greendragon writes: I just wanted to let you know that there’s an ad on tv here in the UK for RotK, and believe it or not, I’m in it! Yes, a TORnsib in a RotK ad! [More]
Day: January 3, 2004
112 years ago today, the late great Professor John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born. On behalf of your fans around the world, male and female, young and old, we raise our mugs and toast your spirit, your life, and your great good works.
Mark Shea writes: I just published “The Lord of the Rings: A Source-Criticism Analysis” in the January 2004 issue of Crisis Magazine. It’s a bit of satire aimed at some of the goofier and more over-confident tendencies in biblical source-criticism. I think many of your readers will find it amusing. [More]
Salvia writes: While it’s not official and the editor insists it has nothing to do with likely Ocsar voting, this variety.com poll has a number of RotK participants well in the game for “Best of” with PJ and the RotK dominating in their categories. Most happily to my eyes is the Supporting Actor category. How nice to finally acknowledge a second actor (after Sir Ian in FotR) in an excellent 20+ person ensemble. [More]
According to BoxOfficeMojo.com, The Return of the King claims the number one all-time spot for a New Year’s Day gross at the box office. As it turns out, all three LOTR films make the top 5 list, with TTT in second and FOTR in fourth. [More]
A 15 minute show on the making of the Return of the King will air on BRAVO at 11:15 am PST. Unfortunately it looks like this information comes to late for East Coasters! (Many hobbits were left behind to send us this information) Check your local listings for exact channel and air time. [More]