Pics have hit the net from the new Ian Holm (Bilbo) film ‘From Hell’. Check them out here. [More]
Month: June 2001
From: Sharon
I just wanted to tell you that E!’s Coming Attractions has just announced that they will show something about the new Fellowship of the Ring trailer. They’ll probably show the whole trailer.
Be sure to try and check that out!
Check out the latest T-shirt from ‘thinkgeek.com’ [More]
From: Frank
Shift magazine’s online entity has published a list of “67 essential moments in geek history” and tokien/lotr is mentioned twice: in the second mention
1937: j.r.r. tolkien publishes ‘the hobbit’
2001: First of Lord of the Rings trilogy due out in December [starring Elijah Wood] (hardly a Geek Timeline, no mention of Doctor Who!! -Xo) [More]
From: Paul T
I’ve just heard from someone I know in the film indusrty in Oz, he tells me the Aussie release date is Dec 26th – Boxing Day.
And the reason is: All the Big movies are released on Boxing Day if they are going to be released in December in Australia. It is the first day of the Boxing Day test (cricket) and it is the biggest movie going day of all year downunder.
Mail from Japanese fans shows us that they love LOTR the book …..but they’re worried that New Line is destroying the magic of the words by taking the easy option for the translations and opting for katakana [phonetic] renditions of words. [More]