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New Line’s royal treatment
The Hollywood Reporter praises New Line Cinema, the studio that made the LotR films, for their treatment of the films themselves, the fans, and the Academy.
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New Zealand partying already
According to Reuters, the people in New Zealand are already celebrating RotK’s Oscar nominations before the winners are announced tonight; they are also celebrating other Kiwi films, ‘The Last Samurai’ and ‘Whale Rider’ which together gained five nominations.
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Yet more Oscar predictions
Had enough of predictions for this year’s Oscars? Well if not, there’s more of them at The Toronto Star, where Peter Howell predicts that RotK will win awards for Best Picture, Best Director, Original Score and a number of other technical awards such as Best Visual Effects and Makeup.
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‘Rings’ hot favourite for Oscars!
According to a recent poll at ABC News, RotK is favourite to win the Best Picture Award at this year’s Oscars, gaining 42% of the vote. The next highest film in the poll was Seabiscuit, with 16%.
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More Oscar predictions
Only two days to go until the big night, Kurt Loder at MTV makes his predictions on who will win the major awards at this year’s Academy Awards. He has RotK down for Best Picture, and Peter Jackson for Best Director.
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Flavour of the month
In this article at BBC News, Peter Jackson talks about the Oscars, his current status as “flavour of the month” and the stressful process of making the three LotR films.
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RotK wins at AOL Moviegoer awards
Return of the King has taken the Best Picture award at the Ninth Annual AOL Moviegoer Awards (FotR and TTT respectively won it the previous two years). Sean Astin won the Best Supporting Actor award, and Éowyn fighting the Witch-king won the Unforgettable Moment award. Read more at Time Warner.
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Jackson runs Rings around Oscar
In this article at SF Gate, Peter Jackson talks about the pressures of making RotK; Elijah Wood talks about his responsibilities in playing Frodo; and Barrie Osborne talks about some of the themes in the story of LotR.
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King beats Potter!
Return of the King has overtaken Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s (or Sorcerer’s) Stone to become the second highest grossing film of all time after Titanic, having raked in $975.7m, according to BBC News. However, according to Box Office Mojo, RotK is $0.1m behind Potter.
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RotK wins Art Directors Guild Awards
Return of the King’s production designer Grant Major has won the award for Excellence in Production Design for a Period or Fantasy Film at this year’s Art Directors Guild Awards. Read more at Business Wire.
