A scoop from Mark:
“Oh…my…God! This better be in the DVD! Want to see what the Shire will look like if Frodo doesn’t succeed (including a shot of Pippin in chains no less)?” You can see the collapsed, burnt-out wreck of the Green Dragon inn. Mark found these astonishing images in a special effects company website that is working on mattes for LOTR. Go to HatchFX.com and click on the LOTR link.
Month: February 2002
Comingsoon.com has a report from Caltanet, the Italian cinema site, listing all the DVDs and their planned release dates: August for the DVD and VHS 2-disc set, November for two seperate releases – the double DVD with extra features, and the 4-disc collector’s edition with director’s cut and yet more extra stuff. [I think the DVDs release dates will vary in different countries though -T.] [More]
Thanks to Silmarill for the tip.
Fanning the flames of the Orli-is-the-god-of-cuteness debate, there’s a website called Boyfriend of the Week. This week the featured friend is Sam Gamgee. [More]
Thanks to Eirien for the cute link.
Valerie sends in her report with a whole wack of pictures from Brentano’s Book Store discussion and signing with Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, Phillipa Boyens, and Sean Astin! [More]
Debbie writes: Just letting you know that Sam is back in line for the second Lord of the Rings movie. You can follow his exploits in my online comic strip, Waiting For Frodo. Only ten months to go…
Capitalizing on the recent swell of interest in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings, Sierra Entertainment has announced that The Hobbit is in development for Nintendo GameCube. [More] [Gaming Havens]