Becky, on behalf of the Cambridge Tolkien Society, writes: Just a quick reminder about our forthcoming charity Lord of the Rings
reading which will be happening this Saturday in Cambridge, UK. Joining us on the day will be our very special guest, Brian Sibley! We would love to have as many people as possible drop by and say hello to us, so if you could help us in our goal by mentioning us on TOR.n then that would be great!

“On Saturday 19th June, 2004, members of the Cambridge Tolkien Society will be performing a continuous 13-hour read-through of the BBC’s excellent radio adaptation of The Lord of the Rings, in Borders Cambridge, with the kind permission of Brian Sibley, Michael Bakewell, and the Tolkien Estate. All proceeds will go to the National Trust.” [More]

Jeff writes: Swedish/german band Dionysus has a new album out, ANIMA MUNDI, and you’ll be interested to know that Aragorn’s face has been ‘borrowed’ to be put on the CD cover illustration. More details can be found at their official website. [Image]

From comingsoon.net Moviehole tells us that “The Matrix” trilogy and “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy star Hugo Weaving is attached to a couple of high-profile studio projects. First up, he’ll play a swagging hero in a new Jackie Chan vehicle called The Myth. An adventure film in the vein of “Indiana Jones”. Next, Weaving has a role in Little Fish, Rowan Wood’s new film about a troubled woman in Sydney’s little Saigon district. Martin Henderson and Cate Blanchett will co-star. [More]

Deni wirtes: I just read this report by Xoanon about the new happenings on King Kong. I thought I should add a bit of information to help clear up some confusion. [More]

Deni wirtes: I just read this report by Xoanon about the new happenings on King Kong. I thought I should add a bit of information to help clear up some confusion.

The filming on Mount Victoria over the weekend was probably for the 48 hour film project which had around 47 film crews, including 3 from WETA, all trying to make an 8 minute movie in 48 hours. I doubt there was any Kong filming going on, everything was too hectic this weekend.

Also there are currently some dinosaur models on view at the Camperdown studios (you can see them through the window), although unfortuately my camera isn’t good enough to get a decent picture, sorry.

There were also quite a few “army” trucks parked around the Stone Street studios over the last week or so. With the expansion of Post on Park, Miramar is becoming one big film studio!