For those of you who still haven’t booked their tickets for this years installment of the highly popular Ring*Con-convention, maybe Irascian‘s report from last year will manage to convince you. He finally got around to posting it, together with the transcript of the first John Rhys-Davies panel. Be sure to read it all here!

Ringer Spy ekm writes: Okay, Spymaster, my old foe. You’ve never reported any of the news I’ve submitted, but I’m gonna try one last time. Here’s a DVD review of ROTK from dvdfile.com. [More]

The people from 25 Percent Magazine write: We would like to inform you that the brand new issue of 25 Percent Entertainment Online Magazine is now online. Among other things it brings you an interview with Bruce Hopkins (“Gamling”, LOTR), hot six questions answered by Sala Baker (“Sauron”, LOTR), The Figwit Poem Collection (yes, such a thing exists) and a closer look at the Green Realm: Faeries. [More]

TORN Digital presents an interview with triple Academy Award® winning Director, Peter Jackson from the red carpet of “The Return of the King” premiere in Wellington, New Zealand in December 2003. Quickbeam was interviewing while Asfaloth was shooting. In this clip Peter has a special message for all of the Ringers who visit TORN. [TORN Digital]

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The folks from Toy Review Magazine sent along these scans from their May issue. They feature images of Toy Biz’s third wave of ROTK Figures. [More]

After an epic trilogy, countless academy awards and a persuasive internet campaign, a Hollywood film studio now agrees New Zealand deserves to be in the global spotlight. Universal Studios has been forced into an embarrassing backdown and has confirmed it will add New Zealand to the impressive globe that stands at the entrance to its Los Angeles theme park. [More]