Lord of the Rings Movies

The Lord of the Rings trilogy was appreciated by many due to its special effects, pacing, and action. Capitalizing on this success, New Line Cinema is creating a live action adaptation of Bilbo Baggin’s explorations and adventures with ‘The Hobbit’.

Pan’s Labyrinth director Guillermo del Toro has signed up to be at the helm of the project, with the Lord of the Rings trilogy director Peter Jackson now serving as executive producer and co-writer. The movie has been split into two parts (similar to what was done with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows) which will be shown in 2011 and 2012, which chronicles the events in Bilbo Baggin’s life up to the very beginning of the first Lord of the Rings movie. Guillermo del Toro signed on for the project in 2008. The film is being shot in New Zealand with the casting still a guarded secret.

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This is the style that was adopted by the film’s financial backers that had one movie being made with some of the cast and crew shooting scenes for the other two installments. The rest of the time was spent doing all the digital enhancements that made the film possible as well as gave ample time to get shots reviewed and re-shot if necessary. Tolkien’s version in the novel was as much as possible followed with some additions to make the scenes better with his blessing of course. He was taken as a consultant throughout the filming of the whole series so as to maintain the faithfulness of the film to the author’s vision which to his delight was adhered to.
From the elaborate sets to the still existing Hobbit Village in New Zealand, the utter natural beauty and diversity of the land gave background to one memorable film series indeed. Though many have been put off by the fact that the three part will remain a three part film, many were wowed by the mastery of the producers and other staff to deliver a seemingly impossible realm, the realm of magic and fantasy as it was competing for the same market as the Harry potter series for the same audience body.

One of the most elaborate and computer generated films of recent history, the Lord of the Rings Trilogy has become a legend due to elaborate sets and seemingly impossible scenery. Almost entirely shot in New Zealand (where the original sets still remain and can be viewed on tours). The three films were all filmed simultaneously allowing less time ans effort from the production crew and the actors, some of whom had to live in the country till filming ended. The huge number of special effects required so massive an amount of equipment that a whole building had to be constructed to house them all (including the artists of course).
Many of the epic battle scenes had extras from all over New Zealand and its army which gladly lent a couple of their reserve fighting men. The military guys were too engrossed with the film that they destroyed some of their wooden swords and spears forgetting it was only a shoot. The scenes being shot simultaneously, one crew can be shooting a scene for the last installment and the one next door on the first and so on. Most of the actors who handled ‘the Ring’ thought they had the one and only ring on set. All these wrapped into one of the mos successful films of all time ranking second on the charts to top $100,000,000 in revenues losing by a fraction from Titanic

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Legolas is an elf from the Woodland Realm, a character in the successful Tolkien’s, Lord of the Rings. He is one of the nine members of the Fellowship of the Ring, which was created to conquer the One Ring. Legolas is the son of the king of Woodland Realm of Northern Mirkwood, Thranduil. Thranduil is the ‘Elvenking’ in The Hobbit. While Thandruil ruled the Silvan Elves, lived amongst them and inculcated their customs, Legolas was not one of the Wood elves. Father and son really are Sindar or Grey Elves. Their language was Sindarin. First introduced in the Lord of the Rings at the Council of Rivendell as the messenger for his father regarding Gollum’s escape from their guard. Legolas is the unstoppable fighter with various stunt performances while engaged in battle.

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A group of actors from New Zealand in the Lord of the Rings franchise finally claims their money after the production company settled out of court with them. The 15 actors who filed a lawsuit against New Line Cinema said they were paid royalty statements after appearing in all the movies’ installments. But were surprised to to have found that there was zero revenue from merchandise sales well in fact, toys and other LOTR paraphernalias were selling like hot cakes all over the world. So they hired a lawyer and filed the suit against the film producers in Los Angeles Superior Court for the money the producers owe them. The actors said they initially agreed on a 5% royalty fee of the net revenue from merchandise sales. The lawyer said that up to this date estimate of the LOTR merchandise totalled about $100M US.

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Hobbiton- The Shire is a region of Tolkien’s fictional Middle-earth, described in The Lord of the Rings. It refers to an area inhabited exclusively by the Hobbits.
The Shire was filmed entirely in Matamata, New Zealand.

Edoras- is the capital city of Rohan. It is here in Meduseld that Aragorn, Gimli, Legolas, and Gandalf meet with King Theoden in the early stages of the war.
Shot in the areas of Mt Summer, Mt Potts station, Central Canterbury, New Zealand

Nen Hithoel- was a large lake upon the Great River Anduin amid the Emyn Muil to the east of Rohan. The lake was approximately 20 miles long from north to south, and 10 miles wide.
Shot in South Mavora Lake, Fjordland, New Zealand.

Mordor- In Tolkien’s fictional universe of middle earth, Mordor is the dwelling place of Sauron. Tolkien is reported to have identified Mordor with the volcano of Stromboli off Sicily.
Shot in the areas of Whakapapa ski field, Mt Ruapehu and Tongariro National Park, Central North Island, New Zealand.

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Peter Jackson will be settling for producing credits on the upcoming two “Hobbit” movies and Guillermo Del Toro will be directing said movies, have apparently been on a long, nearly year-long, search for writers to adapt the expansive Tolkien book to the big screen. As luck would have it, they happen to be the two known pretty popular, and good, writers. After much searching, the duo have decided that no one else is better suited to take on the hobbits than, well, them.

Del Toro will direct both movie back-to-back in New Zealand, where word is he’s already bought a ranch and livestock. Okay! It’s not almost about the livestock but greatly because of the ranch. Anyways, rumor has it that a lot of familiar faces from “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy, which technically chronicles events that takes place AFTER the events in “The Hobbit”, may make appearances in the two new movies.

The LOTR , an epic high fantasy novel created by J.R.R.Tolkien has been adapted for the Musical Theatre. The musical tell the tale of a humble hobbit who is asked to undertake the mission of destroying The Ring of Power without being consumed by its power.

The LOTR was adapted into two versions, Cincinnati Version Productions and Kevin Wallace version Productions. Full-length productions of each volume (The fellowship of the ring; The Two Towers; and The Return of the King) were staged in Cincinnati, Ohio for 3 consecutive years.

The LOTR story was also staged in Toronto, Canada and in London. The adaptation was produced by Kevin Wallace (London-Based theatre producer) and his partner Saul Zaents. The production features a cast of 50 actors and reportedly cost approximately US$25 million.

It was the first movie adaptation of the said novel. It was a box office success earning over $870 million worlwide. It was shown to public on December 19, 2001 and it was highly acclaimed by critics and fans to be suffiently faithful to the original story. I’m not really sure if this is true because i haven’t read the book yet. But the movie really did show how the story line goes. Somehow, made me feel like I wanna be on that Era where monsters, and creatures, and humans lives together.

The actual story begins when Frodo (played by Elijah Wood) inherited the ring from his uncle. Then the Wizard Gandalf soon learns that it is the One Ring that Sauron (The Dark Lord) seeks to retake to gain power. Frodo was given the task to destroy The Ring. He needs to go Mount Doom in the land of Mordor, the only place where The Ring can be destroyed. He was accompanied by his friends, Sam, Merry, and Poppin. And of course, along the long journey, they will encounter a lot of challenges (as all movies or story would have) making it harder to fulfill their task.

Still, no movie is perfect, and moviemakers cannot just adapt the novel into a movie with no changes on the characters or to whatever part of the story. But what’s the big deal, not everyone is reading books. So just see the movie and enjoy it.

Choice is one thing that all of us always have. In Arwen’s case, this was a choice between mortality and immortality, a choice to be made for love. As the Elven princess, she had the opportunity to be able to live forever in the company of her friends and family. But she chose to be human in order to be with the man she loved, Aragorn. In a way, she chose death, because all human beings must eventually die. But because she made this sacrifice for love, Arwen has chosen a more noble path, an din turn, faces a lifetime of genuine happiness with Aragorn, the king of Gondor, and their future child.