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From Variety.com:
'King' hailed by producers
New Line's "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" has won the Producers Guild of America's top kudos.
The 2,000-member org awarded "Return of the King" producers Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh and Barrie M. Osborne the Darryl F. Zanuck Producer of the Year Award in ceremonies Saturday night at the Century Plaza Hotel.
Kudos for the finale of the "Rings" trilogy surprised no one even though it topped a field of formidable major studio pics -- Miramax's "Cold Mountain," Warner's "The Last Samurai" and "Mystic River," Fox's "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World" and Universal's "Seabiscuit."
"Return of the King" had already emerged as an Oscar front-runner following picture of the year nods from the New York Film Critics and the Broadcast Film Critics plus a DGA nom for Jackson and a SAG nom for the ensemble cast. In addition, "Return of the King" has been by far the strongest box office performer of the six, with current worldwide grosses of around $825 million.
Did you all get that last part? ROTK has come close to matching 2T's entire take for 2003 IN ITS FIRST MONTH OF RELEASE. Woohoo! I knew it would hit big, but not this big! Who knows where it'll be come next month?
Kudos to PJ & Co. for turning the world on to LOTR! You guys ROCK!!
'The King' crowned by Producers Guild
'King' hailed by producers
New Line's "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" has won the Producers Guild of America's top kudos.
The 2,000-member org awarded "Return of the King" producers Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh and Barrie M. Osborne the Darryl F. Zanuck Producer of the Year Award in ceremonies Saturday night at the Century Plaza Hotel.
Kudos for the finale of the "Rings" trilogy surprised no one even though it topped a field of formidable major studio pics -- Miramax's "Cold Mountain," Warner's "The Last Samurai" and "Mystic River," Fox's "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World" and Universal's "Seabiscuit."
"Return of the King" had already emerged as an Oscar front-runner following picture of the year nods from the New York Film Critics and the Broadcast Film Critics plus a DGA nom for Jackson and a SAG nom for the ensemble cast. In addition, "Return of the King" has been by far the strongest box office performer of the six, with current worldwide grosses of around $825 million.
Did you all get that last part? ROTK has come close to matching 2T's entire take for 2003 IN ITS FIRST MONTH OF RELEASE. Woohoo! I knew it would hit big, but not this big! Who knows where it'll be come next month?
Kudos to PJ & Co. for turning the world on to LOTR! You guys ROCK!!
