Houghton-Mifflin has jumped aboard TheOneRing.net party wagon and is offering you, the Tolkien fan a way to have some fun with your fellow TORNados and at the same time enter yourself in a contest to win a beautiful Alan Lee illustrated copy of “The Lord Of The Rings” book retailing in book stores now for $80.
To help warm up TORN’s party machine, book stores around the world will debut Houghton’s four new movie tie in books and hold a special TheOneRing.net event where 20 or more TORNados are ready to gather on November 6. The publisher’s eyes are on TORN now to see how well we can rally the troops. Qualifying cities will be directed to a bookstore in their area that will host the event.
Anybody can sign up for the contest and event on the TORN line-party page. New participants are welcome, but each line veteran will need to find his/her name on his/her party list and click the Houghton-Mifflin icon. After signing up, party leaders will count heads at the event and those who sign up and attend will enter the pool of eligible winners.
The book store event is also an excellent chance for lines to gear up for the December movie events. Plus, who doesn’t want to spend a little time with fellow Tolkienites looking at beautiful pictures and insightful words about the can’t-come-soon-enough “The Two Towers”? This is also a chance to meet Tolkien readers in your community who haven’t discovered the joys of TORN and movie line parties and include them in your group.
The books to be released on Nov. 6th 2002 from Houghton Mifflin:
Visit the Line Party page and either sign-up with an existing line, or start one in your area! Don’t miss this opportunity to win great prizes and hang out with other Tolkien fans! [More]
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Loressar Erchamion writes: I just got my Nov/Dec issue of scr(i)pt, a screenwriters’ magazine available at Barnes and Noble. It features a 4-page interview with Fran Walsh and Phillipa Boyen discussing The Two Towers. Very interesting from a screenwriter’s point of view, cruelly uninformative from a spoiler seeker’s point of view.
For the first page or two, they mostly talk about the work involved in writing the script, what it’s like to work on a project of this magnitude, etc. This is followed by something about how TTT gets more into the world of men.
The part that follows could count as a semi-spoiler as to the film’s opening, so I’ll give it verbatim here:
scr(i)pt: Will there be anything to help a novice find his/her way into The Two Towers, some recap of what has happened so far, or will we plunge right into it?
Philippa Boyens: Pretty much a big plunge, you might say – a rather large plunge! [Both laugh as if sharing a wicked, private joke.] – the deep breath before the plunge. Well, it’s a terrible pun; and you’ll understand it when you see it, but I think it’s one of the most amazing openings ever – pure Peter Jackson!
They then talk about intercutting the two halves of TTT, a bit about Ents and their place in the story (Boyens mentions the challenges brought to scriptwriting by the long-winded Ents!), and the moving of Shelob to RotK.
The interviewer asks about the dialogue between Frodo and Sam about “tales”. Walsh and Boyens are adamant about how much they love that passage, but don’t tell us if it’ll be in the film.
There is a question about looking at the movie in light of the events of September 11, which the interviewer acknowledges happened long after they began work on the screenplay. Both writers are hesitant to reply, but then offer some nice insight from the pages of Tolkien. Walsh quotes Eomer (“How shall a man judge what to do in such times?”), and Boyens quotes Frodo (“I wish none of this had happened”) as well as Gandalf’s response (“So do all who live to see such times. But that is not for you to decide. All you have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to you.”) On that note, the interview ends.
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Fanatic Norwegian fans of Tolkien and the Lord of the Rings trilogy began camping out in front of Oslo’s Colosseum Cinema two weeks before the premiere of The Two Towers. Now a provisional village is being set up for them. [More]
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October 22, 2002 – Riding on the latest wave of Tolkien’s mass appeal, Vivendi’s Fellowship of the Ring is distinct from other Lord of the Rings games in being based on the books rather than the movie (which was also based on the books). But to be realistic, the success of the movie is definitely a factor in the release of this game. [More]
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Gollum writes: I’m not sure if someone has pointed this out of not but Cadbury (Australia) have promotional ties with LOTR again. They have a website up with a few wallpapers, icons, info on their competitions etc. [More]
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Becky writes: Empire Magazine have just released their new issue – dedicated to the new Bond film ‘Die Another Day’, starring our very own Lawrence Makoare (Lurtz) as a big baddie – in addition they are giving away 6 LotR prints. [More]
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