Artwork courtesy of New Line Cinema and information from DVDAnswers.com. This Lord of the Rings Trilogy boxset will be arriving in shops on May 25th alongside the Return of the King. Apparently, it will retail at around $89.98. This isn’t the all-singing, all-dancing on-again, off-again boxset that has been rumoured to arrive sometime in the future (but equally may never eventuate). Instead, it’s a simple repackaging of the existing two-disc theatrical editions. No new extra material will be included. [More]

Frodo-esque writes: At the Mythic Journeys 2004 conference in Atlanta, GA (June 5-6th, 2004) Alan Lee is scheduled to be a conference guest and will on hand exhibiting his art! You know what makes this even cooler? It’s the same weekend of the Howard Shore concert in Atlanta — two birds, one stone! [More]

Sasskya writes: Viggo Mortensen was on a tv show called Lo + plus here in Spain. I have two pics from the show; one at the beginning of the programm. Viggo wore a t-shirt of Real Madrid (a football team) with the name of a football palyer of the 80’s called Juanito with the number 7 (this t-shirt was a present from the director of Gimlet and la pistola de mi hermano). The second one is with “gollum”. [More]

After co-starring opposite Johnny Depp as the dreamy romantic lead in last summer’s surprise hit, and as the go-to elf in the rousing finale to the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Orlando Bloom already has four projects lined up through the end of 2005. [More]

Viggo Mortensen has a hand in so many art forms that there’s almost no room on his résumé for acting. A poet, painter, musician, and photographer, Mortensen has founded his own publishing company, released experimental-music CDs, and exhibited his artwork around the world. Mortensen recently spoke to The Onion A.V. Club about Hidalgo, his version of “method” acting, and how painting, writing, and fishing can take the place of resting between takes. [More]

The organizers of ‘Best of Both Worlds’ Convention, to be held in Canberra, Australia next weekend, regret to announce that Dominic Monaghan will NOT appear as scheduled, due to the filming schedule for Dominic’s newly landed television pilot, “Lost.” [Complete details]