Bonnie writes: At The Fellowship Feast on Sunday evening during this past weekend’s Fellowship Festival 2005 in Wembley, UK, Thomas Robins recited the following poem he wrote for the fans. My friends, “Indis and Elentari”, and I asked if we could have a copy of it to post at the Decipher LOTR fan club and The LOTR Fan Messageboards. The next day we were thrilled to receive autographed copies of the poem that Mr. Robins had written out from his notes for us. I thought you might like to post it here as well so more people could read it. [More]
Month: August 2005
Lord of the Rings star Sir Ian McKellen is shedding extra pounds for his next film role. The former Bolton School pupil is starring in the film version of the hit novel the Da Vinci Code. And the actor has gone on a diet before filming begins. Actor Tom Hanks and director Ron Howard are reuniting for the movie, an adaptation of the international best-selling novel by Dan Brown. Sir Ian will play aristocrat Sir Leigh Teabing, while Hanks will play Robert Langdon, who is trying to solve the murder of a member of an ancient society that has protected dark secrets for centuries. [More]
There is a two minute BBC News feature on Elijah Wood’s new film “Green Street”. The link to the video is at the top right of the page, and you need RealPlayer. [More]
A movie producer earned $168m (£94m) from The Lord of the Rings films even though he did not work on the trilogy, trade paper Variety has reported. Saul Zaentz got the payout from film studio New Line because he bought the rights to JRR Tolkien’s books in 1976. The windfall is revealed in court papers after New Line settled a legal wrangle with Mr Zaentz, Variety said. He sued New Line for a further $20m (£11m), saying they miscalculated the box office royalties he was owed. [More]
Regular contributor REZ writes: On personal note. We got slammed by high winds for Katrina. Which suprised me since I live in Birmingham. The univeristy is going back to normal, most of the power is back.
Coming out today is a film that I’ve wanted to watch for a while, Dominic Monaghan’s ‘Purifiers’. This martial arts flick is now available on DVD. Take a look at our SHOP for more details. [More]
Elijah Wood’s latest film Everything is Illuminated is set to premiere tonight at the Laemmle Music Hall on Wilshire in LA tonight at 7:30. [More]