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The Lord of the Rings Exhibition
The Lord of the Rings Exhibition opens at the Indiana State Museum on 6th October at 12:01 am. As a prelude to the exhibition opening the museum’s Imax Theater will be showing all three of the movies (theatrical releases) on 3rd, 4th and 5th October. There’s further information at MuseumExhibits.
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Perrott’s Folly to be renovated
Perrott’s Folly, one of the landmarks in Birmingham that served as an inspiration for Tolkien, is due to be renovated. Emergency repairs are currently being made to the tower and these will be followed by a major refurbishment. Once the work has been completed there are plans to develop a themed restaurant and visitors centre.…
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Have you seen Treebeard?
A 14ft tall model of Treebeard has been stolen from the Womad Festival in the UK. Treebeard was last seen being tied to the roof of a white Ford Escort van but although the police have been alerted he has yet to be found. Artist Andy O’Rourke commented, “It’s really gutting as Treebeard was our…
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LotR stage version – official cast announcement
The official site for the stage version of the Lord of the Rings has now released details of the cast for the forthcoming LotR stage production. The Canadian and British cast of 55 includes Brent Carver as Gandalf, James Loye as Frodo and Gabriel Burrafato will play Legolas.
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New LotR games from Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts now has the rights to use Tolkien’s literary works in their game development (previously they were limited to using the LotR theatrical versions). This means that future games will be able to use people, places and battles that were not depicted in the movies. Two new games are being developed; The Lord of…
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The LotR – stage version
The stage version of the LotR is due to open in Toronto next year. This article at The Globe and Mail discusses the state of the art stage, which has 2 rotating plates and 16 elevators, that will be used in the production.
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UK residents – win a trip to see the LotR in Toronto
For a chance to win a trip to Toronto to see the stage version of LotR, enter the competition at Times Online. The closing date for the competition is 12th August.
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Tolkien exhibition
An exhibition celebrating Tolkien’s boyhood in Birmingham opened today, 18th July, at the Birmingham Central Library, UK. You can read more about the exhibition and Tolkien’s links with the city in this article at icBirmingham. The exhibition is open until 2nd September.
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Happy birthday Sarah McLeod
Sarah McLeod (Rosie Cotton in FotR and RotK) was born in Putaruru, New Zealand on 18th July 1971 and is 34 today. You can view images of Rosie in our gallery here and an image of Sarah herself here. Happy birthday Sarah!
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Amazon Hall of Fame – top DVDs
As part of their 10th anniversary celebrations Amazon.com has compiled a list of their top 25 best-selling DVDs. The LotR DVDs head the list at numbers 1, 2 and 3. You can see the full list here. In a live webcast on 16th July at 5pm PST Amazon will be showing never seen before behind-the-scenes…
