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Rumours about Sir Ian McKellen’s death are greatly exaggerated — and probably spread by people who don’t surf the Internet. If they did, they could go to McKellen’s official Web site (http://www.mckellen.com) and get the word about his alleged demise directly from Sir Ian, a.k.a. the wizard Gandalf from The Lord Of The Rings, posted on a page called Rumours False And True. [More]
When the “Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring” premiéred on 19 December, 2001, sword fans around the world were thrilled to see the amount of work that had gone into the design and making of the swords and other weapons. In this exclusive interview, we’ll hear some behind-the-scenes comments from two of the men responsible for the way the swords turned out: fantasy artist and conceptual designer John Howe and sword-smith Peter Lyon. [More]
Tim writes: The Line Party itself was a grand success with contest prizes totalling over $1000 from local and national sponsors and the party lured over 75 people into its clutches. The Tolkien Trivia contest triumphed in that not a single person was able to get a perfect score, the caption contest left us all in stitches and the costume contest drew over twice the entries as last year. [More]
NEW YORK – Brad Dourif wasn’t Director Peter Jackson’s first choice to play the villainous Grima Wormtongue in “The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.” [More]
