Lord of the Rings producer Barrie Osborne talks to Russell Baillie about The Two Towers DVD and video release. On why The Two Towers made more money at the box office (US$910 million) than its predecessor, The Fellowship of the Ring (US$860 million). [More]
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Happy Birthday Billy Boyd! Billy was born on August 28th 1968 in Glasgow, Scotland. That makes him 35 years old today! (or exactly 10 years and 1 month older than me! -Xo). Happy Birthday Billy!
More news from BOBW (The Best of Both Worlds Convention) – they have a new guest, and they’re auctioning the chance to sit at the banquet table with their special LOTR guests. [More]
Meanwhile, here’s a book I’d heard about ages ago and have been curious about ever since – John Garth’s “Tolkien and the Great War.” Huancry writes, “Thankfully it seems HC have realised their original cover pic for Garth’s book was pretty boring ….. the pic on their website now shows a far better one IMHP . Also the title has changed from ‘ TOLKIEN’S WAR ‘ to ‘ TOLKIEN AND THE GREAT WAR’ subtitled ‘ The Threshold of Middle-earth.’ ” [More]
The Hawbit writes, “I was browsing through Houghton Mifflin’s online catalogue, and I found that The art of the Return of the King will be available January 1st, 2004. [More]
TORn staffer Saint sends in this very amusing promotion from a Michigan Walmart — Have your photo taken with your favorite heroes from The Lord of the Rings! If you happen to be anywhere near Bay City on Saturday, you should check it out! [More]