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LotR trading card game – Black Rider
From now until the release date of 18th March, Decipher are previewing cards from their latest expansion set, Black Rider. The latest previews are of Rosie Cotton and Dwarven Skill.
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The Hobbit play
Stuff.co.nz report that auditions begin this week for a stage version of The Hobbit. The play will premiere on April 16th at St James Theatre, Wellington, NZ.
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Lord of the Rings – The Battle for Middle-earth
The official site for The Lord of the Rings – The Battle for Middle-earth has been updated with a new game trailer. You can view the trailer at eagames.com.
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LotR trading card game – Black Rider
The latest article at decipher.com is entitled Brutal, Corrupted, Crazed, and Vile. The article, which includes a preview of one of the new cards, is about the 61 minions of the Black Rider expansion set. These include orcs, nazgûl and a balrog.
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The Lord of the Rings exhibition
Stuff report that with an average of 3000 visitors a day, the LotR exhibition is set to become the most popular museum exhibition in Sydney. The exhibition is open until 31st March. Future dates for the exhibition are; 5th June to 28th August at the Houston Museum of Natural Science and 6th October to 3rd…
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Tolkien lecture
On Wednesday January 19th at 7.30 pm Michael Drout, Tolkien scholar and professor of Anglo-Saxon literature, will give a talk entitled, The Lord of the Rings: What the Films Left Out.” The venue is the Duxbury Library, Duxbury, MA. There are further details at Boston.com and at Duxbury Free Library.
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Lord of the Rings – The Battle for Middle-earth
There are two new Lord of the Rings – The Battle for Middle-earth videos at EA Games. Advanced Tutorial deals with building up your armies and enhancing their effectiveness. In Inside the Battle: TO WAR! Mark Skaggs and the development team talk about the biggest features of the game.
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The Lord of the Rings movies – it’s not over yet!
In an interview at USA Today.com Peter Jackson has revealed he has plans to produce an “ultimate DVD collection of the extended versions” of the LotR movies. However, it’s likely that these won’t be available for two to three years. Peter says he would like to include documentaries on the making of the movies, to…
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LotR trading card game – Black Rider
The latest expansion set in Decipher’s LotR trading card game is Black Rider and is due for release on 18th March 2005. You can view one of the new cards entitled Úlairë Lemenya and find details of how to obtain an exclusive foil promo version of this card at decipher.com .
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Gollum is one of the best special effects
This article at IOL discusses the results of a recent SFX magazine poll to find the greatest ever special effects of cinema history. The winner was the opening shot from Star Wars and Gollum was voted in at number 7.
