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McKellen has high hopes for RotK
“In an e-mail I got just now from Peter Jackson, I asked if he was coming [to the Empire Awards], and he said no…but he’s recorded a video message, and…put a p.s. at the bottom. It said: ‘And Return of the King is looking very, very good!’ So I tell you, if Peter Jackson’s boasting…
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LotR Easter Eggs revealed
Tolkien enthusiasts around the world are today celebrating the discovery of huge amounts of new material concerning the adventures of their favourite characters from the movie smash Lord of the Rings. Read more.
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RotK running time?
Nothing’s official yet, but Dark Horizons has some speculation about the length of RotK. They also have a brief mention of a scene that many people were worried wouldn’t make it into the film and it looks like it may be included! Note: This information contains spoilers for RotK. If you don’t want to know,…
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Four new cards!
Decipher has added four new cards to their Helm’s Deep collection: Gollum, Stinker, Smeagol, Slinker, Frodo, Master of the Precious, and Sam, Nice Sensible Hobbit.
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Go behind the scenes…
…with the Forces of Darkness with Saruman and Wormtongue in the exclusive video, found on the Lord of the Rings official site.
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It just goes to show…
…that you can’t please everybody. Tolkien scholar Wayne Hammond has more than a few issues with Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings films and isn’t afraid to say so. You can read his opinions by clicking here.
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Something to look forward to?
Dark Horizons has some information (apparently from an inside source at WETA Digital) about whether or not we’ll be seeing ‘her’ in the first trailer for Return of the King. Note: This contains possible spoilers for the RotK trailers. If you don’t want to know, don’t click. For those who do, scroll down to right…
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Winner of the flaming Balrog
A few weeks back, we ran a story about the very interesting contest over at Ain’t It Cool News, where contestants were encouraged to design a Balrog out of marshmallows in order to win a Balrog Statue. And the winner is…
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TTT needs your vote!
The Two Towers appears more than once on the IMA (Internet Movie Awards) ballots, nominated in such categories as Favorite Picture, Favorite Actor in a Supporting Role (Andy Serkis), Favorite Actress in a Supporting Role (Miranda Otto), Favorite Soundtrack/Score, and more! Help your favorite film win by voting here.
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The man behind Gollum
When his agents first pitched him the part, which they said would involve going to New Zealand, where the film was shot, and doing some voice-over work, he was hesitant. “I kind of thought ‘There’s lot of characters in “Lord of the Rings”; why can’t you get me one of the decent on-screen acting roles?’…
