Convention veteran Sala Baker will be making the rounds in Salt Lake City and two other locations in California next month. Follow the link for more info. [More]
Month: February 2004
Los ANGELES – If there is one happy hobbit in the real world shire, it is Royd Tolkien, great grandson of J.R.R. Tolkien, whose books are the basis for the smash hit “Lord of the Rings” movies. Tolkien, who lives in north Wales, freely admits that when he first heard a Hollywood movie studio wanted to adapt great granddad’s fantasy books onto film he was worried. [More]
This weekend fans will have a chance to see all three films in one day at Chichester Park Cinemas, among other interesting things being promoted by the Tolkien Society. [More]
February’s guest feature, “Lost Like Gollum,” by EthicsDaily.com’s Culture Editor Cliff Vaughn, has been posted at Hollywood Jesus. It begins, “There’s a lot going on with Gollum: bouts of identity confusion and alteration, Ring addiction, and — simply put — malicious choices. It’s not always easy to separate one from another. Furthermore, it‚s a hazardous task to speak of evil in the same breath as mental illness…” [More]
Los Angeles, February 10, 2004–Master Replicas announced today a partnership with New Line Cinema to create and market electronic collectible prop replicas for the award-winning The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Master Replicas will introduce collectibles spanning all three movies beginning spring 2004. [More]