From gamespot.com: The Academy Award-winning Lord of the Rings motion pictures made novelist J.R.R. Tolkien’s classic fantasy novels live again on the big screen. Last year, the team responsible for Command & Conquer: Generals brought the fantasy movies home in the form of an epic real-time strategy game. The team is now back working on a sequel, Battle for Middle-earth II, which will be built out with the full library of lore offered by Tolkien’s novels now that publisher EA has secured the rights to the books to go with its movie license. In plain English, this means bigger fortresses, bigger battles, and more spectacular effects. [More]
Day: August 13, 2005
This is not the place to expect a sighting of Viggo Mortensen, the star of “The Lord of the Rings.” Or at least it wasn’t when President Bush began his annual vacation here earlier this month. But something has happened to Crawford over the last week. The sleepy summer air has been punctured by a blast of anti-war energy, with carloads of activists appearing every afternoon to join a steady vigil begun by the mother of a soldier who died in Iraq. [More]
Elvish singing ripples across the reception at Aston University, where 700 delegates from around the world have gathered for Tolkien 2005, a four-day conference to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the full publication of The Lord of the Rings. The singing comes from the substantial figure of Mole – Paul Smith in the normal world – who crams into his days a full-time job, semi-professional church singing, a “personal attachment” to Tolkien’s leading dwarf Gimli and regular attendance at Discworld conventions. [More]
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Sarah writes: To support the release of Alan Lee’s brand new project, The Lord of the Rings Sketchbook, Alan will be signing copies at these exclusive pre-publication events this month even though the book is not officially go on sale nationwide until 5th September. Alan will also be at Tolkien 2005 at Aston University from 11-12.30 today (August 13th). Click here for more dates and times. [More]
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Schleswig-Holstein Festival in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany will be the venu tonight (August 13th) for the LOTR symphony performed by the NDR Philharmonie. Be sure to click here for more concert dates and locations. [More]