Author: slayer9649

  • Vacaville to host a Middle-earth festival

    The town of Vacaville, CA is turning over their downtown to a Middle-earth festival. This is timed to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the of Houghton Mifflin’s publication of “The Fellowship of the Ring”. The event will run from 2nd-7th April and will include activities such as chain mail making and a trivia event.…

  • Tolkien conference

    This weekend nearly 300 people attended a conference on Tolkien at Marquette University. You can read Mike Moore’s review of the event at journaltimes.com.

  • A Long-Expected Preview

    The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age will be released on November 2, and a very interesting review of the game can be found at RPGamer.com. The article comments on the game-play and versatility of the game, as well as the interactivity of the players.

  • LotR stars at Supanova 2004

    Guests at the Supanova 2004 convention, which is being held in Brisbane, Australia on 18th and 19th September, include; John Noble, Sean Astin, John Rhys-Davies and some of the Weta Workshop crew. For further details go to supanova.com.au

  • Sean Astin to appear at Armageddon Pulp Culture Expo

    Sean Astin will now be attending the Armageddon Pulp Culture Expo in Wellington, NZ on 25th-26th September. Other LotR guests include; John-Rhys-Davies, Andy Serkis and Jed Brophy (whose roles included Snaga and Sharku). For further details go to: pulpexpo.com .

  • John Noble at Sci-Fi Expo in Dallas

    John Noble will be making a rare appearance at the Dallas Sci-Fi Expo to be held on July 10th-11th. Go to scifiexpo.com for details.

  • New Line contest – win the RotK DVD

    All subscribers to the New Line Movie News have a chance to win one of 20 widescreen versions of the RotK DVD or a $100 shopping spree at the New Line online store. To subscribe, go to the official Lord of the Rings site at lordoftherings.net and click on Join the Fellowship.

  • 2 AOL reports on RotK

    AOL has a couple of new reports regarding RotK. You can link up to AOL’s Entertainment Weekly report in an article called Web Spinner about Shelob. This EW link will connect you, and then you can go here for a report called Happy Return. Enjoy!

  • Glowing reivew of RotK at AOL

    There’s a glowing review of RotK at