With the release date rolling ever closer, Time Magazine has LoTR on the cover of their December 2 issue. Thanks to Sammcat for the link! [More] Minor Spoilers!
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Another reminder that the next edition of NZ magazine Pavement will be packed full of in-depth interviews and photographs of the LOTR cast and crew. [More] You can order it from overseas.
New Zealand magazine Pavement has just completed its second massive The Lord of the Rings special issue. The Two Towers issue, featuring 40 pages of stories, interviews, exclusive photo shoots and stills, goes on sale in New Zealand on December 1. Starring Orlando Bloom, photographed exclusively for Pavement in LA two weeks ago, on the cover, the issue also features exclusive photo shoots with Miranda Otto (Eowyn), John Rhys-Davies (Gimli), Bernard Hill (King Theoden), Brad Dourif (Wormtongue), Karl Urban (Eomer), Dominic Monaghan (Merry) and Andy Serkis (Gollum). Other interviews in the issue include Billy Boyd (Pippin), director Peter Jackson, Barrie Osborne (producer) and Dan Hennah (supervising art director).
Pavement editor Bernard McDonald spent 5 days on the set of The Two Towers mid-2002 interviewing various cast members and production heads, watching Peter Jackson directing on-set and on location and visiting the various LOTR departments (CGI, Weta props, costumes, makeup, etc). Plus, Pavement correspondent Desmond Sampson attended the New York press junket for The Two Towers, where he interviewed Otto, Rhys-Davies, Dourif and Urban, while James Graham interviewed Orlando Bloom in LA.
This is part two of Pavement’s LOTR trilogy of issues dedicated to the films. The first, featuring Liv Tyler and Elijah Wood on two covers, sold out. For fans of LOTR outside NZ, the new issue can be purchased from Pavement (pavement@pavement.co.nz) or (Pavement, PO Box 309, Auckland 1, New Zealand). Cost NZ$20 each (including postage & handling). A2 cover poster NZ$20 each (including postage & handling). NZ$30 for a copy and poster. Orders within New Zealand are NZ$10 per copy or poster (including postage & handling), NZ$20 for a copy and poster. Allow 2-3 weeks for delivery after date of publication. Sorry, no copies or posters of Fellowship of the Ring issues left.
The Sunday Times in the UK is offering free posters and a competition to win free tickets to the premiere. [More] Thanks to Steven for the link.
Tomas has offered us a link to his Tengwar Transcription site: “YaTT is a utility designed to help you type in Dan Smith’s or compatible tengwar fonts and transcribe documents both ways between Roman letters and Tengwar alphabet. [More]
Jake wrote to tell us that Amazon is offering a free download of Emiliana Torrini’s track from The Two Towers.soundtrack, “Gollum’s Song.” [More]