TORn community site TheFellowship.nl has scored this exclusive first glimpse of the concept art for the Two Towers Extended Edition DVD box. Appearing in stores in November, it will contain the extended cut of TTT, two discs of additional commentaries and material, and a Sideshow statue of Smeagol. The statue is part of a set of two, and the second statue will be available for purchase from Sideshow – with a discount for buyers of the Extended DVD set. [More]
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Users of the Sony Ericsson t68i mobile phone might be interested in this downloadable One Ring screensaver that Ringer Spy Trixta stumbled across. [More] – and also [More].
Hannah writes: UK fans who have access to the Sky Movies channels can catch Dominic Monaghan (Merry) on the Movie News show (which is often broadcast between movies) this week. The whole segment is about five minutes long and is a behind the scenes piece on Dom’s new film ‘Spivs’. There are a few shots of Dom on set looking very tough and un-Merry-like… and when he does speak to camera his usual Manchester accent is replaced with his character’s Cockney accent! Seems like he was so in character he couldn’t shake the accent LOL!
Richard writes: Next year’s Tolkien Calendar has just been released in the UK and for the third year running it contains new artwork by Ted Nasmith. In synchronism with the movies, the calendar’s focus is ROTK. [More]
Idril Celebrindal writes: Pittsburgh Citiparks will be showing Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers in August as part of their free “Cinema in the Park” summer movie schedule. Dates: Wednesday, August 27 — Fellowship of the Ring & Sunday, August 31 — The Two Towers. [More]
Ringer staffer WeeTanya sends along this tidbit from eWeek: Apple Computer Inc. is nearing the release of desktop systems featuring IBM’s 64-bit PowerPC 970 chip, sources report — but a 64-bit version of Mac OS X may lag behind by a month or two…This build, code-named Smeagol, will run on the new chip…. [More]