The “Lord of the Rings” films are the result of many peoples’ labors, but some “L.O.T.R.” collectibles have essentially been the product of a single individual, New York sculptor Patrick Pigott. Last year, Pigott crafted a set of four 12 oz. “Glass Goblets” sold at Burger King restaurants, as well as a quartet of “character replica” statues for Applause, L.L.C. [More]
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Charter Members to the LOTR fanclub will no doubt know that their names will be included on the DVD release of LOTR:FOTR. The cool part is that Howard Shore and PJ have decided to write special music JUST for the 19-minute long scroll of names! The bad news? Well…just follow the link for that. [More]
John Rhys-Davies, who stars as Gimli in The Lord of the Rings’ movie trilogy and on Decipher¹s The Lord of the Rings’ Trading Card Game, will make an exclusive appearance at Origins on Saturday, July 6th in Columbus, Ohio. [More] [Gaming Havens]
Well, almost – Karori Wildlife Sanctuary and Miramar special-effects company Weta are talking about making replica extinct native animals for the sanctuary, ranging from giant moa to tiny frogs. [More]
The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has tentatively voted to shorten the Oscar calendar by a month, moving up the film industry’s highest honors from late March to late February starting in 2004. [More]
After a pick-up filming involving several of the film trilogy’s stars, including Liv Tyler, Viggo Mortensen, Elijah Wood and Sir Ian McKellen, film spokeswoman Claire Raskind yesterday confirmed that all had now left the country. [More]