Just thought I’d let you know, a friend of mine was on a business trip in Roanoke, Virginia, and she saw The Two Towers on Pay Per View!
Thanks to Brenda for the heads up!
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Julie writes: Don’t know if you guys would be interested in this but I got a kick out of it. My husband wears bow ties and when we got his latest BeauTies Ltd. catalog, the company has developed a series of Tolkien inspired ties! There are six of them with LOTR themed names. I’m sure that any fan fashionable enough to wear a bow tie would want “Hills of Evendim,” “Mount Gundabad,” “Mountains of Shadow,” “Mount Mindolluin,” “Mountains of Mirkwood,” or “Orodruin.” [More!]
Hmmm.. these would have done great at our two Towers: One Party…
The people across at BitofEarth.net have been understandably quiet since Project Elanor began on April 5, but have finally declared the project complete. What’s more, they have a report up which includes a picture gallery from the day when Sean Astin helped out on the building site. [More]
In for a penny, in for a pound, goes the saying. But if you want to own this extremely rare first edition copy of the Hobbit, you’ll probably need about 7,000 of them. [More]
You can check out a scan of the dust jacket – and details of when the auction takes place – here. Thanks to Ringer Spy Arwenelf for digging up the link.
Okay, we’ve known that Sierra will be turning the Hobbit into a computer game for Nintendo Gamecube, PS2 and XBox – as well as the GameBoy Advance – for a while. However, the people at actiontrip.com got a nice peek what’s planned and a quick chat with Troy Skinner, producer at Sierra Entertainment. [More]
For more information, you can also read an earlier interview that Design Lead Chuck Lupher gave to our own Gaming Havens staff just a couple of weeks ago. [More]
Early this week I posted about a career-comprehensive interview with Billy Boyd on IGN Filmforce. Only a couple of parts were up at that point. However, all five parts of this two-hour long phone interview have been transcribed and posted … and it’s well worth the read. So if you missed it, head over and take a look! [More]