Hyuk hyuk, gotta love that pun headline. Who’d have thought “Hobbit-forming” and related headlines would keep on inspiring journalists for 40 years? On to the real story, which is about how Tolkien fans sometimes get addicted LOTR merchandise despite our reservations. Oh, TORN’s book gets a mention, as does the wonderful Tolkien and the Great War which I’m reading right now. [More] Thanks again to Lee for the link.
Day: November 20, 2003
Lee sent in this one: The appeal of wizards, elves and dark lords is being investigated by an Aberstywyth academic in an Internet survey of the Lord of the Rings film phenomenon. [More] Stupidly, the news story doesn’t tell how you get to be part of the survey. UPDATE Ahah, Djkvegas found that out for us here.
More news from Scoop: Two brothers Richard (23) and Tom Greenwood (21) have followed Tolkiens Trail in Birmingham, England to discover the true inspiration behind many of the Lord of The Rings and Hobbit locations. Their photographs have been compiled into a calendar along with quotes from Tolkien and interesting facts relating to each location. [More]
One month out, tickets go on sale today (Thursday 20 November 2003) for ‘the most anticipated movie of the year’ – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – at all Village SKYCITY Cinemas. Scoop.co.nz also has news of the EE Trilogy Marathon event in Auckland, and the special charity screening of ROTK on the 17th. [More]
The Return of the King theatrical poster has landed – this time in high-resolution. Check it out! [More] !!!Minor Spoilers!!!
Andy Serkis’s website has posted a small excerpt from his book Gollum which will be launched in December. [More]