Category: 09.29 Chapter Twenty-Nine (2000-04) A Tale of Two Franchises: X-Men and Middle-earth Collide
I returned to Los Angeles from New Zealand in mid-May, 2000. X-Men was scheduled for release on July 14 and there was a lot of work I had to do on it before then. So did Ian McKellen. He came to L.A. to shoot “pick-ups,” additional scenes to be inserted into the final film. These were mostly on the Statue of Liberty set that had been transported to a small soundstage in Culver City.
As soon as he was finished, he had to rush to the (fortunately nearby) airport to catch a flight back to NZ. I went with him to try to capture some audio content for the website. I asked him to recite the lines that begin with, “One ring to rule them all.” I figured we’d have a nice echo inside the public restroom. The first take was ruined when someone flushed a toilet, but after two or three takes I had what I wanted.
00.00 It's all about the journey 01.02 Chapter Two (1964) A Sweet Adventure in New York: A Tale of Chocolate Eggs, City Exploration and John Wayne 01.03 Chapter Three Making Up for Lost Time 02.00 Part Two The Journey Begins 02.05 Chapter Five (1963-64) Boy Scouting … for Music 02.07 Chapter Seven (1968-70) A Tech Odyssey / Johnny Cash 03.00 Part Three (1968-71) Washington, D.C. 04.12 Chapter Twelve (1973) Air L'America Spooks 08.25 Chapter Twenty-Five (1998) An Enemy of The People 08.26 Chapter Twenty-Six (1998-99) Oscar Season 09.29 Chapter Twenty-Nine (2000-04) A Tale of Two Franchises: X-Men and Middle-earth Collide 09.30 Chapter Thirty (2001) Broadway 9/11, Iain Armatrading 10.00 Part Ten (2005-2024) The Road Goes Ever On 10.36 Chapter Thirty-Six (2010-14) From a Shilling to Billions, The Hobbit, Hugo Weaving, Cate Blanchett 10.40 Chapter Forty (2024) Ian McKellen takes a stage dive 11.00 Part Eleven Epilogue: Hollywood in my rear-view mirror 11.41 Chapter Forty-One (2014-23) Shifting to Las Vegas 11.44 Chapter Forty-Four The Future of Hollywood
