The Guardian’s Victoria Barrett writes: Stoic, loyal Samwise Gamgee is the great unsung hero of The Lord of the Rings. But his interpreter – actor Sean Astin – is now planning a life outside Middle Earth. [More]
Category: Old Main News
NCRegister interviews cast and crew about the catholic background of Tolkien and the religious undertones of the work, and how that played in the making of the film. Thanks to Ringer Arwen2003 for the link. [More]
The National Geographic Channel is showing an RoTK special called Beyond the Movie: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. It runs from 12am to 1am EST in the USA, and it has a few previously unseen scenes in it. Thanks to Ringer Melisendra for the link and don’t forget to check your local guides.
Ringer Hetfool points out that Argonath.cc has what seems to be a new-ish TV spot up for download (the top-left download). The quality is low and it’s in Windows Media format, but it’s only a small (880k) download. We have also mirrored it.
[Argonath.cc] [TORn] !!!Major Spoilers!!!
AICN’s spies have been sneaking around digging up rumours about what we may expect from the RoTK EE. I must emphasise these are rumours, and should not yet be taken as gospel. In fact the rumour about Gamling is not true (unless this changed quite recently) because I have heard otherwise from Bruce Hopkin’s own lips as recently as September. [More] [Bruce On Gamling] !!!Spoilers!!!
I’m not a big comic fan, but I’m told there’s been several LoTR-themed comics from Foxtrot, Dork Tower and whatnot over the last few days. Here’s a couple to amuse you (I’m sure there’s more out there we’ve missed, too). Thanks to Ringers White_Owl and Brian for the links.
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