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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Official LotR Site Nominated for Internet Award
The official Lord of the Rings web site has been nominated for Best Internet Advertising by the Hollywood Reporter for their Key Arts Awards...
MTV Viewers Name Two Towers Best Movie
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2516408a2202,00.html
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers won four awards, including best movie, at the MTV Movie Awards on Saturday. Along with best movie, MTV gave...
Another LotR Comic
http://www.comics.com/comics/sheldon/archive/sheldon-20030603.html
Sheldon is at it again...
GOTF Announces Appearance of First Guests
The Gathering of the Fellowship is very pleased to announce the first movie guests who have agreed to appear at our event...
Rings Stars Keep It Casual
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2531884a2202,00.html
In the films they are Middle-earth royalty - but on the streets of downtown Wellington Liv Tyler and Viggo Mortensen look decidedly more down to...
Download Gollum's Acceptance Speech
http://www.theonering.net/scrapbook/view/6856
TORN has 3 clips of Gollum's acceptance speech at the MTV awards...
New Lotr Caption Contest
For the next week, I'm running a Lord of the Rings cartoon caption contest. The cartoon has Gimli boasting to Frodo about his sharp eyes and ears...
Another Attempt at a LotR Stage Musical
I have recently noticed that there is to be another attempt at a stage musical of Lord of the Rings. I hope that it is of better quality than the...
The LotR Motion Picture Trilogy Exhibition
The Science Museum in London today announced its next blockbuster exhibition - The Lord of the Rings Motion Picture Trilogy...
Tons of Media From the Two Towers Dvd 
http://www.lightsoutentertainment.com/news/news.php?id=1194
Who know what it is, but Lights Out always seems to score good Lord Of The Rings related material! Today we actually got a hold...
'Towers' Collectors' DVD Runs a Spell Longer
http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2003-06-11-rings_x.htm
Admirers of manly actor Sean Bean will rejoice, if somewhat briefly, when the three-hour, 43-minute extended cut of last year's...
LotR Makes Another Mint at the Bank
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2540137a2202,00.html
A set of coins featuring designs from The Lord of the Rings films will become legal tender this year. The currency has been commissioned by...
Weta Ready for Latest Rings Film
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2542763a2202,00.html
Weta Digital is spending millions of dollars doubling its processing capacity as it gears up to produce the special effects for the third instalment...
How Low Can a Hobbit Go?
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2540626a2202,00.html
Oh, the horror. Our hobbits support England. And they're mates with that bendy, hand-clasping Jonny Wilkinson who buried the All Blacks on Saturday...
E3 RotK Screen Caps
http://www.quintessentialwebsites.com/lordoftherings/movieshots_rotk/adisplay_e3rotkimages.htm
So you're tired of waiting for a RotK trailer to come out too? Then check out these fantastic screen caps from the conclusion of the LotR saga. Gathered from Herr Der Ringe and various other sources...
Case of Too Many Elves
http://ichuddersfield.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0330features/content_objectid=13084016_method=full_siteid=50060_headline=-Case-of-too-many-elves-name_page.html
We've had our first barbecue of the season and the new Harry Potter book is out this weekend; life would be pretty rosy if only it weren't for...
Potter's Place in the Literary Canon
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/2996578.stm
Harry Potter is a global literary phenomenon but where does JK Rowling's creation figure in the canon of children's literature? Rowling has...
RotK: The Complete List of Film Changes
http://www.tolkienonline.com/movies/changes_rotk.cfm
As with the previous two films, Tolkien Online has composed its own very detailed list of changes (and rumored changes) to Tolkien's story in the film version of RotK. Some of these are quite interesting...
Oxonmoot Event Announcement
Oxonmoot is the Tolkien Society’s major social event, providing both our members and the public with the opportunity to gather together and celebrate Tolkien’s life. Originating as an informal gathering of friends...
Lord of the Celebrities
Peter Jackson's success with The Lord of the Rings means he rubs shoulders with Bruce Springsteen and Cher, according to Forbes magazine...
Italian Lotr Fans Get New RotK Release Date
As you probably know, in Italy the first two episodes of LOTR were released on January 2002 and 2003, a month later than the worldwide release...
RotK Poster and Trailer Coming Soon
I wanted to take the opportunity to personally thank you for your votes in the first ever Online Voter's Choice for The Hollywood Key Art Awards.
The Hobbit Pedigree
http://www.tolkien-movies.com/geneology.php
Kirchnej from our message board, The White Council, was kind enough (and brave enough!) to put together a Hobbit "pedigree," or geneological...
Bloom Reshot 'King' Scenes
http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/art-main.html?2003-06/24/14.00.film
Orlando Bloom--who plays Legolas in the Lord of the Rings film trilogy--told SCI FI Wire that he recently returned to New Zealand to film additional...
Images From the Middle Earth in Italy
http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/8/1056642238
The fantasy event of the year has arrived! Images from the Middle Earth returning to Forll at the request of the city council that was impressed...
Nexus to Publish Rings Boardgame Worldwide
Nexus to publish "The Lord of the Rings - The War of the Ring" boardgame worldwide Camaiore, Italy June 23rd, 2003 Nexus...
Sir Ian Mckellen Updates 'White Book'
http://www.mckellen.com/cinema/lotr/wb/030625.htm
Gandalf hasn't updated his online diary in a while, but his latest update to his 'White Book' includes details on the reshoots and a few photos...
Interview With NZ Ambassador About LotR
I conducted a very interesting interview a few days ago with the ambassador of New Zealand in Italy, Peter Bennett. We chatted about the importance...
Elvish Name Generator
http://www.chriswetherell.com/elf/Default.asp
My own is Angrod Calafalas. Not the most flattering name in the world, but I'll take it. Find out what your own Elvish name is at the link above...
RotK Teaser Poster Featuring Aragorn
http://www.lordoftherings.net/index_rotk_teaser.html
Preview the new teaser poster for The Return of the King at the official site! It features Aragorn and a certain very important sword...
Govt to Back 'Land of Narnia' With Sweetner
The Government is hoping to transform the "Home of Middle Earth" into the "Land of Narnia" with a multi-million dollar cash subsidy scheme...
Variety Speculates About RotK
"Most of these films are not finished, so at this point it's really a guessing game. There is one film, however, that always figures in the guessing...
Lurtz in the Living Room
http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/8/1056986331
How would you like to have your own Lurtz? Daniel Cole wrote TORN with a photo and tidbits about his Lurtz statue, one of only 3 in existence...
First Look at Return of the King
Here it is - the first still picture from the third and final movie in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Aragorn - played by actor Viggo Mortensen...
Last Week's HP/LotR Cartoon
Last week's Harry Potter/LOTR cartoon caption contest is finished with the winning punchline decided. The cartoon had Frodo Baggins...
Tolkien Week in Italy
This is a great week for Tolkien fans in Italy. Indeed, two very interesting events are occurring these days. The first is called Verso la Contea...
Armies of Middle Earth Reviews
Here are some Armies of Middle Earth reviews I thought you might enjoy. More going up very soon...
Book Features Movie Art and Elvish Lyrics
Pianists everywhere can now explore the spirit and grandeur of the blockbuster hit The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, thanks to a matching...
Why Do Wood Elves Glow?
Hi, John Cook here. For the next week, I'm running a new Lord of the Rings cartoon caption contest. The cartoon has Frodo and Sam watching...
TTT and Viggo Win Awards
Gregor sends word that Viggo Mortensen won Best Foreign Actor award and TTT won best film 2003 in Sweden's biggest newspaper Aftonbladet...
Rings Exhibition Tickets Now on Sale
Due to huge expected demand, advance tickets for The Lord of the Rings Motion Picture Trilogy - The Exhibition, a unique visitor experience based on...
The Tolkien Archives Shut Down?
I bring you sad news this day. The Tolkien Archives, a web site that I co-founded several years ago with my friend Jeremiah Lewis, and a site that...
Oldest Rings Extra a Pro
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2552206a2202,00.html
She may be the Lord of the Rings' oldest extra, but at 90, June Hancock does not let little things like age stand in her way. She has already...
Rings Success 'Making It Harder for Local Film'
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2553645a2202,00.html
LONDON: The success of the Lord of the Rings movies, and the transformation of Wellington into "Wellywood", could make it harder to...
Narnia May Deliver Rings-like Riches
New Zealand's doubling as the fantasy world of Narnia would boost our film industry and tourism in the way that The Lord of the Rings has, its...
Massey... Exhibition by Rings Star
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2561898a2202,00.html
Massey University will host an exhibition of photographs taken by Lord of the Rings star Viggo Mortenson to coincide with the world premiere of the...
Caffeine Lover Saves Favoured Place
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2562559a2202,00.html
The future of the third Lord of the Rings movie might have been saved by the heroic efforts of a caffeine crazy art director. The thought of...
Transfixed Rings Fan Develops Blood Clot
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2565956a2202,00.html
The battle scenes in Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings films may be blood-curdling, but sitting through the three-hour long Two Towers movie...
The Martial Arts of Middle Earth
http://swordforum.com/articles/ent/tonywolf.php
Having previously worked with director Peter Jackson (of Lord of the Rings) in films such as Brain Dead (which was released in the U.S. as Dead...
Orlando Bloom Battles 'Pirates'
http://www.tvguide.com/newsgossip/insider/030711b.asp
Actor Orlando Bloom, 26, never tires of putting on elaborate costumes for films. The dreamy, dark-haired Brit sported long, blond locks as...
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