LOTR fan film to premiere online

[castalia]

Has anyone else seen the trailer to a fan-made film called "The Hunt for Gollum" that's supposed to be a sort of "missing scene" for LOTR?

According to an article at the BBC, it was filmed in North Wales (gorgeous choice, IMO) and other areas of the UK on a budget of only 3,000 pounds. And it looks way more impressive than most fan films I've seen. They've got the look of the trilogy, for sure.

It's supposed to be available online this month, presumably for free since they were told by New Line that they had to be non-profit. I'm looking forward to it. They hired real, trained actors, and it looks like it'll be good. Interesting, at least.

ETA: The movie is actually up already! Watch it here

Comments

[semielliptical]

I saw the trailer for Hunt for Gollum just the other day, and today on my flist saw a link to the movie - here: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/k3SYXkuEy5rjGN12163

I haven't had a chance to watch it yet, but it looks interesting!

[castalianspring.livejournal.com]

Oh, awesome! Thanks :)

[deborak]

That was wonderful! I liked the cast better than the actors in the real film. SACRILEGE!!! WANK!!! lol

[castalianspring.livejournal.com]

Lol. I liked it, too, and the actors were all very good. Though I think I would have liked a story with other characters, maybe something else from the appendices, better. This was good but seemed an excuse for them to just have another big orc fight scene and show off their Gollum - which was admittedly good, but we've seen that already. I got a bit bored during the fight scene, I'm afraid.