Archive for May 5th, 2009

Sideshow TV Reveals Full Details of the Sam and Frodo ‘Mount Doom’ Diorama

Tuesday, May 5th, 2009 Posted in Collectibles, ComicCon, Conventions, Elijah Wood, Events, Lord of the Rings, LotR: Movies, Merchandise, Movie: Return of the King, Sean Astin, Sideshow Collectibles

Last week, Sideshow Collectibles revealed a small thumbnail of their upcoming Comic-Con 2009 Exclusive - 'Mount Doom' Sam and Frodo Diorama. In the latest edition of Sideshow TV (Sideshow's video ... Read more..

John Howe book signing at the Weta Cave in Wellington

Tuesday, May 5th, 2009 Posted in Books & Publications, Collectibles, Events, John Howe, Merchandise

Weta is pleased to host one of the world's most acclaimed Tolkien illustrators and designers, John Howe, for a book signing at the Weta Cave. Currently visiting Weta Workshop, ... Read more..

Happy Birthday John Rhys-Davies!

Tuesday, May 5th, 2009 Posted in John Rhys-Davies

John Rhys-Davies (born May 5, 1944) is an English-born Welsh actor and vocal artist. He is perhaps best known for playing the charismatic Arab excavator Sallah in the Indiana Jones ... Read more..

‘Legend of Siguard’ reviews, book on sale today

Tuesday, May 5th, 2009 Posted in Christopher Tolkien, J.R.R. Tolkien, Languages, Lectures & Education, The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun, Tolkien

J.R.R. Tolkien's newest posthumous work lands in retail today. The body of the non Middle-earth tale is told in two narrative poems told in the form of Norse mythology ... Read more..

John Rhys-Davies Birthday

Tuesday, May 5th, 1970 Posted in Calendar

Today is John Rhys-Davies' Birthday! John was born on May 5th, 1944 in Salisbury, England. That makes him 64 years old today! Happy Birthday John! Read more..