It could almost be a scene from Peter Jackson’s The Return of the King. Two decapitated winged creatures called Fell Beasts and their evil Nazgul masters lie silently in an isolated field. Only this time, it is right next to Wellington’s main rubbish dump. The 20-metre-long beast and smaller five-metre one are the same two nasties that had been perched atop the Embassy and Reading cinemas from November last year for the world premiere of The Return of the King. But more than a week ago they were removed. [More]
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Thanks to Ringer Charmed Sister for the tip on this New York Times article: Peter Jackson, who made “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy, is entering the rarefied club of Hollywood movie directors who are expected to earn as much money — or even more — from helping create video games as from making movies… [More]
Our friend Debbie Ridpath Ohi has posted the final strips of her comic strip saga, Waiting for Frodo: [More]
Several Ringers have written in to tell us about Sean Astin serving as co-Grand Master at this year’s Shenandoa Apple Blossom Festival. [More]
Katrin writes: The Embassy in Wellington has special Easter screenings of the Theatrical versions of FOTR (April 10) & TTT (April 11). I called the Embassy and these two are the only screenings of both FotR and TTT as an Easter Special. Good News is that there are still many good seats left!
vintageyear writes: On Wednesday there was a link to the TV Guide Online interview with Billy Boyd: Lord of the Rings star Billy Boyd exchanged his hobbit feet for sea legs when he climbed aboard Peter Weir’s high-seas epic, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, which arrives on DVD April 20. [More]