lynne writes: A rumour was posted on a fan club MBs that Alliance Atlantis is not doing an exhibit for ROTK this year in Toronto as they have done for FOTR and TTT.
More news as soon as TORN can dig it up!
Month: April 2003
Wondering if Gandalf will be a playable character in EA’s ‘Return of the King‘? Dying to see a glimpse of Black Label Games’ ‘War of the Ring‘? Want to see what Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli will look like in Black Label Games’ ‘Treason of Isengard‘? Then head on over to Gaming Havens for all the latest news and see for yourself! [Gaming Havens]
If you live in LA, don’t miss out! There is one day left in the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, and that means one more day to get your hands on TORn’s first book, “The People’s Guide to J.R.R. Tolkien!” On Saturday we had 4 of the 5 authors on hand to sign copies of the book, and Sunday we’ll have 2 available. Follow the link for some pics from Saturday’s festivities. [More]
Ringer Fan Torsten writes: The Scandinavian Sci-Fi Game & Toy Convention started today (Saturday) in Malmoe, Sweden. It runs until Sunday. Among this year’s guests are Sala Baker (Sauron), Ray Park (Darth Maul) and Lou Ferrigno (Hulk). Sala Baker was very nice to the fans, and he happily wrote down his autograph. My friend Emil had Sala pose with his newly acquired ring replica, which made Emil very happy.
Lucky Swedes! – Dem.
Ringer Fan LoTRFan1432 writes that Two Towers is playing at the St. Charles (IL) Arcada theatre (a second-hand movie theatre). So if you’ve been waiting to see the film on the cheap, perhaps now is the time to start checking around those small independent theatres near you!
Update: For the terminally curious, Two Towers was down to 324 theatres across the USA on the weekend of April 18-20. That’s down from a peak of 3,622 last year!
Tolkien Illustrator John Howe’s got a new journal entry up at his site. He geeks plentifully about maps. Since I’ve been working on the map of Numenor, it occured to me how much maps shape our lives … [More]