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| Business Wire TTT DVD Features at Comic-Con Convention WHO: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers stars Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, and Andy Serkis; Academy Award(R)-winning special effects wizard Richard Taylor and Weta Digital artists. WHAT: Key features of the highly-anticipated DVD release of The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers--including Sean Astin's short film, The Long and Short of It and never-before-seen footage from The Return of the King, the final chapter in The Lord of the Rings trilogy--will be unveiled at Comic-Con, the nation's largest comic book/pop culture entertainment convention. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Comic-Con program will also demonstrate the creation of myriad Middle-earth characters, with select Comic-Con attendees transformed onstage from ordinary civilians into Lord of the Rings favorites including a hobbit, an elf and a warrior from the Kingdom of Rohan. Woods, Astin, Serkis, Taylor, and Weta Digital artists will also present an in-depth discussion of the creation of Gollum, an historic cinematic marriage of actor and digital technology. The grand finale of the presentation will consist of an introduction created especially for Comic-Con by award-winning writer-director Peter Jackson, followed by a three-minute preview of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, as featured on the DVD available in stores August 26th. Lucky attendees throughout the weekend will win one-of-a-kind lithographs from The Two Towers and The Lord of the Rings prize packages, courtesy of New Line Home Entertainment, Sideshow Weta, Houghton Mifflin, Electronic Arts, Noble Collection, The One Ring.net, Games Workshop and Decipher. WHEN: Saturday, July 19th, 2:00-3:30PM, New Line Cinema presentation Thursday, July 17th through Sunday, July 20th, entire convention WHERE: The San Diego Convention Center 111 Harbor Drive, Downtown San Diego (New Line Cinema presentation in Ballroom 20) Go to: Business Wire |
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