’ll find both news archives and spy reports archives in this section
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We took all those suggestions you folks gave us a few weeks ago and acted on them. Lets keep this the best Tolkien/Lord of the Rings site out there. With your help and feedback, we can!
Thanks to R. Fletcher for this weeks poll, and have a great week everyone!
According to an article in yesterday’s Sunday Star Times (NZ) New Line has given the film trilogy another $100million, in what currency it doesn’t say. The funding boost will take the film’s budget up to NZ$360million from NZ$260million, so assume that it’s another $US50million that’s been added.
New Line had accepted that the original budget would be over-run, said an industry source. There is some talk in the newspaper article about the fact that some tax laws have been changed in NZ and this has meant that the film’s finances cannot take advantage of as favourable a tax environment as had been hoped. There is no official comment from the film company about the new budget so the newspaper may be guessing that it has something to do with the changes in the way film investors are taxed.
Tehanu picked this up from PJ’s publicist:
With three event films being shot consecutively over more than a year in New Zealand, Lord of the Rings is an unprecedented production of size and scope. During the coming months, the producers will cast close to 100 roles of substance for this adventure trilogy. The search to complete this ensemble literally spans the globe. New Line Cinema recognizes the substantial media interest in this project and will assist journalists at the appropriate time. However, the studio will no longer comment on completed deals, current negotiations, rumors or speculation about any specific role. When casting of principals has concluded, New Line, along with the filmmakers, will unveil the entire ensemble and announce further newsworthy specifics about these tentpole films.
Xoanon with some more audition scripts. I recieved these two scripts from a Victoria Burrows spy. They are for Legolas and Merry, but also include dialogue from Aragorn and Pippin!
The Merry one has the lead-up to the introduction of Treebeard, though it seems to have eliminted the book’s nice bit about the Hobbits “almost liking the place in the sunlight”.
As for Legolas, it’s the Paths of the Dead and I wonder whether this really is going to make it into the film. For some reason it seemed to me to be a likely candidate for being eliminated.
Unfortunately I cannot publish them. But Tehanu will have a review of them for you in a short while.
Right now this section is a little sparse, but look forward to interesting things here in the near future.
What this section is going to be is a place where people who have fed us reliable information in the past to post things directly to TheOneRing.net[TM]. The information here will be primarily rumour and speculation. But rumours and speculation from sources which should be reliable. Once we get confirmation of things listed here it will be moved to the primary news section on the front page.
If you are interested in gaining the ability to post here you need to contact Xoanon and if you past his qualifications you will be given access to post notes up here.
So hopefully this section of TheOneRing.net[TM] will be a fun and exciting addition.
