Ringer Spy and all around nice guy Irascian emailed us some information about two upcoming events in the UK that will feature some Lord of the Rings-cast: Collectormania 3 (I wish I could be there) and a Q&A with Sir Ian McKellen!
It never rains but it pours, for LOTR fans in the UK and May Bank Holiday weekend has a couple of interesting things going on for movie fans.
Collectormania 3 at Milton Keynes (which is free), has two special screenings (which aren’t free) planned. On Saturday 3rd May at 6.15pm FOTR will be shown with John Rhys-Davies, Andy Serkis, Billy Boyd, Bruce Hopkins and Sala Baker all taking part in a 30 minute talk immediately afterwards. Tickets are £15 each and strictly limited to 120 places. On Sunday 4th May the whole process is repeated but with TTT being the film under scrutiny. You can find details about how to get tickets (email/phone to check for availability before sending cheques) at: www.ShowmastersOnline.com/CollectormaniaEvents.html.
And on Sunday, 4th May at 7pm Ian McKellen hosts a fund-raiser for The Open Space (formerly St Paul’s) in the Isle of Dogs, London, entitled “An Audience with Ian McKellen”. Tickets cost £30 for front rows and £25 for the rest and the audience are encouraged to show up and ask questions about Sir Ian’s role playing Gandalf. More information can be found at: www.TheSpace.demon.co.uk/!
Tickets for both were still available when I checked yesterday.
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Bonnie writes: Orlando Bloom (Legolas) is featured in the June issue of YM magazine. [More]
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Some small updates from Sideshow/Weta Collectibles today. First, you can now pre-order ‘The Dilemmas of Smeagol‘ medallion, the first Gollum related piece from Sideshow/Weta to date. Secondly, if you didn’t know, Sideshow/Weta has a European Union warehouse to accommodate EU customers who don’t want to pay the HUGE shipping costs from the US. They just added a bunch of new LOTR related product to that warehouse, including Two Towers Figures and Busts, as well as the ‘Escape’ plaque, ‘No Admittance’ bookends, and weapon sets. [EU Warehouse] [More]
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Join us in booth #155 in Wilson Plaza for the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books this Saturday April 26th, and Sunday April 17th!
TORn will be selling “The People’s Guide to J.R.R. Tolkien” as well as some Sideshow/Weta busts, medallions and statues. If you missed out on getting your “Two Towers: One Party” t-shirt, the Festival of Books will be your last chance to buy one — at a discount! We’ll also be selling copies of “The Lord of the Rings” as well as those amazing Antioch bookmarks.
Greenbooks contributors and authors of TORn’s “People’s Guide” will be on hand to autograph your copy of the book. Author signing times will be:
Saturday – 11am to 1pm and from 3pm to 5pm – Meet Tehanu, Anwyn and Quickbeam
Sunday – 11am to 1pm and from 3pm to 4pm – Meet Ostadan and Quickbeam
Each purchase earns you a raffle ticket – raffles will be drawn hourly. Come down and support TORn, meet your favorite authors and have a great day at UCLA! For more detailed information click here. [More]
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Robert writes: CNN reports that Book magazine is publishing their 50 Greatest Adventure Books of All Time. CNN published the first 5 on their site, none of which are LoTR. Here’s hoping we’re in the top 50 when the magazine comes out! [More]
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From the Animation World website: The March Acrobat issue of Animation World Magazine is now online! In this issue, check out tomorrow’s technology. Greg Singer reports on Weta Ltd. bringing to life The Lord of the Rings trilogy with work that is blowing the industry away and garnering awards at every turn. (Adobe Reader needed) [More]
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