Abner writes: Just read the spy report on theonering.net, regarding the cavetroll’s new location and I wanted to assure you that Gollum is still on top of the airport as of an hour ago, although the fellbeasts have indeed left for other pastures. I drive a small tourbus around Wellington, and I point out Gollum three times a day to groups of tourists.
Sideshow/Weta is running a small survey to learn about ‘where you surf.’ The contest is yet another chance to win the sold out 3/4 scale Gollum bust, or, if you are excited about the upcoming Van Helsing film (co-starring David Wenham), you can try and win a 1/4 Scale Van Helsing figure. [More]
Anna Slack writing On Behalf of the Cambridge Tolkien Society sends this in: On Saturday 19th June, 2004, members of the Cambridge Tolkien Society will be performing a continuous 13-hour read-through of the BBC’s excellent radio adaptation of The Lord of the Rings, in Borders Cambridge, with the kind permission of Brian Sibley, Michael Bakewell, and the Tolkien Estate. [More]
Take this report from SFcrowsnest.com with a 20 pound bag of salt: We’ve been tipped off that the legal and ownership issues which surround the Lord of the Rings have come under an intense round of negotiation as a significant unnamed party – said not to be Peter Jackson in this instance – work towards a new multi-million dollar per episode television series set in Tolkien’s Middle Earth. [More]
Today is John Rhys-Davies’ birthday! John was born on May 5th, 1944 in Salisbury, England. That makes him 60 years old today! Congrats John!
megan writes: Richard Taylor was a suprise last minute special guest at the Supanova Pop Culture expo this past weekend in Sydney. He spent the entire day at the Weta Workshop booth, just to meet people, shake their hands, and chat about lord of the rings, as well as other WETA projects, the one that recieved the most comment being the Evangelion live action movie, which Richard says is still seeking finance. [More]
