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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.
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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.
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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
|
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Harry
Potter
|
# 1
|
$90.3
Million
|
new |
$090.3
Million
|
|
Monsters,
Inc.
|
# 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 |
|
Shrek
|
# 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.
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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..."
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here for the full story.
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