Jennifer writes: There is an exhibition opening on Monday 12.30pm called JRR Tolkien and the First World War. It will be held at the Somme Heritage Centre, Conlig. Think they are going to have a lecture and discussions as well. [Somme Heritage Centre]
Category: Old Main News
lilcritter writes: The Fall/Winter issue of the Hollywood Reporter was talking about innovative people, and Cate Blanchett and Peter Jackson were mentioned. [More]
Ataahua writes: One feature of the ROTK premier in Wellington will be a kapa haka performance – traditional Maori singing – which will be performed by a group from Waitara, Taranaki. The Taranaki group was chosen because of their tribal links between Wellington and Taranaki. [More]
The latest issue of one of my favorite movie mags, SFX, has a large article dedicated to ROTK. Take a look! !!!Spoilers!!! [More]
Peter Jackson fights the temptation of The One Ring
The Cheshire Cat writes: I wanted to send you these scans from the wonderful LOTR supplement magazine that came with this months UK Empire Magazine. The photos are wonderful and the articles are great. The whole thing is 32 pages long. It’s a fantastic little booklet and I hope you’ll post it for all the non-UK TORNsibs to see. [More]
Andy Seiler writes: Behold! The king shall not return until Dec. 17, yet already the Fans of the Rings are making their preparations. “The level of excitement has reached fever pitch,” says George Beahm, author of The Essential JRR Tolkien Sourcebook. “If there was any doubt, look at what happened when tickets were offered online for ‘Trilogy Tuesday’ — a showing of all three films back-to-back. Computer servers around the world crashed as the surge of fans attempted to order online, creating chaos.” [More]