‘Today Batman Books proudly announces that they have reached agreement with the Tolkien Estate to authorize a certain…
Continue Reading‘Today Batman Books proudly announces that they have reached agreement with the Tolkien Estate to authorize a certain major fantasy writer, identified only as T— B—, to do a 21-book rewrite of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings for a “solid” eight figure advance.’ [More]
Yes this is another April Fools, and thanks to Jeremy for the link!
Katarina writes: In case anyone is interested in seeing the ‘official’ version. The text of Ian McKellen’s monologue from Saturday Night Live has just appeared on Sir Ian’s McKellen.com. [More]
Darcie writes: In the current special issue of Cinescape, Frodo Baggins is rated as “the most powerful character in genre entertainment”. Note ‘character’, as in, ‘not actual person’. Gandalf is number 9 (the list seems full of inside jokes) and, in the related news column, Agent Smith from The Matrix is number 26. The bulk of the issue is about DVDs and the upcoming LotR DVD is listed as a “best disc still to come in 2002”.
OBMarie writes: Watch for the April/May edition of Renaissance Magazine for a Cover page of LotR and an 18 page spread of LotR pictures!
Brandon Gray
Boxofficemojo.com
‘Lord of the Rings’ finally crossed the $300 million milestone at the domestic box office over the weekend. Although, it didn’t receive much of a boost from its Oscar wins or “The Two Towers” footage, it dipped just 3% to an estimated $2.3 million, lifting its 103-day total to $301.2 million. [More]
Too bad they don’t give Oscars for “best supporting land mass.” If they did, New Zealand’s role in the film “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring” would have swept that award, along with the five Academy Awards it won last week. [More]
