The Treasury is delighted to announce that John Rhys-Davies, the actor who portrays Gimli the Dwarf in the immensely popular Lord of the Rings trilogy of films, will attend the Island’s Minters, Pobjoy Mint Ltd, Kingswood, Surrey on Wednesday 3rd September to launch a spectacular series of coins which show many of the main characters from the films including the character he plays himself. John Rhys-Davies is a resident of the Island and as such it is most fitting that he should strike the first coin. [More] [Order the Isle of Man coins]
Month: September 2003
Ringer Spy Vincent Smalls is has his ear to the ground at Anvil Studios in England. He knows all…he sees all…and hears all…well kinda..check this small but exciting report! Return Of The King is in its fifth and penultimate week of audio work at Anvil Studios. Peter Jackson is reportedly very pleased with its progress. Apparently Jackson has been on site for presummably the whole period, and he was seen with Viggo Mortensen a week or two ago wandering into Anvil. Work should be completed on the final print of the film by 12th September!
More to come!
Ingrid writes: Here is an update on GQ Men of the year awards. Orlando Bloom (Legolas) won Best Actor award at the annual awards show last night. [More]
Anthony writes: I thought you might like to know that BBC3 will be hosting ‘Battle of the Books’ this Thursday (September 4th). It will be LOTR versus ‘Treasure Island’, check listings for time. [More]
Yummy Nazgul taste sensations! Check out this article featuring Pauline Nunns and her unique skill with confection products….yummy. [More]
Cindy G writes: The August/September 2003 issue of “One” magazine, (a European magazine, available also in Canada!), and they included a ROTK poster! The Aragorn poster! Also, a 2 pages article about ROTK with pics, but no new pics… They also have an interview with Orlando Bloom, and a Pirates Of The Caribbean poster, featuring Orlando Bloom!
Anyone with scans, send them along!