I was looking for something completely different and found this page on the Scholastic News for Kids website. Granted, it is a bit dated, but there are several links, including interviews with Bloom, Wood, and Astin, as well as “Making the Movies” and “History of Middle-earth” that you might enjoy reading. Check it out [here]

Sideshow/Weta Collectibles is releasing a 1/4 Scale Sauron Helm as one of the many new items we expect to see at Comic-Con 2004. Follow the link for pictures and to pre-order. Additionally, Sideshow is hosting a special announcement at 5pm on Wednesday, which many are speculating will be the first glimpse at the ROTK EE Gift Set. [Sauron helm] [Sideshow Comic Con Coverage]

The Fellowship Festival [London August 28-30] has its complete programme up on its website, and announces new guests [including John Howe] and a new interactive battle arena that will be hosted by Electronic Arts. They’ll be unveiling two new LOTR games, “Battle for Middle-earth,” and “The Third Age,” which will not be available elsewhere until November. [More]

djdeathskiss sends along more images of Orlando Bloom on the set of his latest film ‘Elizabethtown’. [More]

Ringer Spy Silmarien sent in the latest edition of the Dominion Post which has this article about Peter Jackson and his positive influence on Wellington, and the rest of NZ. [More]

Ringer Spy Silmarien sends along the latest edition of the Dominion Post with this article on LOTR documentry filmmaker Costa Botes. Take a look! [More]