Andy Serkis is popping up everywhere these days. Take a look at this article from AICN. And there is this article from Thehotbutton.com
Month: January 2003
Jolyon writes: I’m trying to find a home for two tickets that I am not able to use which I am sure would be of interest to LOTR fans in the UK. [More] [More]
The AFTimes website (http://www.aftimes.com) has some great images from the next round of TTT toys hitting the market soon. These toys are NOT from Toy Biz, but instead a company called Play Along. Take a look! [More]
The eldest son of The Lord of the Rings author JRR Tolkien has died at the age of 85. Father John Tolkien, heir to the multi-million family estate, died after a 50-year career with the Catholic church in the Midlands.
Our sympathies go out to the Tolkien family.
Hollywood’s as trendy about film locations as it is about velour track suits. And the latest hot spot turning heads? New Zealand. Tom Cruise and Gwyneth Paltrow are filming their respective films there, and it’s Disney’s and CBS’s pick for some upcoming TV movies. Studio execs were wowed by the variety of stunning landscapes they saw in “Lord of the Rings”—beaches, mountains, glaciers, farmland—all of which are close to cosmopolitan cities. So now the buzz is that when it comes to a location that’s both cheap and chic, New Zealand is the new Australia (which, coincidentally, used to be the new Canada). [More]
J.W. Braun writes: This syndicated comic strip appeared in newspapers Wednesday (Jan 29). Not terribly funny, I would say; but an important indicator of LOTR’s present death grip on popular culture. [More]