Archive for May 12th, 2007

THE LORD OF THE RINGS ONLINE™ Is the #1 Selling PC Game ACROSS NORTH AMERICA AND EUROPE

Saturday, May 12th, 2007 Posted in Gaming, Lord of the Rings, Old Special Reports

WESTWOOD, MA and CHICAGO, IL – May 10, 2007 - Today, Turbine, Inc., Midway Games Inc. and Codemasters Online Gaming announced that The Lord of the Rings Online™: Shadows of ... Read more..

Trilogy screening in California

Saturday, May 12th, 2007 Posted in Events, Film Screenings, LotR: Movies, Old Main News

rohtireth writes: As a follow-up to your notice about the trilogy screening in New York, here in California there is a screening of The Fellowship of the Ring on June ... Read more..

Dirty Dancing tops most watched film poll for women

Saturday, May 12th, 2007 Posted in Fans, LotR: Movies, Old Main News

A survey involving viewers of the Sky Movies Sci-fi & Horror channel revealed that some films are a hit with both sexes - including Star Wars, Jaws, The Lord of ... Read more..

‘Children of Hurin’ Sells out in Portugal

Saturday, May 12th, 2007 Posted in Old Main News, Other Tolkien books

Rute writes: Just to let all the fans know that in Portugal the book, 'The Children of Hurin' (in portuguese 'Os Filhos de Húrin') is going on it's 4th ... Read more..

Weta’s Richard Taylor one big kid

Saturday, May 12th, 2007 Posted in Crew News, Old Main News, Richard Taylor, WETA Workshop

Weta Workshop 's new animated series Jane and the Dragon brings out the playful side of director Richard Taylor. He talks to Grant Smithies. Richard Taylor grins a goofy grin. ... Read more..

Lords unite over lovely bones

Saturday, May 12th, 2007 Posted in Old Main News, PJ's Other Films, Peter Jackson

STEVEN Spielberg will join forces with Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson for the New Zealander's new film. Spielberg's DreamWorks film studio won the right to finance Jackson's film ... Read more..

Visual Effects Society Names LOTR Trilogy on ‘50 Best’ List

Saturday, May 12th, 2007 Posted in Lord of the Rings, LotR: Movies, Old Main News, PJ's Other Films, Peter Jackson

The Visual Effects Society has named the entire LOTR Trilogy on their list of the most influential visual effects film of all time! From a select list of 50 titles, ... Read more..

Boyd’s ‘Beecake’ Video and Images

Saturday, May 12th, 2007 Posted in Billy Boyd, Concerts, Conventions, Events, LotR: Cast News, Old Main News

Mehtariel writes: I was wondering if you were interested in telling folks about the Collectormania party in Milton Keynes (England) last weekend where Beecake (Billy Boyd's band) played. There ... Read more..