Word comes from Sideshow/Weta Collectibles that there are under 200 pieces of the Shelob statue remaining to be sold. If you were planning on getting yours, now would be the time. Additionally, they have posted new images of Prince Isildur complete with The One Ring hanging around his neck. Check it out! [Shelob] [Prince Isildur]
Category: Old Main News
Sideshow/Weta Collectibles staff writer, Larry Curtis takes a look at where ‘The Lord of the Rings’ fits in the big picture of fantasy in both film and popular culture. While looking at the fantasy legacy and stigmas that LOTR had inherited, he thinks it is just the start of a new season of fantasy. [More]
Ok, this has *very* little (next to nil) to do with LOTR, but… if you’re planning on travelling to NZ any time in the future, perhaps this information will come in handy. At the very least, an interesting read. [More]
Well, not quite. But you find the most interesting people learning Tolkien’s languages. This reporter from the Albuquerque Tribune reports on his/her excursion into Elvish. [More]
Lord Bragg presents the honorary doctorate to Sir Ian McKellen
Sir Ian McKellen was awarded an honourary degree at Leeds University on April 29th. Here are a collection of images from that night. Thanks to Richard Moran, Simon Lewis & wiffyboy [More]
A freighter that most landlubbers would not look at twice (But TORN discovered more than 2 months ago -Xo) is getting an overhaul befitting a movie star in Wellington. The Manuia is gradually being transformed as part of a remake of King Kong into director Peter Jackson’s version of the SS Venture, immortalised in the original 1933 film as the ship that took the great ape from Skull Island to New York. But while it is some of the first evidence that production of the remake draws closer, those even remotely connected to the ship’s modifications at its berth at Miramar wharf are tight-lipped. [More]