He was at the Oscars last week, the Golden Globes the week before and Billy Boyd was at the SECC in Glasgow, where he was involved in the launch of a new branding for the city of Glasgow. He said: “I think it’s about time Glasgow promoted itself, you know. I think it’s a great city and this was a great night actually.” [More]

Peter Jackson and ROTK are both nominated for a ‘Spacey Award’, an award show presented by the folks from Space: The Imagination Station (our version of the Sci-Fi Channel in Canada). Take a look and vote online! [More]

In 2001 Michael Pellerin embarked on a mission. As the producer of The Lord of the Rings DVD trilogy, Pellerin (C87) has spent the last three years shuttling between his home in Los Angeles and his office in New Zealand to film and compile interviews, previously unreleased footage and documentation from the LOTR series. [More]

The official New Line Shop (LOTRShop.com) has started taking pre-orders for the theatrical edition of The Return of the King! [More]

Ringer Spy Gott pointed out something interesting: “Thought you might be interested in knowing that Glorfindel (as named so on a WETA-designed Decipher-card) is the Elf that appears right before Arwen’s banner at the coronation! Attached is a comparison pic.” [More]

Dave reminds us: Viggo Mortensen will be the guest on “Sen kväll med Luuk” (“Late evening with Luuk”) on TV4 here in Sweden tonight, Friday March 12th at 22.20. Host/comedian Kristian Luuk is apparently going to test Viggo on how much he knows about Scandinavia, to find out how “Americanized” he has become (it’s all in fun!). [More]