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Lord of the Rings Trilogy game preview
JAMDAT’s Lord of the Rings Trilogy, a cell phone game, is due for release later this year. You can read a preview of the game at IGN.
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The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar
The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar is due to launch in 2006. IGN has a report of a demo of the initial game experiences which include rescuing an imprisoned hobbit named Celadine Brandybuck and a trip to the Mad Badger Tavern.
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Ent statue plans get a mixed reception
IcBirmingham report that plans to put up a 25ft statue of an Ent on the village green in Moseley, UK have resulted in a split in the local community. Local business and resident groups have backed the proposal but heritage campaigners object to the statue’s size. The proposal for the statue was designed by Tim…
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Ticket sales for LotR approach $4 million
Tickets for the stage version of the Lord of the Rings went on sale on Sunday and Playbill News report that about 40,000 tickets have been sold to date netting nearly $4 million with about $1 million being generated from online sales. Executive producer Kevin Wallace commented that he was, “…absolutely thrilled. It’s a fantastic…
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LotR tops library poll
In a recent survey to find the favorite books of librarians in Victoria, Australia, Lord of the Rings was top of the poll. You can read a short article about the poll at Herald Sun
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Saving the Three Cups Hotel
This is Devon report on how campaigners have been fighting to save the future of the Three Cups Hotel in Lyme Regis, Devon. The hotel is believed by some Tolkien scholars to have been the inspiration for the Prancing Pony.
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Happy birthday Cate Blanchett
Today May 14th is Cate Blanchett’s birthday. She was born in Melbourne, Australia in 1969 and is 36 years old today. You can read all about Cate in the Cast List. There are pictures of Cate here and of Cate in the role of Galadriel here. Many Happy Returns!
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Gollum is the 5th scariest character
In a survey carried out by Amazon, Gollum has been voted as the 5th scariest character in children’s literature. You can see who else made the list and read the full story here.
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Tolkien’s “magical doorway”
In this article at Guardian Unlimited Books, US novelist Janet Lee Carey talks about how reading LotR to her son helped him when he was seriously ill in hospital. “Tolkien gave all of us a magical doorway out of the hospital room.”
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Archaeology and The Lord of the Rings
A one day conference on Archaeology and The Lord of the Rings will take place on 21st May at Birkbeck College, London, UK. There are further details about this event here.
