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Tuesday
- November 20, 2001
- Lord of the Rings is Three Hours
Long!
- Sequel to Balto Set for
February Release
- Final Weekend Box Office Numbers
- Animated & FX Films
- News Link of the Day -
Cosby Debates Role in Fat Albert
Lord
of the Rings Three Hours Long!
(by digitalmediafx.com) Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
has a total running time of three hours despite objections from studio
executives who want the run time slashed so that more showings per day
can be made. Fellowship of the Ring is the first of three installments
and is rated PG-13 for "epic battle sequences and some scary images."
In the UK, the film has been given a PG Certificate for "battle violence
and fantasy horror."
The Fellowship of the Ring soundtrack (regular version and limited edition) is being released today. It features the original score and two songs composed and performed by Enya.
Click here to order The Fellowship of the Ring Limited Edition Soundtrack.
Click here to order The Fellowship of the Ring Regular Soundtrack.
Click
here to order the Official Lord of the Rings Movie Guide.
Sequel to Balto
Set for February Release
(by digitalmediafx.com) Universal Studios is set to release a direct
to video sequel to Balto on February 19, 2002. The sequel, titled
Balto II: Wolf Quest, is directed by Phil Weinstein. Very few people
involved in the original Balto are involved in the sequel. The
sequel picks up where the original left off and focuses on one of the
six litter pups, a female that looks like a wolf and isn't accepted by
others. Leaving her family, she sets on a quest to discover more about
wolves and herself.
In other direct to video news, Disney is hard at work on The Lion King 3 and could mark new territory for the studio in producing direct to video sequels to sequels.
You can preorder the DVD for Balto II: Wolf Quest by clicking here.
Final Weekend
Box Office Numbers - FX & Animation Films
(by digitalmediafx.com) Final weekend box office numbers are in and
here are the results for the top animated and visual effects movies:
|
Movie |
Rank |
Weekend Total |
Gain/Loss |
Overall Total |
|
Harry Potter |
# 1 |
$90.3 Million |
new |
$090.3 Million |
|
# 2 |
$22.7 Million |
-50% |
$156.3 Million |
|
| Waking Life | # 21 | $235,474 | -11% | $001.5 Million |
| Jurassic Park 3 | # 31 | $100,485 | -14% | $180.9 Million |
| Planet of the Apes | # 34 | $78,996 | 62% gain | $179.0 Million |
|
# 37 |
$64,080 |
-47% |
$267.4 Million |
|
|
Atlantis: The Lost Empire |
# 47 |
$24,699 |
-55% |
$083.9 Million |
|
Pearl Harbor |
# 55 |
$14,643 |
-56% |
$198.5 Million |
The gain/loss represents
the movie's performance when compared to last weekend.
News Link of the
Day - Cosby Debates Role in Fat Albert
According to Fox News:
"Bill Cosby has finished co-writing the script for the Fat Albert movie, based on the 1970's cartoon show he created.
Now he's trying to
decide whether fans want to hear him do the voices of Fat Albert, Bill
and Mushmouth again, just as he did for the TV series..."
Click here for the full story.
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