Seems like the folks at EW Online don’t like our interest in LOTR. Either that or they seem to notice how thier hits go up when they say something bad about LOTR, or anything at all…ah well.

”Lord of the Rings” fans

Ever since Peter Jackson and New Line Cinema announced they’d be turning the J.R.R. Tolkein trilogy into a movie, diehard fans’ heads have been spinning like 12-sided dice wondering how the movie could do justice to the Hobbit lore. There is even a sense of veiled threat to their endless quest for info (”If you’ve done ANYTHING to upset the legacy of Gandalf, so help me…”). All these fanatics should just put down their mouses and relax. We’re five months away from the first installment’s premiere, but it’s all been shot, and all the emoticons in the world aren’t going to change Jackson’s vision. Just take some time off and develop some other interests. Oh, and bitching about whether Chris Columbus was the right director for the Harry Potter movie doesn’t count as ”other interests.”

(ah because we must all be computer nerds because we like LOTR….I see -Xo)

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From: The New York Post on-line

Hobbit-forming

WHILE New Line Cinema hits like “Austin Powers” could hardly be described as advancing the cause of teen literacy, the studio does want to get kids reading books – particularly J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic “Lord of the Rings” series. New Line is joining with the American Library Association for a big “Teen Read Week” promotion this fall, with the emphasis on fantasy literature and the slogan, “Make reading a hobbit.” Of course, it’s no coincidence that the studio has bet the farm on its Tolkien trilogy, the first of which, “The Fellowship of the Ring,” opens worldwide Dec. 19.

Thanks to Inkling II for the tip!

News is hitting the net that LOTR Composer Howard Shore may be working on the next M. Night Shyamalan (The 6th Sense, Unbreakable) film ‘Signs’. The film is about crop circles and UFO’s, staring Mel Gibson. [More]

Besides seeing the FOTR trailer this weekend in front of ‘Planet of the Apes’, some lucky people were privy to the new Sean Bean (Boromir) film ‘Don’t Say A Word’, the film is scheduled to open on October 5th.

A great chance to see some of your favorite LOTR Stars on the small screen! [More]

Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn)

28 Days (2000)
Walk on the Moon, A (1999) UK
Thin Red Line, The (1998) UK
Psycho (1998) UK
Prophecy, The (1995)
Crew, The (1994)
American Yakuza (1994)
Young Americans, The (1993)
Boiling Point (1993) UK
Two Small Bodies (1993)
Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III (1990) UK
Young Guns II (1990) UK

Liv Tyler (Arwen)

Cookie’s Fortune (1999)
Onegin (1999) UK
Plunkett & Macleane (1999)
Can’t Hardly Wait (1998) UK
That Thing You Do! (1996)
Stealing Beauty (1996)

Ian Holm (Bilbo)

Joe Gould’s Secret (2000)
Last of the Blonde Bombshells, The (2000) (TV)
eXistenZ (1999)
Alice Through the Looking Glass (1999) (TV)
Fifth Element, The (1997) UK
Life Less Ordinary, A (1997)
Naked Lunch (1991)
Brazil (1985) UK
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984) UK
Alien (1979) UK
Shout at the Devil (1976)
Young Winston (1972) UK
Mary, Queen of Scots (1971) UK
Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)
Oh! What a Lovely War (1969) UK
Fixer, The (1968) UK

Sean Bean (Boromir)

GoldenEye (1995) UK
Black Beauty (1994) UK
Patriot Games (1992) UK
How to Get Ahead in Advertising (1989)
Stormy Monday (1988)

Martyn Sanderson (Bree Gatekeeper)

Ned Kelly (1970)

Hugo Weaving (Elrond)

Matrix, The (1999) UK
Interview, The (1998)
Babe (1995) UK
Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, The (1994) UK
Exile (1994) UK
For Love Alone (1986)

Miranda Otto (Eowyn)

Jack Bull, The (1999) (TV) UK
Thin Red Line, The (1998) UK

David Wenham (Faramir)

Molokai: The Story of Father Damien (1999)

Elijah Wood (Frodo)

Faculty, The (1998) UK
Good Son, The (1993)
Forever Young (1992) UK
Paradise (1991)
Avalon (1990) UK
Internal Affairs (1990) UK

Cate Blanchett (Galadriel)

Pushing Tin (1999)
Ideal Husband, An (1999)

Ian McKellen (Gandalf)

X-Men (2000) UK
Apt Pupil (1998) UK
Gods and Monsters (1998)
Bent (1997)
Restoration (1995)
And the Band Played On (1993) (TV)
Six Degrees of Separation (1993)
Alfred the Great (1969) UK

John Rhys-Davies (Gimli)

Au Pair (1999) (TV)
Secret of the Andes (1998) UK
Cats Don’t Dance (1997)
Tusks (1990)
Firewalker (1986)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square, A (1979) UK

Andy Serkis (Gollum)

Topsy-Turvy (1999)
Among Giants (1998) UK

Harry Sinclair (Isildur)

Heavenly Creatures (1994)

Dominic Monaghan (Merry)

Hostile Waters (1997) (TV)

Bruce Spence (Mouth of Sauron)

Cars That Ate Paris, The (1974) UK

Sean Astin (Sam)

Icebreaker (1999)
Kimberly (1999)
Bulworth (1998) UK
Dish Dogs (1998)
Encino Man (1992) UK
Toy Soldiers (1991) UK
Memphis Belle (1990)
Staying Together (1989)
War of the Roses, The (1989) UK
White Water Summer (1987) UK
Goonies, The (1985)

Christopher Lee (Saruman)

Sleepy Hollow (1999) UK
Jinnah (1998) UK
Tale of the Mummy (1998) UK
Death Train (1993) (TV) UK
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
Safari 3000 (1982)
Serial (1980)
1941 (1979)
Arabian Adventure (1979)
Return from Witch Mountain (1978) UK
Four Musketeers, The (1974) UK
Creeping Flesh, The (1973)
Nothing But the Night (1972)
Vengeance of Fu Manchu, The (1967) UK
Psycho-Circus (1966) UK
Gorgon, The (1964)
City of the Dead, The (1960)
Cockleshell Heroes, The (1955)
Moulin Rouge (1952) UK
Crimson Pirate, The (1952)
Captain Horatio Hornblower (1951) UK

Bernard Hill (Theoden)

Midsummer Night’s Dream, A (1999) UK
True Crime (1999) UK
Loss of Sexual Innocence, The (1999) UK
Wind in the Willows, The (1996/I) UK
Gandhi (1982) UK

Brad Dourif (Wormtongue)

Shadow Hours (2000)
Storytellers, The (1999) UK
Bride of Chucky (1998) UK
Urban Legend (1998) UK
Murder in the First (1995)
Death Machine (1995)
Trauma (1993)
Body Parts (1991) UK
Cerro Torre: Schrei aus Stein (1991)
Hidden Agenda (1990)
Blue Velvet (1986) UK
Ragtime (1981)

Jim Rygiel (SFX)

Anna and the King (1999)
Species (1995)
Alien³ (1992)
Last of the Mohicans, The (1992)

Howard Shore (Composer)

High Fidelity (2000)
eXistenZ (1999)
Dogma (1999)
Analyze This (1999)
Game, The (1997)
That Thing You Do! (1996)
Crash (1996)
Truth About Cats & Dogs, The (1996)
Moonlight and Valentino (1995)
Ed Wood (1994)
M. Butterfly (1993)
Sliver (1993)
Guilty as Sin (1993)
Single White Female (1992)
Prelude to a Kiss (1992)
Silence of the Lambs, The (1991)
Naked Lunch (1991)
Kiss Before Dying, A (1991)
She-Devil (1989)
Big (1988)
Moving (1988)
Fly, The (1986)
After Hours (1985)

Peter Jackson (Director)

Heavenly Creatures (1994)

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