Well this is just plain weird/cool. This is an article that appeared in the Wellington Newspaper about LORD OF THE RINGS, and since the announcement you better believe I get my NZ papers daily. Anyway, well... you'll see, Can't wait to see the Talk Back on this one.
This isn't much, but you might find it intresting. This article was on the front page of tonight's Evening Post. (major Wellington newspaper)
Media-shy elf won''t talk
by Megan Lane, Arts reporter
A Wellington man who speaks elvish - a alanguage developed by The Lord Of The Rings author J R R Tolkien - has offered his servies as a translator to film director Peter Jackson.
Jackson's WingNut Films will begin filming the trilogy by mid-1999.
But thee man, thought to be either a student or lecturer in English literature, has refused to go public.
"He doesn''t want to do anything on it [with the media]," Lord of the Rings producer Tim Sanders said.
"He's afraid of having the tutti-frutti aspects of it played up."
The man is just one of 500 prospective crew members to send their curriculum vitae to WingNut Films after Jackson announced last month that his next project would be Lord Of The Rings.
Sander's said the man's offer was legitimate. He had studied elvish and was able to read and write it.
Wingnut Films and casting agencies have been approached by thousands of people from New Zealand and abroad who want to be involved in the project - film crew, helicopter pilots, actors and caterers.
"All we are doing at the moment is categorising them into various departments.
"When we appoint the head of each department, we'll go through the CVs and hold interviews," Mr Sanders said.
The Lord Of The Rings will employ 16,000 extras, 50 New Zeland actors for speaking parts, and 300 crew.
