Ian McKellen (Gandalf) will appear on the Charlie Rose show on September 27th. If you’re interested in finding out about Ian himself, watch this show, as it doesn’t have the glam and spam of the other talk shows, just good old chat πŸ™‚

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For animation pioneer Ralph Bakshi, adapting J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord Of The Rings book trilogy into an animated film was a labor of love. Unfortunately, love is a poor substitute for stability and large amounts of money, at least where Hollywood and highly technical films are concerned. [More]

From: Jeff

I was in a comic store on the weekend and found the Marvel figures of Lord of the Rings. I bought a few and it confirmed my theory about Arwen riding Frodo across the ford. The back of the box talks about Arwen taking ‘the wounded Frodo’ to Rivendell to be healed by Elven magic. Pretty sweet. The figures are top-notch too…they look just like the actors! It’s amazing!

Those intrepid folks making an indie Hobbit film are hard at work. Take a look at some screenshots from the film, a little blurry..or maybe it’s my eyes.. [More]

those intrepid folks making an indie Hobbit film are hard at work. Take a look at some screenshots from the film, a little blurry..or maybe it’s my eyes..

Ringer Spy Ed strikes gold again and shows us some more additions to his LOTR collection, take a look at Lurtz! [More]