e.sinchew-i.com has posted a few images from the LOTR exhibit that recently moved to Filmpark Babelsberg in Potsdam, eastern Germany. [More]
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The year began with unconfirmed rumors that The Lord of the Rings: The White Council had been canceled. The open-world role-playing game, which had been unveiled last summer, was slated for a holiday 2007 release on the PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3. It was to be the latest game from Electronic Arts based on Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings film trilogy, which was inspired by J.R.R. Tolkien’s best-selling fantasy novels. Today, during a postearnings call, EA CFO Warren Jenson confirmed that The White Council is not canceled–but that work on it has been indefinitely suspended. “The Lord of the Rings product is back in development in terms of being on hold,” he cryptically told an analyst who asked whether or not the game had been canceled outright. [More]
We’ve waited a week, and the revelation is here at last! The first piece in Sideshow Collectibles new Lord of the Rings diorama line is ‘Frodo and Gollum – The Crack of Doom.’ They’ve posted an impressive teaser using the voice over from FOTR. Check it out! [View the Video] [License Details]
mithril writes: John Howe is narrating a French documentary (on the illustrator Leo Schnug) called Le Seigneur du Château. He had mentioned in an earlier newsletter that the castle seen in this documentary was the inspiration for much of the furniture in Bag End. The link includes a trailer and listings for the time the film will be shown on French TV. There are some nice LOTR illustrations at the beginning of the trailer. [More]
Dave Taylor from gamerzines.com writes: I thought you guys at The One Ring might be interested in the hands on preview we’ve got in the new issue of PCGZine. We’re a free PC games magazine written by professional games journalists in the UK. The magazine is made available in PDF format for free download. All you need is Adobe Reader (we recommend updating to version 8 to avoid issues if you have Internet Explorer 7 installed). The magazine includes video and multimedia on top of the editorial.
We were fortunate enough to be shown around Middle Earth by one of the developers so our preview is well informed and there’s lots of screens and even some amusing dancing videos in the magazine. And for those who know it all, there is even a mini interactive quiz where people can test their Tolkien knowledge. [More]
The Embassy Theatre in Wellington has sent out their latest newsletter. The big news is that they will be screening all three LOTR films this February as part of their summer series (North America’s winter). From the newsletter: Peter Jackson’s Academy Award winning films should only be seen in the luxury of our leather armchairs and on our giant screen.
LORD OF THE RINGS: The Fellowship of the Ring – Febuary 4th and 25th
LORD OF THE RINGS: The Two Towers – Febuary 11th
LORD OF THE RINGS: The Return of the King – Febuary 18th
TheOneRing.net, TORn Message Board Members, myself and many others actually have our names on a chair in the theatre. I had the pleasure of seeing ‘March of the Penguins’ there last April. Take a look at some of our photos from the trip.