David Dyer-Bennet wrote: > Frank Mayhar <frank at exit.com> writes: > >> Damien Sullivan wrote: >>> On Sat, Dec 14, 2002 at 08:01:53AM -0500, Casey Rousseau wrote: >>>> I think it would cost most of 10 million just to figure out how to >>>> do Loiosh justice. >>> Not to mention the 7 foot tall elves. >> >> Hey, if Jackson can do Hobbits walking next to normal-sized humans, >> 7-foot-tall elves should be a breeze. > > Jackson was not trying to make a film with a minimal budget, either. I had heard that the budget was 250 for the trilogy, that is he wanted a huge ammount to do each because they assumed they would stop production and shoot them years apart, after thinking about what the budget could be if he shoot them all in a row it was considerably cheaper. Mind you this is hearsay because I 'heard' it