LORD OF THE RINGS Television Commercial Online

[FOAnatic]

Posted: 11/20/05 at 1:33pm

Very interesting, to say the least.
LOTR Tv Spot

[QMAN03]

Posted: 11/20/05 at 1:35pm

Um...ok.

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 11/20/05 at 3:42pm

Wow. Interesting is right.

[BlueWizard]

Posted: 11/20/05 at 3:54pm

For such a high-budget production, that was a pretty cheap commercial; I could have done better in a high school film class. And who was that blond woman? She doesn't look like any Middle-Earth character to me.

[wickedfreak]

Posted: 11/21/05 at 4:23pm

i am ummm...speachless??

[today4u:proofpositiv]

Posted: 11/21/05 at 7:59pm

That was dissapointing, especially since they're making such a big deal about this production in Toronto.

[rowers unite]

Posted: 11/21/05 at 8:06pm

for the next few months im living only a few hours away from Toronto, I was going to go down there for reading break, but now im not to sure..... yet im still really excitied

[jollipops]

Posted: 11/21/05 at 8:53pm

yawn...that was lame

[dotvmike]

Posted: 11/21/05 at 9:02pm

If you saw the first movie, I believe its the character that frodo talks to in the woods...boy does that sound a lot like the whole movie. No but seriously I think its that like white witch thing that freaks out on Frodo...I can't really remember why she goes crazy. Thats my guess as to who that blonde woman is in the commercial.

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 11/21/05 at 10:02pm

Yeah, that sucked. It didn't get me excited at all. I guess its more of a "teaser" but it didn't show much of the show or anything, and the music was all that rememorable.

[JRTO]

Posted: 11/22/05 at 7:29am

word from inside the company- ticket sales are so slow, that if this show even opens it will be a miracle.

[nydirector2]

Posted: 11/22/05 at 9:47am

How can this show be good without being over 9 hours long? Or is it?

[BlueWizard]

Posted: 11/22/05 at 5:07pm

If you saw the first movie, I believe its the character that frodo talks to in the woods...boy does that sound a lot like the whole movie. No but seriously I think its that like white witch thing that freaks out on Frodo...I can't really remember why she goes crazy. Thats my guess as to who that blonde woman is in the commercial.

You're thinking of Galadriel. Only Galadriel isn't supposed to be a slutty vixen.

[DreamFlyer22]

Posted: 11/22/05 at 5:25pm

I'm betting that's Galadriel. Mmmm... I, too, am still completely confounded as to how they're going to condense three books in to one big THING. To the outside observer it sounds like a recipe for disaster... but maybe it'll catch on. Ticket sales right now probably reflect the general public having no idea what to think about this.

[blaxx]

Posted: 11/22/05 at 7:05pm

Wow, that make-up was not very good...
they should have put a more flattering image.

[Tag]

Posted: 11/22/05 at 8:19pm

You have to realize that at this stage in the production process (around 2-3 months before previews) costume and make-up designs are definetly not final. Although I'm sure all designs have been completed for months (and will now hopefully only undergo minor changes) setting up a publicity photocall now would only allow for minor characters and uncomplicated costumes to be used. Hence the lackluster images we saw.

As for tickets not selling well, in MAY the show already had over a $10 million advance. By now it must be at least a couple million above that. In comparison to the $27 million budget, that amount of an advance is amazing. As the opening comes closer, hype will lead to more ticket sales, and after opening, people will try to get there hands on any tickets they can, as the production elements in this show will be enough to lure in a huge crowd.

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 11/22/05 at 10:37pm

how long does this play in Tornoto before it heads to London? Can the show even tour well or will they have to be completly new sets and what not for the London sitdown.

[BlueWizard]

Posted: 11/22/05 at 11:27pm

Can you imagine how much power Richard Ouzounian (critic for the Toronto Star) holds right now? A three-star review could kill a very expensive (and important) show.

[Tag]

Posted: 11/22/05 at 11:28pm

They say the show has at least a 9 month run in Toronto (beginning Feb. 2) and is supposed to arrive in London sometime in Fall 2006.
The show in Toronto is a sit-down open ended run, so the set would not be used for any other production. Adding to that, is the cast actually rehearses extensively with the set (more so the deck) because it is such a huge element of the show (3 revolves and 17(16?) lifts). The have been using it already well in advance of previews. If a London company is to open, they would need their own set in advance as well, but their rehearsal period would still be in the 9 month minimum Toronto run. Make sense?

[JRTO]

Posted: 11/23/05 at 7:30am

Tag,

The advance- as noted on the website- was $1 million for the first day, and $8 million by July. There have been no updates since then. I think you are confusing the million on the first day with "10 million in MAY".
You must also keep in mind that the Mirvish subscriber base will be filling the theatre during previews- that's 6 million+ dollars right there without even selling a ticket to the public. (55,000 subscibers who pay $108.00 or more a ticket)
That means they have sold $3 million in tickets- most likely to tour groups and corporate groups (and maybe some rich schools).
Not a very strong footing to be starting on.

[BlueWizard]

Posted: 11/23/05 at 11:38am

I don't think that's correct. News reports from the first day of sales exclaimed that it had already broken the Canadian record for advance sales, which was previously set by THE LION KING at $4 million.

[Tag]

Posted: 11/23/05 at 1:15pm

Regardless of the subscribers contribution, there is still a significant advance. And I believe that the $1 million amount is correct for the first day of sales, but before that group sales had already started.