True-Hearted Easterling writes: Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, has posted updated information about the literary conference they are holding October 22-23, 2004, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the publication of the The Lord of the Rings. [More]
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Stargirl writes: Not sure if anyone else has seen this or not. Yahoo!’s Tech Tuesday feature is on digital video cameras and includes some LOTR geekiness. [More]
Rachie writes: It’s Official. Billy Boyd’s site has confirmed that he will be in attendance on Friday, July 23rd. [More]
Screen legend Christopher Lee is ready to bare his fangs … when he comes to Liverpool at the end of July. The insider can exclusively reveal that the 82-year-old star will be here for a “meet, greet and Q & A chat session” at the Adelphi hotel (not counting the fact that TORN mentioned this about 3 weeks ago…-Xo). He will be talking about the imminent DVD release of Jinnah and will also be getting his teeth into something closer to his heart – his “contribution” to the last Lord of the Rings film. [More]
One of Weta’s senior model makers on the LOTR Trilogy, Mary Maclachlan will be attending Comic Con in San Diego, and will be at the Sideshow Weta Collectibles booth in the Lord of the Rings Pavillion. Mary also makes some of the LOTR collectibles and will be able to answer questions about the miniatures on LOTR and modelmaking in general. [comic-con.org]
Tokomaru will be helping King Kong conquer New York in Peter Jackson’s latest movie. Steam engines from the privately-owned Tokomaru Steam Museum, 21km southwest of Palmerston North, have been hired by the movie-makers to create an engine in a ship. [More]