A lot of fans are now eagerly awaiting the Fellowship of the Ring DVD after watching it on the big screen, drooling over the idea of nearly an extra hour of footage. The last word about the DVD was in the region of August/September of next year, and it’s just been recently announced that Warner will distribute it in Europe. Here’s a list of what the folks at IGN would like to see on it, complete with mock up cover. [More]

Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring jumped from number three to the number one most searched for movie on IMDB this week. Similarly, Elijah Wood was the second most requested person this week, with Peter Jackson ninth, Liv Tyler tenth and Viggo Mortensen fourteenth.

Irish actor Stuart Townsend has blasted the makers of Lord of the Rings for treating him badly on the set of the movie before he lost the role of Aragorn, claim ShowBiz Ireland. [More]

Matt writes: Just an intersting note that LOTR has been rated M in Australia (looking at the TV ads this evening). This is a more stricted rating than the PG13 in the States, which may effect the overall box office in Australia. [More]

A worthy cause indeed! PJ deserves high praise and recognition for what he’s done for New Zealand, not to mention the rest of us… [More] To go right to the site link here.

From LY

Hi,

I have started an online campaign to have Peter Jackson awarded The Order of New Zealand 2002 for his contribution to the people of New Zealand with the film Lord of the Rings. New Zealand dumped the title of “Sir” and “Dame” last year and replaced it with the Order of New Zealand, our highest honour.

Lord of the Rings has benefited New Zealand in varied and unbelievable ways – tourism, our film industry and so on. And with the recent death of yachting legend Sir Peter Blake, we are very short on heroes and role models.

I had the good fortune to meet Peter at the Australasian premiere in Wellington, and told him that he had changed cinema forever. In a TVNZ Holmes interview at the New York premiere, John Rhys-Davies also called for Peter to be knighted.

I’ve started a campaign to collect names from visitors which I will forward to the Prime Minister of New Zealand in time for the 1st February 2002 Royal Honours Nomination deadline (I’ll submit an entry on the 20th). The site has just gone live and will be updated regularly.

Many thanks!

To check it out link here: [More]