MTV has posted the nomination videos from the Award show last night, take a look at the nominations for Orlando Bloom, Elijah Wood, Christopher Lee and others, follow the ‘MTV Awards’ link on the following page to see the videos [More]

Beloved by readers for years, J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings trilogy is now being made into a trio of films by New Zealand director Peter Jackson. The undertaking involves a veritable army of actors, stunt people, and techies of all sorts. The culmination of all this creative activity has resulted with the release of the first film, The Fellowship of the Ring, at the end of 2001. [More]

For those of you in Wellington, Dymocks Bookstore will be staging an event to launch the new Gary Russell book “The Art of Fellowship of the Ring”, on Thursday 20 June. [More]

MTV aired a special ‘Behind the Scenes’ look at LOTR and TTT before the awards show was presented last night, take a look at a few snapshots from the special. [More]

Lee writes: Electronic Arts has released five new screenshots of the Stormfront Studios-developed PlayStation 2 game, which is based on the Lord of the Rings movies. The first game in EA’s multititle deal is The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, scheduled for release on the PlayStation 2 this fall and coinciding with the release of the second movie in the series. [More] [Gaming Havens]

The time has arrived! You can now pre-order the 208 minute version of Fellowship of the Ring! Choose from either the standard 4 disc set, or the super cool Collector’s Edition Gift Set, which features figures from Sideshow/Weta and an expanded National Geographic DVD.[More]