Author: morwenna

  • The Voice of The Ring speaks

    In an interview at TheStar about his 45 year career in acting, UK actor Alan Howard talks about being the “Voice of The Ring” and how he relished the challenge of speaking Elvish.

  • King moves ever closer to Potter

    The latest worldwide grosses at Box Office Mojo show that although Return of the King remains in third place that it’s now only $0.1 million behind the second place film, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.

  • Question and answer with Viggo Mortensen

    In this article at EW.com, Viggo gives his response to questions including, “The trilogy has been wrapped up. How does it feel to be done with it?”, and talks about the secret to his success.

  • Another award for RotK

    RotK has won the American Cinema Editors award for best edited feature film (dramatic). You can see a full list of the nominees and winners at ace-film editors.

  • RotK is a “racing cert” for the best picture Oscar

    According to The Guardian’s Oscar predictor, RotK’s recent BAFTA win now makes it a racing cert for the best picture Oscar. For the complete article and to see the Oscar predictor go to Guardian Unlimited.

  • The costumes of LotR

    The 12th Annual Exhibition, “The Art of Motion Picture Costume Design” is now open at The Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising Museum Galleries in LA. This exhibition features costumes from the movies of 2003 including RotK. The exhibition is open until 8th April 2004. There are further details at the fidm website. You can…

  • An epic battle at the Oscars?

    This article at the NZHerald analyses yesterday’s BAFTA results and presents the case that the Oscars could end up being a battle between two epics; Return of the King and Master and Commander.

  • BAFTA 2004 Orange Awards

    The BAFTA award ceremony airs tonight in the UK on BBC1 at 9pm and Return of the King has been nominated in 12 categories; Best Film, Achievement in Direction, Screenplay (Adapted), Actor in a Supporting Role (Sir Ian McKellen), Achievement in Film Music, Editing, Cinematography, Production Design, Costume Design, Sound, Make-Up and Hairand Achievement in…

  • Question and answer with Billy Boyd

    Which LotR props did Billy Boyd take home with him? Where is his fellowship tattoo? Which other character would he have liked to have played in the trilogy? The answer to these and many more questions can be found in this article at Ananova.

  • Peter Jackson is “Lord of the Screens”

    Peter Jackson’s career in movie making, culminating in the LotR movies, is detailed in an article at CBS News which declares that Peter Jackson is “Lord of the Screens”. The article includes some great quotes from both PJ and the cast of LotR.