Category: General News

  • CoE TV Guide: December 12th – 19th

    Have you ever wondered when your favorite stars from Lord of the Rings will be on TV? Now you can know! The CoE TV Guide will list almost all of the shows featuring actors and actresses from Lord of the Rings, and what channel their show will be on (US only). All times EST.

  • Hobbit actors support The Hobbit

    This short article at contactmusic.com reveals how some of the actors from the LotR movies would give their support to Peter Jackson if he adapts The Hobbit to the big screen. Billy Boyd says, “People want it so much. There was talk of us playing our characters’ relatives. I’m sure we’d all make ourselves free…

  • Official site update

    The latest update at the LotR official site is a video entitled Gifts to the Cast . This includes comments from Andy Serkis, Peter Jackson, Ian McKellen and other cast members. You can view the video here.

  • Interview with Billy Boyd

    In this interview at ic Birmingham Billy Boyd talks about the making of the LotR trilogy. One of the things he reveals is that he, “is not at the stage where he can sit back and enjoy the films as a viewer”. Billy will be at the Virgin Megastore, The Pavilions Shopping Centre, Birmingham UK…

  • Tolkien studies

    Cardiff University tutor, Dimitra Fimi, is in the process of completing her doctorate on Tolkien and you can read some of her views about his work at icWales. In January 2005 she will be leading a course entitled “The Foundations of Middle-earth: Myth, Language and Ideology in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Literature.” There are further details about…

  • Happy Birthday, Dominic Monaghan

    Today, December 8th, is Dominic Monaghan’s birthday. He was born in Berlin, Germany in 1976 and is 28 today. You can see pictures of Dominic here, pictures of Dominic in the role of Merry here and read his cast bio here. Happy Birthday, Dom!

  • CoE TV Guide: December 5th – 12th

    Have you ever wondered when your favorite star from Lord of the Rings will be on TV? Now you can know! The CoE TV Guide will list almost all of the shows featuring actors and actresses from Lord of the Rings, and what channel their show will be on (US only). All times EST.

  • CoE TV Guide: Nov 28th – Dec 5th

    Have you ever wondered when your favorite star from Lord of the Rings will be on TV? Now you can know! The CoE TV Guide will list almost all of the shows featuring actors and actresses from Lord of the Rings, and what channel their show will be on (US only). All times EST.

  • UK top 100 movies

    All three LotR movies are featured in Channel 4’s list of the UK cinema’s official top 100 movies. FotR is at number 16, RotK at number 19 and The Two Towers at number 22. You can view the full list at channel4.com. The listings were compiled using box office admissions not box office receipts.

  • John Howe – official site updates

    The latest update to the portfolio section of John Howe’s official site includes some new movie trilogy concept art. These include sketches and paintings of Grond, Bag-End and Minas Morgul. There are also scans of an 8 page article about John Howe, entitled “Right Place, Right Time”, which appeared in a recent edition of The…