Bad news for all Bastards everywhere! It appears ‘The Bastards Have Landed’, Peter Jackson’s Official Fanclub, is no more! Former Head-Bastard Reno writes: I’m afraid we’ve got some really bad news. A while ago we created some really cool tee-shirt designs. We love these designs, and were certain you guys would too, so we printed off 400 copies. Here are the tee-shirts in all their glory… [More]

Aragornscutter writes: Texas A&M University is showing Return of the King at 6:00 and 9:45 p.m. on April 2. Admission is $1 for students and $2.50 for non-students. Tickets are available at Rudder Box Office.

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AFP) — A growing number of foreign climbers may die on New Zealand mountains after being lured here by the promise of adventure on mountains showcased in The Lord of the Rings movies, mountain safety authorities warned Wednesday. The warning comes after a 22-year-old Australian fell to his death on Aoraki-Mt Cook on Tuesday, becoming the 10th person to die in the area in the past four months. [More]

starlady38 writes: I wanted to let you know about a screening of the complete LOTR trilogy being held this Saturday April 3 at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota. It is at the Lion’s Pause in Buntrock Commons starting at 1:00 p.m. with FotR. TTT follows at 5 p.m. and RotK is at 9 pm. [More]

Master Of The Rings UK Lord Of The Rings convention which takes place over the weekend of the 22nd – 24th October has just added 2 further guests to it’s line up which already includes Craig Parker – Haldir & Mark Ferguson – Gil Galad, they are Jorn Benzon who plays Rumil & his brother Jarl Benzon who plays Glorfindel, tickets have now gone on sale, more information can be found here. [More]


Flashtalon writes: One of the world’s leading experts on J.R.R. Tolkien, Dr. T.A. Shippey of St. Louis University, will present “From Page to Screen: Problems Tolkien Set for Jackson” at Hope College on Thursday, April 1, at 4 p.m. in the Maas Center conference room. [More]