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Subject: 
Re: Lord of the Rings
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego
Date: 
Fri, 16 Jul 1999 17:29:27 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Tom McDonald writes:
I heard on the radio this morning that shooting for a new live-action "Lord of
the Rings" begins very soon in New Zealand. Budget for the first movie alone
is $190.8 million: there are plans to produce a movie for each volume of the
trilogy as they plan on spending a year and a half shooting for all three.

Could Lego please consider jumping onto this potentially wonderful bandwagon?

-Tom McD.
when replying, "I'll spamcake any car for $119.95!"

And Lego would have an excuse to make the Hobbits and Dwarves regular minifigs,
since Elijah Wood has been cast as Frodo in the movies!

Can you tell I'm disgruntled by this?  (And if Keanu Reeves is cast as
Aragorn, I'm gonna scream)

Jeff
- "Mmmm!  Creamy Nuget Centering!" - Reportedly heard after an Imp was blown
apart by a point-blank rocket in Doom.



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  Re: Lord of the Rings
 
(...) of (...) minifigs, (...) Keanu isn't old enough for it. Has casting been completed? I remember having a conversation with a friend about who we'd cast as whom. Quite fun conversation actually. ObLego: I'm enjoying making a space cannon with (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jul-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
  Re: Lord of the Rings
 
(...) Well, Elijaw Wood the actor is normal size. He'll be cgi'ed down to hobbit size for the film, tho. Too bad Sean Connery isn't going to be Gandalf. (25 years ago, 18-Jul-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)

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  Lord of the Rings
 
I heard on the radio this morning that shooting for a new live-action "Lord of the Rings" begins very soon in New Zealand. Budget for the first movie alone is $190.8 million: there are plans to produce a movie for each volume of the trilogy as they (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jul-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)

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