People who pay close attention can see Lawrence Makoare (Lurtz) on the 48 second mark in the new trailer for the upcoming James Bond movie ‘Die Another Day’. You can see the trailer here!
Month: September 2002
Those of you who have spent some time checking out the very cool SideshowToy Orthanc environment and have been following the news for the past two years might have noticed something familiar… !!HUGE STORY SPOILER!! [More]
Those of you who have spent some time checking out the very cool SideshowToy Orthanc environment and have been following the news for the past two years might have noticed something familiar…
Take a look at the Orthanc environment from this point of view. Does something look familiar? Look at the spikey wheel next to the tower and compare it with the one you can see on this picture:
Yeah folks, I think this could very well be the wheel Saruman gets impaled on sometime during Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers! Of course I don’t know the exact details surrounding his death but c’mon, judging by the evidence it’s safe to assume Saruman will not live to see the Return of the King…
For more of the wizard-kebab story check out this spy report from almost two years ago or Go Out on a Limb with Quickbeam’s ‘Who’s Spiking Who?’!
Check out Sideshow/Weta’s Orthanc Two Towers environment that just went on sale a few minutes ago. Its not as tall as we previously reported, but it stands an impressive 12″ H and a extremely detailed base. There are some close-ups of the tower and base showing the extreme detail. [More]
(NORFOLK, Va., September 6, 2002)One of the most popular trading card games in the world The Lord of the Rings Trading Card Game (TCG) is about to go digital! Decipher announced today that it has teamed up with Worlds Apart Productions, widely recognized for its critically acclaimed online roleplaying game, ‘The Eternal City,’ to develop the online version of the game. [More]
Celebrated artist Alan Lee will discuss his contributions as illustator of the centenary edition of THE LORD OF THE RINGS and the 60th anniversary edition of THE HOBBIT (Houghton Mifflin) and as Conceptual Artist for the film trilogy directed by Peter Jackson (New Line Cinema), illustrated with behind-the-scenes footage. [More]