Category: Event News

The closing date for the LotR exhibition at the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Australia has been extended from 26th March to 3rd April. The museum is also screening all three of the movies. FotR will be shown on 26th March, TTT on 27th March and RotK on 28th March. There are further details at the museum’s…

Following on from the news that the LotR musical will premiere in Toronto, theglobeandmail.com has a story about how local actors are hoping to land a part in the new production.

The world premiere of The Lord of the Rings musical will take place in Toronto in March 2006. The music is being written by AR Rahman and Varttina. According to director Matthew Warchus, “The production will be a hybrid of text, physical theatre, music and spectacle never previously seen on this scale”. You can read…

The Daily Telegraph has a short report on Peter Jackson’s recent talk in Sydney, Australia, at which he showed some of the bloopers from the LotR movies. These included Aragorn machine gunning some of the bad guys!

2005 is the 25th anniversary of Abbey Road studios involvement in film scoring and to mark the occasion the studio is holding a film festival from 19th March to 3rd April. There will be screenings of a number of films associated with the studio including the LotR films. The screening dates are: FotR – 19th,…

On 16th April Isometric Projections will screen all three of the LotR movies. The trilogy marathon will be held at the Ontario Place Cinesphere IMAX Theatre, Toronto, starting at 11am and finishing around 9pm. There are also separate screenings of each of the movies; The Fellowship of the Ring – 22nd April, The Two Towers…

Tolkien illustrator Ted Nasmith has updated his official site with news about his forthcoming appearances in 2005. These include; Ringbearer’s Day in New York on 19th March and A Long Expected Party in Oslo, Norway on 4th-7th August.

Sean Astin will be appearing at the Scandinavian Sci-Fi, Game & Film convention. This event will be held in Gothenburg, Sweden on 12th & 13th March. There are further details about the event here.

On 1st March, Sean Astin will be giving a presentation entitled, “There and Back Again; An Actor’s Tale”. This event will take place at the Weis Center, Bucknell University, Lewisburg and is open to members of the public. There will be no admission charge but donations for Tsunami Relief will be accepted at the door.…

On Saturday 12th March, at the State Theatre in Sydney, Australia, the Powerhouse Museum will present, “An Evening with Peter Jackson”. PJ will give a behind the scenes insight into the making of the LotR trilogy and the presentation will include new footage. There are further details about the event here.