‘The Battle for Middle-earth’, due out in 2004 The folks at EA Games have sent along some STUNNING…
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The folks at EA Games have sent along some STUNNING screenshots from next years ‘The Battle for Middle-earth’ game. This game looks like it will ROCK! They’ve also released a very cool trailer for the game! Take a look! [Images] [Trailer]
Ianthe writes: Today’s New York Times contains a write-up of how new technologies are changing the action figure toy market (action/collectibles are cited as raking in $1 billion per year). “Next month, in another example, 90 action figures from the “Lord of the Rings” movie trilogy alone will be available, said Jay Foreman, chief executive of Play Along, a maker of the films’ action figures. Such a rollout would not be possible without the new technologies, he said.” [More]
At 39, Russel Crowe is a three-time Academy Award nominee. He is not yet the biggest box-office draw on the planet, but he has jumped Cruise and Tom Hanks in many directors’ casting wish lists. “He gets offered everything—or everything good—first,” says an agent. (Crowe turned down the Hugh Grant part in About a Boy, the Laurence Fishburne part in The Matrix and Viggo Mortensen’s role in The Lord of the Rings, among others.) But where Hanks and Cruise insinuated their way into moviegoers’ hearts by exuding amiability on-and offscreen, Crowe has pulled off a far more unlikely trick: he is one of the world’s biggest stars and is frequently perceived as one of the world’s biggest jerks. [More]
CHICAGO – The Chicago Film Critics Association has suspended its 2003 awards to protest a ban on the distribution of “screener” videotapes to most awards groups. The Motion Picture Association of America banned all screeners Sept. 30 to fight movie piracy. The MPAA later decided to allow videotapes for the approximately 5,600 Academy Awards voters, but not other groups that hand out lesser honors. [More]
The trailer for the new film Troy was aired for the first time on Entertainment Tonight last night (November 5th). You can now watching, albeit streaming, online at Yahoo! Tralers. [More]
Jackie, Grandmotherweb, Lorie & Dawn send in their reports from around the US, they each attended the Houghton LOTR Bookstore event in their respective states. Check out what they had to say! [More]
