Xoanon here, Picked up this little tidbit from an E-mail spy ‘Terry’ They announced another tidbit on the…
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Picked up this little tidbit from an E-mail spy ‘Terry’
They announced another tidbit on the radio this morning. (About 2 hrs ago)
The will begin casting for extras in Central Otago and Fiordland in a few weeks. They are looking for children from the ages of 4-12, adult men and woman and tall men.
If you live near these areas and plan to audition, Contact me!
‘exciting things are afoot!’
The Evening Post had this to say on the new Sean Connery rumour:
Connery admits he’s in line for Jackson film. by Megan Lane and Reuters Scottish film star Sean Connery say he’s waiting for a script for Miramar director Peter Jackson’s The Lord Of The Rings. At a press conference to promote his latest film, Entrapment, at the Cannes Film Festival, Connery confirmed that he was in line for a role in Jackson’s NZ$266 million project. He said he was waiting on a script of the adaptation of author J R R Tolkien’s fantasy trilogy, to be filmed in New Zealand from september 19. Rumours that Connery could play Gandalf date back at least a year, before Jackson announced the project last August. A number of Seatoun residents claim to have seen Connery at the Chocolate Fish Cafe in Scorching Bay – an Urban myth so popular that cafe staff have brought in a cardboard cutout of Connery. Jackson’s team has consistently denied Connery’s involvement, but could not be contacted today. [ The Chocolate Fish Cafe is frequented by Peter Jackson ] Connery isn’t the only big name connected with the project – Hollywood heart-throb Keanu Reeves ( The Matrix ) told an Australian magazine that he had been petitioning Jackson’s people to play Aragorn.
This is literally the hottest rumour there is folks. One has to wonder if New Line will demand that Connery makes it into the film because of all of this interest in him! I hope that the focus remains on the movies rather than actors because this is a once in a lifetime chance for Tolkien Fans to see Tolkien’s vision brought to the silver screen. Thanks to ‘Bruce’ for the article!
Calisuri here,
Looks like our weekly poll hit the hotspot for the week. Cinescape.com has a report from Reuters which says Sean Connery is at the very least interested in “an adaptation of J. R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings.” The tid-bit goes on to say that Mr. Connery is awaiting a script for his review! All of you who voted for Connery as Gandalf might just be getting your wish!
Here are the poll results from last week:
Tehanus contacts seem to be everywhere these days, just heard PJ raised the bounty another 10 000$
Talked to a friend of a friend (here we go) who gave yet another friend a lift to work through the security courdon. Saw Bilbo’s hole being built out of polystyrene.
msboyd chimed in a couple of days ago with some interesting news, it seems some friends of hers are being looked over for some major characters.
News has come from spies in the theatrical world in London. PJ has been looking around and auditioning some of the bright young talents there, some of them still not yet out of drama school. It looks like we’re going to see fresh faces playing roles like Pippin and Merry.
Xoanon here,
Maybe it’s too early in the morning to think about it, but what is a capping stunt? I’ve emailed Tehanu to ask her, but unfortunately she’s busy teaching the charm of Making to some Ancient ones up in the hills, anyone out there know? anyone?…Here is her report, don’t be afraid if she talks about herself in the 3rd person…just don’t ask.
Tehanu’s description of capping stunts: Over here, students celebrate graduating in a number of ways besides dressing up in a silly cap and gown for the awarding-of-the-degrees ceremony. Apart from drinking lots and putting soap-suds in the civic fountains, there’s also a kind of competition to see who can come up with the funniest and most public hoax or stunt.
Tehanu was a little suspicious about one ‘spy report’ that we received via “ain’t-it-cool-news” a week ago. Supposedly Peter Jackson was going to be filming in the Manawatu, around Palmerston North, and a casting call was being held in The Concourse. Hmmm, sounds like something centring on Massey University, she thought. The photo supplied of the beautiful scenic cow-paddock supposedly resembling ‘The Shire’ looked, shall we say, a little unconvincing.
Calls to the Palmerston Evening Star elicited the response, from various reporters: “Huh?”, “What?” and “It’s probably a capping stunt.” Tehanu’s suspicion was intensified by the fact she had noticed in the previous week’s papers that the Massey University Revue for graduation was going to be based on, or a spoof of, Lord of the Rings. Nice try, guys. You got yourselves on the Web.
Why don’t you send us your best jokes/scripts, and tell us all how it went?
