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News Archives - February 2003
Pirates Title Changed
24 February 2003
According to Dark Horizons the movie title has been officially changed to Pirates of the Carribean: Curse of the Black Pearl. The reason is to help distinguish between the ride and movie.
You can also read this review of the script. Warning: minor spoilers!
Brian Cox Joins Troy
24 February 2003
Brian Cox has joined the cast of Troy. Sean Bean has also been confirmed for the role of Odysseus. Production is scheduled to begin 22 April.
Ned Kelly Trailer
24 February 2003
The Official Ned Kelly Movie Site have posted up a full trailer to download - it's fantastic, you can check it out here.
Decipher TCG
24 February 2003
Decipher have released the full card list for the upcoming Battle of Helm's Deep expansion to their TCG, to be released on 5 March. Some nice Legolas ones there! You can see the full list at their site.
Ned Kelly Competition
24 February 2003
Australian New Weekly Magazine are running a competition to win a trip to the Melbourne Premiere Ned Kelly, on 22 March. This one is a luxury trip - fancy motel, limo rides, and a full star makeover. In their 24 February 2003 issue.
Hello! Magazine
24 February 2003
Hello! Magazine are currently running a special on Orlando at their site, which you can view here.
Empire Awards>
24 February 2003
Congratulations for The Two Towers winning Best Film at the Empire Awards! TORn have a transcript of PJ's rather amusing acceptance speech.
Project Premiere
24 February 2003
Lauren has created "Project Premiere", with this aim: We create a design, something simple, a note from all of his fans to him, signed simply "your fans". Something that can be printed out, laminated and handed to him at whatever premiere. A simple, classy way to thank him for bringing us together and for being who he is. Find out more info at their site!
BAFTA Awards
24 February 2003
The awards were held last week, with The Two Towers being nominated in 10 categories. Unfortunately, it only won 3! There were Public Vote for Film of the Year, Special Visual Effects and Costume Design.
Troy Release Dates
17 February 2003
According to Yahoo! Movies, Troy is set to be released worldwide 21 May, 2004. Just another year or so ;-)
Ned Kelly Interview
17 February 2003
The Official Ned Kelly Movie site have an interview with Orlando posted up, you can view it here.
Total Screen Magazine
17 February 2003
Total Screen magazine have a short article on Ned Kelly in their February 2003 issue. Read it here.
Oscar Nominations
12 February 2003
The nominations for the 75th Annual Academy Awards have been announced, with The Two Towers up for Best Film, as well as Art Direction, Film Editing, Sound, Sound Editing and Visual Effects. You can view the full list of nominees here.
British TTT DVD Release
12 February 2003
According to DVD Reveiw, a popular British magazine, The Two Towers DVD will be released there 30 June.
Late June will see the 179-minute theatrical cut arrive on a two-disc set. As part of its raft of extras, which stands to include mini internet documentaries and television specials, it may even carry a preview of the third and final installment, The Return of the Kind, in UK cinemas this December.
IMDb Poll>
12 February 2003
The Internet Movie Data Base are running a "Best of 2002" Poll. TTT is in a bunch of categories, and Orlando is up for Best Supporting Actor! You can vote here
Troy Loation Shift
12 February 2003
According to Teen Hollywood the filming of Troy has been sifted from Morocco to Baja, California, due to the situation with Iraq. It looks like the entire shoot, which was taking place in North Africa, will now be done on the Mexican peninsula. Click the link above for the entire article.
In other Troy news, it appears Peter O'Toole has joined the cast.
Dolly Magazine
12 February 2003
Thanks to Mel, who tells me Australian Dolly Magazine have a competition to win tickets to the Ned Kelly Premiere in their March edition.
Melbourne Herald Sun
12 February 2003
The Melbourne Herald Sun featured this short article on LOTR. Thanks to Mel!
Sean Bean in Troy?
5 February 2003
Sean Bean was doing an interview on The Jonothan Ross Show on BBC Radio 2 last Saturday, and stated he has just been cast to star alongside Orlando in Troy, aparently as Odysseus. "I may be starting this film called Troy, which is about the Trojan War.. The Greeks. That's going to be starting in April...It's classic, Brad Pitt is playing Achilles and I may be playing Odysseus. It's quite a good story, it's a Warner Bros story and a big budget film." This is still to be confirmed.
ROTK Trailer
5 February 2003
For those of us looking forward to seeing Shelob in the ROTK trailer, to be shown at the end of TTT soon, we may be very disappointed. This report from Dark Horizons: "This time around '******' worked on Gollum. He explained all of the difficulty and the basic problems that they had to work around. To make a long story short, I asked him if he was to continue working on Gollum or if he would get to work on Shelob. He told me that he didn't know and that they had not even started to work on Shelob at all. The rumor that the upcoming trailer would have images of Shelob are most likely incorrect from what I have been told. Although the principal shooting had been done, the special effects won't be finished until the release".
Here however, are some things we may have glimpses of in the trailer. Warning: Major Spoilers!!!
Movieline Magazine
5 February 2003
Movieline Magazine has an annual "Sex Issue". In this years, Orlando was nominated for Sexiest Actor, as well as the male with the Sexiest Cheekbones.
Pirates Concept Art
5 February 2003
The latest concept art from Pirates Of The Carribean is up in that Gallery.
Ned Kelly Photos
5 February 2003
New Ned Kelly shots are up in the Gallery.
Sugar Magazine
5 February 2003
Emma writes that the latest issue of Sugar magazine in the UK has a poster of Orlando in it.
ROTK Movie Changes
2 February 2003
Tolkien Online have posted up a list of changes the ROTK movie will have. You can view them at their site. Warning: Major Spoilers!!!