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Ringer Spy Pegeen sends along all the latest from ‘Variety Magazine’.

In the new “Variety” (April 30-May 6) several pages comment on the Cannes Film Festival Activities and LOTR is a major hit.

Starting on pg. 9 with a special report by Adam Dawtrey concerning parties given by ” New Line “, “vast three day media junket for LOTR which includes screening of 20 minutes of film footage and climaxes May 13 in a party for 1,000 at a top secret chateau location.”

Also the article continues on page 82 with a short sub-heading (‘Ring’-ing endorsement). The entire cast, minus Cate Blanchett (Galadriel), who’s filming, and PJ will be part of a special gathering as “New Line” flies in “plane-loads of journalists from around the world to meet them.”

Double Page ad from “New Line” touting the LOTR along with other 2001 films they are handling is on pg.12-13. This is normal for Cannes publicity. I am looking forward to photos and stories that will be generated by this next week’s activiites.

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Beau from Fingolfin.com has sent us confirmation!

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Beau from Fingolfin.com here. I would also like to add something to the analysis of the new Nazgul picture. I can, in fact, confirm that these are Ringwraiths. I agree this is how they will appear at the confrontation at Weathertop.

I know this because I have seen exactly what the Witch-king looks like. Last February, I attended the Sideshow/Weta showroom at the New York Toyfair. They had MANY examples of their entire line. We were shown the bust of the Witch-king. He basically looked like the two Nazgul in the shot, only cooler and meaner. To the best of my memory, he had the pale, wrinkled skin, his eye sockets were sunken in with no visible eyes, his hair was long and white, and his crown had a least four spikes on top, similar to the Nazgul in the picture, only the spikes on his crown were much taller. Trust me, I saw almost all of the Sideshow/Weta designs (except Gollum and the Balrog, of course!) and the one of the Witch-king was by far what surprised and impressed me the most.

Here is the link to the article I posted on February 16 about the Sideshow/Weta exhibit and the Witch-king bust…

http://www.fingolfin.com/SSWReview.htm

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Thanks Beau!

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Image from Elostirion.com

Ringer Grond sends in this well thought out analysis of the above image:

I think your first explanation must be correct. These could be the dead men of Dunharrow, but I have my doubts. Firstly the crowns and rings would have been appropriate for Nazgul as they were all kings and they all had one of the nine. Not all of the men of Dunharrow were kings, though this in and of itself doesn’t disprove the theory as they probably had at least two.

I would offer a theory of my own. I feel that these are the Nazgul as Frodo saw them on Weathertop. While he wore the ring he could see them “in the flesh” as opposed to the rest of the world that only saw negative space clothed in robes.

When Frodo put on the ring he entered their world of shadows and became aware of them. They also gained a larger measure of power over him.

Shortly after the fight, Frodo asks about the “Pale King” that stabbed him. (I don’t have the work in front of me or I’d quote, sorry) This of course being the Witch-King, but seen as his old self only twisted by centuries of wearing one of the Nine. This theory might also explain the lighting.

These are very compelling images of what the Nazgul might look like in a physical form to my mind. I could of course be dead wrong, but we’ll have to wait and see.

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See any similarities? We sort of do! Could this other Hobbit be Geoffrey Hughes?

Ringer fan Dave sends us this info:

A recent development identified Timothy Bartlett as the hobbit on the left. As for the hobbit on the right, his face has been haunting me for a while. I’m not certain but he reminds me of an actor who I’ve seen in many a UK TC program. I can’t give you a name but I can tell you what he’s been in.

Going back a bit he was in Coronation St as Hilda Ogden’s lodger Eddy Yates (I think).

Then he was in Keeping Up Appearances as the brother in law of Mrs Bucket (pronounce Bouquet).

Most recently he’s been seen as Vernon Scripps in Heartbeat, general entrepreneur and brother of local garage owner and undertaker Bernie Scripps.

After much searching while writing this email I’ve just found his name, which is Geoffrey Hughes.

See the following link to the Heartbeat cast for a picture to compare. The character your looking for is Vernon Scripps.

http://www.ndirect.co.uk/~paulhawkins/charpics.htm

Thanks Dave for the heads up and we’ll get back to everyone with confirmation as soon as possible!

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Well, images seem to be popping up all over the place! And guess who decided to check in again? Super-Spy Ciggy! Check out these two exclusive images of hobbits.

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The first image looks to be just some random hobbits hanging out, possibly at Bilbo’s birthday party.

Our guess is that the second image is of Farmer Maggot.

Thanks Ciggy for the great pics!

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Ringer fan Unbound sent us these images of the cast. While they look very similar to official images we have seen before, some are in fact new and some are simply a little bit more clear. Unbound found these images in the cast pages of Elostirion.com. Click on an image to see a larger version.

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(1st Row: Brad Dourif as Grima Wormtongue, Hugo Weaving as Elrond, Craig Parker as Haldir)
(2nd Row: Viggo Mortensen as Aragorn, Mark Ferguson as Gil-Galad)

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Media Watch: Variety talks LOTR

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