theo writes: I got this from a Taiwanese website last month. It seems Return of the King is facing the possibility of a government ban in China because the content is too supersticious(ghosts etc). I do not know if it is accurate but ROTK has not been screned in China yet.

J writes: I’m LOTR fans in Hong Kong. About the rumors that ROTK banned in China, just wanna update you that the it was officially announced that ROTK will nationally release on March 18, 2004.

Phizzler writes: The Return of the King has won the ACE “Eddie” award for a feature film drama. This award recognizes achievement in film editing. [More]

jasmine writes: The total sales of the ROTK pre-order tickets was 16,272, it has broken the record of “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” in Japan. [More]

Film critic Roger Ebert weighs in with his guesses on who will take home Oscar this year. Hint: if you’re visiting this site, you’ll probably like his top 2 picks (though maybe not his accompanying comments). [More]

Ringer Spy Susanne wrote to inform us that ROTK has a number of reviews listed on the Four Word Film Review website. [More]

JRD Fan Carpe_Gimli wrote: Last night the Princess Diaries (the original) was playing on tv, and I walked past as they were giving a sneak peek for the 2004 release of the Princess Diaries 2, and I swore I saw John Rhys-Davies’s face, and I watched a little longer, and sure enough, he’s there! I did a little research and according to IMDB, JRD will be playing Viscount Mabrey in the movie. [More]