Author: morwenna

  • Award for Return of the King

    At the recent Australian Film Institute awards, Return of the King received the award for best foreign film. Highlights of the award ceremony will be screened on the Australian channel ABC TV at 6pm on 31st October. There are further details about the awards at Herald Sun.

  • LotR Motion Picture Trilogy – The Exhibition

    Tickets for The Lord of the Rings Motion Picture Trilogy – The Exhibition, at The Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Australia, are now available for pre-order at ticketmaster. The exhibition opens on December 26th and closes on March 31st (these dates are subject to change).

  • British Academy Children’s Film and Television Awards

    Nominations for the 2004 British Academy Children’s Film and Television Awards were announced today and Return of the King has been nominated in the best feature film category. You can see a full list of all the nominations here. The winners will be announced on 28th November.

  • Tolkien’s earnings

    In this year’s list of the top ten deceased celebrity earners at Forbes.com, Elvis is still king at number 1 with Charles Schulz (Peanuts) at number 2. J R R Tolkien is number 3 on the list with earnings of $23 million. There are further details on the story at Scotsman.com.

  • Shadows – LotR Trading Card Game

    The latest articles about Shadows, the expansion set in the “War of the Ring” block, are entitled, Uruk-hai and Low and Whutaa! Ninja Sméagol?. You can view previews of some of the new cards here.

  • The Lord of the Rings : The Battle for Middle-earth

    The latest article at IGN.com discusses the heroes of the fellowship. There are also two new videos entitled The Fellowship and Tour of Middle-earth which you can view here.

  • Some Middle-earth facts and figures

    Fifty years ago, on 21st October 1954, The Fellowship of the Ring was first published in the USA. This article at BostonHerald.com presents some interesting facts and figures about the books and movies.

  • The Lord of the Rings : The Third Age

    The latest article at xbox.ign.com discusses the “baddies” that will feature in The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age, these include Trolls and Boss Creatures. There are also some new screenshots of the game here and some new videos here.

  • Shadows – LotR Trading Card Game

    Shadows, the expansion set in the “War of the Ring” block is due for release on 3rd November. This article entitled Location, Location, Location discusses the new site path system. You can view previews of some of the new cards here. These include; Legolas, Woodland Emissary and Éowyn, Shieldmaiden of Rohan.

  • Win a Morgul Lord or a Uruk-hai statue

    Enter the prize draws at sideshowtoy.com for a chance to win a Morgul Lord statue or a Uruk-hai Berserker statue. The closing date for the Morgul Lord statue draw is 4th November and for the Uruk-hai Berserker statue draw is 8th November.