A reminder that “The Lord of the Rings – The Fellowship of the Ring” will be shown this coming Monday, June 30, by the Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts and Sciences as part of their “Great to be Nominated” series. Since we first reported this story here the participants in the discussion panel have been finalized and what a panel it will be! From VFX World.com:
“Following the screening, producer Barrie Osborne, executive producer Mark Ordesky, film editor John Gilbert, supervising sound editor Ethan Van der Ryn, Oscar-winning visual effects supervisor Jim Rygiel and U.S. casting director Victoria Burrows will participate in a discussion about the film.”
Check out vfxworld.com for more information. Thanks to message board member diedye for the reminder. Oh, and if any of you are lucky enough to be there, be sure to send a report to us at spymaster@theonering.net!
From message board member, diedye: Barrie Osborne, producer of “Lord of the Rings” trilogy, will deliver a keynote address on the global entertainment industry at the FICCI (Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry) “Frames 2008” convention to be held this week in Mumbai India.
“Top honchos of the entertainment industry in India and abroad will participate in the three-day event to discuss, among other issues, the future direction of the country’s Rs 50000 crore ($12.5 billion) media and entertainment industry that registered a 17 per cent growth last year over the previous year’s figure.”
Among the topics to be discussed at the convention: ‘The Opening weekend: how to get the audience in.’ A good reason to include Osborne among the speakers
A reminder that “The Lord of the Rings – The Fellowship of the Ring” will be shown this coming Monday, June 30, by the Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts and Sciences as part of their “Great to be Nominated” series. Since we first reported this story here the participants in the discussion panel have been finalized and what a panel it will be! From VFX World.com:
The Barrie Osborne produced fantasy film ‘The Waterhorse’ has a fully functioning official site, 
Director Jay Russell sent this along: Sony just posted the first of what will be 18 video blogs which will premiere on our official website very week. The first features LOTR mega-producer Barrie Osborne.