A new LotR product has hit the UK and Spain and may be coming to a country near you in the near future. ‘Battle Games in Middle-earth’, is a serialized gaming supplement based on Games Workshop’s The Lord of The Rings tabletop strategy battle game.
Games Workshop and New Line cinema have granted DeAgostini a sub-license to distribute ‘Battle Games in Middle-earth’. The early packs are a great introduction to The Lord of The Rings strategy game with tips on how to paint the miniatures, build terrains and re-enact the battles from Peter Jackson’s trilogy. However there is plenty in it to excite and enthral the experienced hobbyist too with later packs to include details on how to set up and run campaigns, features on detailed modelling projects as well as introducing new painting styles and techniques.
The product will not be sold through Games Workshop stores or mail order but you will be able to find it in most high street newsagents in the UK and Spain.
Make sure you look out for the television adverts that accompany the launch!
To find out more visit the ‘Battle Games in Middle-earth’ website:
the-ring.net
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TORN Digital West, our west-coast team headed by Asfaloth and Green Booker Quickbeam, revived me from my sickened state to remind me that the very cool Billy Boyd/Sala Baker interview was not included in the TORN Digital update. The interviews, filmed during the red carpet entrance at th TTT LA Premiere are really fun to watch. We have now added it, take a look..really great stuff! [More]
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Lolly writes: Back in December last year I went to the AEAF in Sydney, when Jim Rygel and Randy Cook gave what was supposed to be an hour long presentation on FOTR. Another event has been scheduled for May in Melbourne, and this time there’ll be info on Two Towers. It is certainly worthwhile for anyone interested in not only LOTR but also effects and animations in the film industry. [More]
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Two articles from Scifi.com featuring our own Ian McKellen (Gandalf) and Sean Astin (Sam). [More]
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Astin Likes Evil Angel
Sean Astin, who directs the upcoming “Soulless” episode of The WB’s Angel, told the Zap2it Web site that he loved working with star David Boreanaz. Astin’s episode, which marks his directorial debut in a one-hour network series, deals with Angel’s evil counterpart, Angelus.
“When you’re working with David, and he’s into Angelus, he’s got so many layers and so many different shades and qualities, you want to keep exploring them and mining them and pulling them out,” Astin told the site. “It’s such a rich, meaty character for him to do. He’s good at evil. It’s a little creepy, yeah.”
Astin, who is best known as Sam in the Lord of the Rings films, got the directing gig through his friendship with writer/director Dan Petrie Jr., who is also friends with former Angel executive producer David Greenwalt. “Soulless” aired Feb. 5 at 9 p.m. ET/PT.
McKellen: King Rocks
Ian McKellen, star of Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings films, told the Empire Online Web site that the upcoming third installment will not disappoint. Speaking at the Empire Awards, where Two Towers picked up honors, McKellen told the site, “In an e-mail I got just now from Peter Jackson, I asked if he was coming tonight, and he said no, he can’t, but he’s recorded a video message, and then he put a p.s. at the bottom. It said: ‘And Return of the King is looking very, very good!’ So I tell you, if Peter Jackson’s boasting how good the third film is now, then we’d all better watch out.”
McKellen also confessed that the filmmakers worried how the second Rings movie would be received. “We did worry a little bit, even after the success of the first film, that the second film might have a bit of a difficult time,” McKellen said. “Because, after all, it doesn’t have a beginning, and it doesn’t have an ending. The story doesn’t finish until Return of the King in a year’s time. But the public has taken it to its heart, no doubt because they liked the first film so much.” Return of the King opens in December.
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Jo_Took from Singapore writes: Attached is a spoof that was printed in a local newspaper here in Singapore and i thought i would share it with you guys. I love the website and thanks for all the LOTR info! You guys are doing a great job! [More]
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