Talia writes: Blogger Cleolinda finally started writing her infamous Movies In Fifteen Minutes for print; the pre-order for the new book (which includes stunning recap/parodies of all three LOTR movies) is available at Amazon.com. [More]
Category: Old Main News
Ringer Spy Philippa sent along the latest issue of Empire Magazine that features this article with Elijah Wood. [More]
A group of artists are appealing for help to find a giant Lord of the Rings puppet stolen at the Womad Festival. The 14ft (4.3m) effigy of the character Treebeard was taken from the children’s tent on Monday afternoon, along with the troupe’s tools, worth £300. The group, from south Wales, spent the weekend helping children make costumes for a parade, with Treebeard the star. Men in a white Ford Escort van were seen strapping the puppet to their roof at the festival in Reading, Berkshire. [More]
Chris writes: In a recent interview with the New Zealand Herald, Sean Connery talked about how he turned down the role of Gandalf. He turned down Gandalf in Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings. “Yeah, well, I never understood it. I read the book. I read the script. I saw the movie. I still don’t understand it.” He says he is very impressed with both Jackson – “he obviously understands nuts and bolts”, and so is obviously not one of the idiots (in Hollywood) – and the movie. “Whereas I would be interested in doing something that I didn’t fully understand, but not for 18 months.” [More]
Darren from Cards Inc writes: Just a quick note to say that the next Lord of the Rings collectors hour on QVC UK is on Sunday 7th August (4pm). [qvc.com]
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 in August event though the book is not officially go on sale nationwide until 5th September. [More]