This link is probably premium-content, but never mind. “BERLIN — Kristanna Loken (‘Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines’), Benno Furmann (‘The Order’) and Alicia Witt (‘Two Weeks Notice’) will star in the $23 million production of ‘The Ring,’ based on the Germanic myth about the ring of the Nibelungs, which inspired Richard Wagner’s opera ‘The Ring Cycle’ as well as J.R.R. Tolkien’s ‘The Lord of the Rings.’
“Furmann stars as Siegfried the dragon-slayer, with Loken playing Brunhild, daughter of the god Odin, and Witt as Kriemhild, princess of Burgund.
“Rola Bauer and Tim Halkin of Munich-based Tandem Communications are exec producing the project with financial backing from fellow Munich financier VIP Media Funds. Pic is set to star shooting Monday (Nov. 16, 2003) in Cape Town, South Africa. Tandem is handling international distribution.
“Uli Edel is directing from a screenplay by Diane Duane and Peter Morwood in cooperation with Edel from a story by Robert Cochran (’24,’ ‘Attila’). Konstantin Thoeren is producing the film, which also stars Julian Sands and Max von Sydow.
“The fantasy-adventure is the story of a simple swordsmith’s son who repeatedly saves his country, not knowing that he is heir to a throne.”
…And so on.
Yeehaaaa!!
