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UK residents – win LotR games
For a chance to win a copy of either The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-Earth for PC or The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age for PS2, enter the competition at guardian.co.uk. The closing date for the competition is 28th November.
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John Howe – official site updates
The latest update to the portfolio section of John Howe’s official site includes some new movie trilogy concept art. These include sketches and paintings of Grond, Bag-End and Minas Morgul. There are also scans of an 8 page article about John Howe, entitled “Right Place, Right Time”, which appeared in a recent edition of The…
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Tolkien’s house is awarded listed status
From 1930 to 1947 JRR Tolkien lived at 26 Northmoor Road, Oxford and it was here that he wrote the Hobbit and the majority of The Lord of the Rings. In recognition of this the house is to be made a Grade II listed building. The UK minister for Heritage, Andrew McIntosh, said, “the decision…
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Alan Lee – US tour schedule
As part of Houghton Mifflin’s celebration of the 50th anniversary of the US publication of The Fellowship of the Ring, Alan Lee will be making a series of presentations in which he will discuss his involvement in bringing the visual world of Tolkien to life. The presentations will include a Q&A with fans, slide show,…
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Interview with John Rhys-Davies
In this short interview at mid-day.com John Rhys-Davies talks about playing the role of Gimli. One of the things he reveals is, “The Lord of the Rings films have had the smartest audience of any film I’ve been in.”
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The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth
The latest article at IGN.com discusses the multiplayer features of the game. There are also some new screenshots which you can view here and some new videos including, “What if Gondor fought Rohan?”, which you can view here.
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The making of the LotR DVDs
In this two part exclusive interview at Now Playing Magazine, Kevin Miller, one of the LotR DVD producers, talks about the making of the DVDs. He describes how this has been the most challenging and satisfying project he has worked on. “The sheer volume of source material is staggering… the behind-the-scenes videotape material totals the…
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The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth
The latest article at IGN.com features the buildings of Mordor. There’s also new video entitled, Mordor strategy commentary which you can view here.
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UK residents – win LotR computer games
For a chance to win copies of both The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-Earth and The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age enter the competition at BBC Teens. The closing date for the competition is 30th November.
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Best DVDs of 2004
Peter Travers of Rolling Stone magazine has posted his list of this year’s top DVDs and the extended edition of Return of the King is at number 2. Contains minor spoilers
