With Orlando Bloom’s latest film ‘Kingdom of Heaven’ ready to hit the big screens next week, the publicity campaign has hit overdrive. Take a look at a few of these articles from various sites. Plus be sure to catch Bloom on various chat shows this week. [More]
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Thousands of you voted…and here’s the result – the Top 50 Movie Soundtracks. And what a fascinating list it is too – no surprises that John Williams clocked up the highest number of entries – 7 in total. But the sweeping popularity of The Lord of the Rings just goes on and on. When we ran a similar poll in 2001, Star Wars was top, with Gone with the Wind at No.2, Lawrence of Arabia at No.3, Titanic at 4 and Casablanca at 5. This time, The Lord of the Rings has stormed to the top, giving Howard Shore his only place in the chart. [More]
Tolkien Weekend at the Shire Country Park 14th & 15th May 2005. The sixth annual Tolkien Weekend will be held at Sarehole Recreation Ground and Moseley Bog Local Nature Reserve, part of the new Shire Country Park. This year’s event also commemorates the 50th anniversary of the release of The Lord of the Rings trilogy. This family event includes attractions such as Tolkien archives, Moseley Farmers Market, dramatisations in Moseley bog by ‘ Shire Productions, historical re-enactments, crafts stalls, have a go archery, woodland craft demos, children’s activities and craft workshops. [More]
Working with the best to produce a world-class TV animation series. That’s what five Singaporean animators are doing with one of the world’s foremost special effects house responsible for the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy. “Jane and the Dragon” is a 26-episode, 3-D animated series co-produced by Oscar-winning team – WETA Workshop of New Zealand and renowned Canadian entertainment company Nelvana. [More]
Ringer Spy mafgrl writes: Went to see the Jimmy Kimmel show last night and Dom and Billy were there along with two of the guys from World Without Sundays and Billy’s girlfriend. Everyone seemed to be in a great mood after the show and I took a couple of photos I wanted to pass on! [More]
Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens & Peter Jackson can add another award to their long list for ROTK. The Nebula Awards were named last night and the trio won ‘Best Script’ for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. SFWA’s annual Nebula Awards Weekend is now underway in Chicago and runs until today (May 1st). [More]