Author: morwenna

  • UK residents – win LotR trading cards

    For a chance to win one of five sets of the special series of Decipher LotR trading cards created by Weta Workshop, enter the competition at futurenet.com. These cards feature some of the Tolkien characters who weren’t seen in the movies and include Tom Bombadil and Radagast The closing date is 16th August.

  • Ian McKellen – official site update

    The e-post section of Ian McKellen’s official site has been updated. He talks about filming Gandalf’s farewell to the hobbits, speaking elvish and more.

  • Time Warner’s bid for MGM

    The New York Daily News report that Time Warner appear to have the lead over Sony in the bid for MGM. Time Warner own New Line Cinema and MGM controls the TV and movie rights to The Hobbit.

  • More news on The Return of the King EE DVD

    At ign.com there’s another report, including pictures, about the RotK EE DVD preview at Comic-Con International. Their conclusion, “we want the Special Extended DVD Edition of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King right now”.

  • The Mouth of Sauron revealed

    At sideshowtoy.com you can view some of their collectables that were previewed at Comic-Con International. The latest items include The Mouth of Sauron bust and the Grond Troll maquette.

  • Further news on The Return of the King EE DVD

    There’s more news about the RotK EE DVD, including some details of three of the new scenes, at aint-it-cool-news. The article reveals that that the last shot for the DVD was actually filmed in March this year! Contains spoilers!

  • The Return of the King EE DVD

    Comicbookresources.com, reporting from the RotK EE DVD panel discussion at Comic-Con International, reveal that the DVD will contain an extra 50 minutes of footage, over 20 hours of “extras” and that “the deleted scenes are nothing less than mind-blowing”.

  • A Rider of Rohan

    Rider and horse trainer Juliana Craig wears a The One Ring necklace as a reminder of the time she was an extra in the LotR movies. Julia, along with her mother and brother, was one of the Riders of Rohan. You can read the full article at gulf-daily-news.com.

  • LotR at Comic-Con International

    Comingsoon.net are covering events at Comic-Con International 2004 which opens today. Click here for a preview of some of the LotR items that will be on show.

  • The Lord of the Rings symphony in Ottawa

    This article at Canada.com previews the Ottawa performance of the Lord of the Rings symphony on Thursday 22nd and Friday 23rd July. Alexander Mickelthwaite will be conducting. Howard Shore will be attending the Thursday performance and on Friday 23rd at 12.30pm, he will give a talk in the NAC Studio about his work. There are…