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New Ian McKellen E-Post
Ian McKellen’s website has updated with a new e-post, in which the actor answers questions about his experiences filming The Lord of the Rings and the cast’s Elvish tattoos, amongst other things.
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Record-breaking Rings research
A survey about The Return of the King carried out by the University of Wales in Aberystwyth has become the biggest piece of social research of its kind ever, with over 25,000 people responding. The University says that some analysis could be completed by December. More information about the survey can be found at Stuff.co.nz.
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David Wenham on the RotK EE
Sci Fi Wire has some tantalising hints about a few new scenes involving Faramir in the RotK Extended Edition DVD, courtesy of David Wenham. Note: RotK EE Spoilers!
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Happy birthday Sarah McLeod!
Today, July 18th, Sarah McLeod (Rosie Cotton in FotR and RotK) turns 33. Happy birthday from all here at CoE, Sarah! You can view images of Rosie in our gallery here and an image of Sarah herself here.
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Review of Shore’s Seattle Symphony
The Seattle Times has a very positive review of Thursday night’s Lord of the Rings Symphony at Benaroya Hall in Seattle, conducted by Howard Shore.
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The Lord of the Remakes
An article at TCS discusses five reasons why The Lord of the Rings trilogy will inevitably be remade within the next twenty or thirty years following Peter Jackson’s own version of the story, while most other classic films will never be remade.
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TTT EE snaps up three awards
‘The Two Towers’ Extended Edition DVD has won three awards at this year’s Home Entertainment DVD Technical Awards. It won the award for Best Audio Presentation, Best Commentary and Best Supplementary Material Presentation. You can read more, and see the other winners, at VSDA.
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Ian McKellen site update
Ian McKellen’s official website has recently updated with a new E-Post, in which Sir Ian responds to questions about Gandalf and his experience in filming LotR.
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A Gateway to Sindarin
David Salo, the Tolkien linguist who worked on the Elvish in the recent films, has written a new book concerning Sindarin, called “A Gateway To Sindarin: A Grammar of an Elvish Language from J. R. R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings”. It is due to be released this October; more details can be found at…
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Want to live in Tolkien’s home?
The house in Oxford, England, where Professor Tolkien wrote The Hobbit and much of Lord of the Rings, is up for sale for £1.5 million. You can read more about the house at Telegraph Property.
