Designing Games has its perks. As The Two Towers – the second feature in The Lord of the Rings trilogy – hits the theaters, the game makers at Electronic Arts are already reviewing footage from The Return of the King. “We just saw a flyby of Minas Tirith,” boast exec producer Neil Young, referring to the seven-tiered citadel from King and its video game counterpart, due late in 2003. This time, you’ll play not only as Aragorn, Gimli and Legolas (as in The Two Towers) but also as hobbit heroes Frodo and Sam. In 2004, plans call for an epic game spanning the entire trilogy. “Imagine a Lord of the Rings game that’s everything you want it to be,” teases Young. Um, may we suggest an interactive Liv Tyler? – Geoff Keighley (Entertainment Weekly)
Month: January 2003
One of TORn’s helpers, Josh Rubinstein, talked about TheOneRing.net Oscar Party in a recent CNN and Variety article on Tolkien’s 111th Birthday. [Toast Event] Since then all morning we’ve been getting emails and phone calls from interested folks about the party.
We can tell you a few details however:
The official name is “Two Towers – One Party”
IT IS A THEONERING.NET EVENT
It WILL be held on Oscar Night (Sunday March 23rd, 2003)
It WILL be in Hollywood, California
It WILL be held at the Hollywood Athletic Club
As for the rest…more details to follow! For now, check out the links from last years event.
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The good folks at IGN have compiled a nifty list of observations they (and random fans) have made about The Two Towers. Thanks to Barlimaniac Scorpio for the tip! [More]
Erica writes: In Pittsburgh, PA, USA the state highway department has one of the big electronic LED signs above one of the major throughways into Pittsburgh reading: “Cleaveland Browns: Welcome to Mordor” In relation to the football playoff game on Sunday.
While Lord of the Rings – The Two Towers breaks box-office records in America and Australia, it has generated the first Big Question of 2003: should Gollum get an Oscar? There’s no doubt he’s the most intriguing little freak since ET, and a nearly perfect representation of the character described by J.R.R. Tolkien in the book of The Two Towers. But is he a human performance or just a pattern of pixels? [More]
The Lord of the Rings movies are fast becoming smash-hit classics, with The Two Towers having surpassed $200 million in its first 12 days of release. “To say it’s this generation’s Star Wars is almost an understatement,” says Paul Dergarabedian, president of Exhibitor Relations Co., which tracks box-office totals. And it’s not the only movie based on serious theology to come out of Hollywood this season. [More]