Rival studios must resolve distribution issues before the Tolkien classic can be made. Some key ‘Lord of the Rings’ stars indicate support for the project. The Hobbits have returned to the Shire, Gandalf has hung up his cloak and the Oscars are looming. But the battle for Middle-earth is far from over. [More]
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Thea writes: Less than two weeks until the big night and I’ve been trying to come up with a way for “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” to break the all-time record for Oscar wins. I know, I know, with 11 nominations the best it could do is tie “Titanic’ and “Ben-Hur.” As we all know, a tie is like kissing your brother and I’ll have none of that. What we need is a good old-fashioned grassroots write-in campaign for Sean Astin and Miranda Otto. [More]
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Brandon Gray from boxofficemojo.com writes: ‘Return of the King’ has eclipsed ‘Jurassic Park’ to become the 6th highest grossing movie ever domestically. ‘ROTK’ achived the milestone on Monday, climbing to $357.4 million versus ‘Jurassic Park’s $357.1 million. However, this could be the highest ‘ROTK’ will chart domestically — #5 ‘Spider-Man’s $403.7 million should prove insurmountable for ‘ROTK.’ When factoring in overseas grosses, though, it’s a different story as ‘ROTK’ will ultimately be #2 on that front. [More]
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Dominic Monaghan will be on the Jimmy Kimmel Live tonight at 12:05AM on ABC. [More]