Pending Film: Finding Sméagol
This is ScrappleFace, a humor blog(2004-03-01) -- Oscar-sweeping director Peter Jackson this morning said he would team up with Pixar Studios, which last night won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film, to produce a rollicking adventure tentatively titled "Finding Smeagol."
Mr. Jackson, whose trilogy capstone âReturn of the Kingâ (ROTK) captured 11 Oscars, inluding Best Picture and Best Director, said he was "eager to explore what ever happened to Smeagol (also called Gollum) after he disappeared into that river of molten lava at the end of ROTK. Because the film already had six endings, we really didnât have time to resolve Smeagolâs story. It was a cliff hanger, if you will, which shouts for a sequel."
For Pixarâs part, a studio spokesman said âFinding Smeagolâ will challenge its computer animation experts to "create a whole believable world in spectacular, graceful orange, all at about 2,200 degrees Fahrenheit. Anyone whoâs ever seen a lava lamp has imagined what it would be like to live in that stuff."
The story will follow the adventures of Smeagolâs father, voiced by Albert Brooks, as he searches for his jewelry-obsessed, prodigal son.
Mr. Jackson plans to shoot much of âFinding Smeagolâ on location at New Zealandâs Ruapehu volcano. The film will combine live actors with computer-generated imaging (CGI) animation in ways never before attempted. Andy Serkis will reprise the role of Smeagol/Gollum, and is already being fitted with a special âheat resistantâ costume.
Posted by: Korora 2004-03-01 |