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LotR : The Battle for Middle-earth – The Armies of Isengard
This article at IGN.com discusses the Armies of Isengard and how they will feature in EA’s forthcoming game. There are also some great new images, including Lurtz and The Ballista, which you can view here.
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Time Warner no longer in the running to buy MGM
Bloomberg.com reports that having failed to reach an agreement on the price of the film studio, Time Warner has withdrawn their bid for MGM. It had been hoped that a deal between Time Warner, who owns New Line Cinema, and MGM, who owns the film rights to The Hobbit, would pave the way for Peter…
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Happy birthday Ian Holm
Ian Holm was born in Goodmayes, UK on 12th September 1931 and is 73 years old today. You can read his cast bio here. In the CoE gallery you can view pictures of Ian here and pictures of Ian in the role of Bilbo here. Happy birthday Ian
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The Lord of the Rings Motion Picture Trilogy – The Exhibition
The Lord of the Rings Motion Picture Trilogy – The Exhibition is coming to the Indiana State Museum. The exhibition will open on 6th October and run until 31st December 2005. There are further details at indystar.com. Tickets will be on sale from mid 2005. You can sign up at the museum website here to…
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Release date for the RotK EE DVD
New Line Cinema have confirmed that the RotK EE DVD and the collector’s giftset are to be released on 14th December. There are further details at dvdanswers.com.
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Tolkien exhibition
On 21st October, an exhibition entitled, “The Invented Worlds of J.R.R. Tolkien, Drawings and Original Manuscripts from the Marquette University Collection” will open at The Haggerty Museum of Art, Milwaukee. Entrance to the exhibition is free. There’s further information at the Museum of Art website here.
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The Lord of the Rings : The Third Age
In this interview at homelanfed.com EA executive producer Steve Gray talks about the forthcoming game. He reveals that, “The Third Age is very near completion and will be released in November of this year.”
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Hugo Awards 2004
Lord of the Rings has won two Hugo Awards. Return of the King won the award for Best Dramatic Presentation – Long Form and Gollum’s acceptance speech at the MTV 2003 movie awards won the award for Best Dramatic Presentation – Short Form. There’s a full list of all the winners here.
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The Council Courier – September edition
The latest edition of The Council Courier is now available and this month’s featured Realm is the Realm of Nessa. You can view September’s newsletter here.
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Lord of the Rings Exhibition in Boston – special events
Special events at The Boston Museum of Science include a demonstration of forging on 11th September and on 20th September it’s College Night when students can visit the exhibition for just $5. On 1st October, there’s a free lecture entitled “Editing Wizardry” this will be presented by Annie Collins (Assistant Editor to Jamie Selkirk) who,…
