Both the Louise M. Davies Hall and the Koka Booth Amphitheater will swell with the music from Lord of the Rings this weekend. Tonight and tomorrow (14th & 15th of July) the San Francisco Symphony will be performing the LOTR score in San Francisco, CA. While the North Carolina Symphony will be doing the same performance tomorrow in Cary, NC. Follow this link for more dates and cities! [More]
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Sideshow Collectibles has just posted the Morgul Lord Legendary Scale bust for pre-sale on their website. The 1/2 scale bust stands approximately 22-inches tall and is cast in polystone and fiberglass, hand finished and painted. If you are a Morgul Lord fan, you may want to check this one out!
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From Garfeimao & the folks at WETA: Weta will be out in force (at San Diego Comic Con) showcasing it’s dynamic Superman Returns collectibles and unveiling the first of our new Hellgate: London statues, based on Flagship Studios’ hotly anticipated new video game. Comic Con will also be your very first chance to view the amazing new Weta Originals. The Weta Originals are like nothing you’ve seen before. Not to be missed! At the stand will be Weta Originals creator and Weta Workshop designer, Greg Broadmore. Greg designed armour, weaponry and creatures for King Kong and The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. He will be at Comic Con every day, as will our impressive Kong and Narnia collectibles, so come and meet him and be the first in the world to see his incredible new pieces of art. [More]
North London’s Hampstead Theatre has announced an autumn/winter season that kicks off with the world premiere stage adaptation of the award-winning novel “Everything Is Illuminated,” by American author Jonathan Safran Foer. Everything Is Illuminated will officially open Sept. 19 following previews that begin Sept. 14. Adapted by playwright Simon Block, Foer’s debut novel follows a young Jewish New Yorker who travels to the Ukraine to find and thank the woman who saved his grandfather during the Second World War. [More]
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., July 13, 2006 – Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS) announced today the development of The Lord of the Rings™, The White Council™, an all-new role playing game (RPG) for the Xbox 360™ video game and entertainment system, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system, and PC. The game, inspired by the New Line Cinema feature film trilogy that grossed more than $3 billion, will feature an original storyline derived from J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings novels under an agreement with EA. The game is scheduled to ship in late 2007. “Our extremely talented and dedicated team is committed to creating an incredible new experience for fans of The Lord of the Rings and role playing gamers,” said Steve Gray, executive producer, The Lord of the Rings, The White Council. “With its next generation gameplay and epic new storyline, we think The Lord of the Rings, The White Council will be a huge success.” [More]
Meghan, Online Community Manager for The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar writes: Today’s update adds yet another creature to our Middle-earth menagerie – the infamous Neekerbreeker: Ah, summertime in the Midgewater Marshes; the moist nights, the gently swarming midges, and the soothing sounds of… Neekerbreekers! [More]