Thanks to Abby for the tip!

In the latest Empire magazine (Australian edition) there is a picture of two Black Riders in Hobbiton (looks like just outside Bag End in fact!)I've never seen this picture before...

We're still waiting to see it! :)

The September 2001 issue of Total Film magazine has a short item on FOTR in it's First Look section. No new info, or pics. Just the amusing/heart attack inducing typo at the head of the text. The release date. Its says 3rd of August. That's this Friday! Alas the text reiterates the release in Dec as we all know!

If you have scans of this article send it along!

It seems that Movies.com has a "Buzz Meter" for people to rank movies that they are getting excited about. [More]

Electronic Arts has signed a contract with New Line Cinema to develop a series of games based on The Lord of the Rings motion picture franchise, an Electronic Arts spokesman told The Hollywood Reporter. [More]

Thanks to a sad Ed M for the tip!

While making my daily rounds on the oldmanmurray.com message boards, I came upon this little item. Fairly interesting, though not groundbreaking stuff. Slight language alert, as is typical at oldmanmurray.com.

They were planning on a turnout of about 9,000. They found out the night before {Tuesday} they were down about 3,000, which meant a 3 hour delay on the start time while they scoured the schools. They arrived at Victoria Uni, both Open and Wellington Polytechs and every high school within an hours drive, in about 30 buses and army trucks and said hop in. [More]

Fellowship is once again Empire's No 1 Awaited Movie--with a large picture of Elrond and a staircase in Rivendell,and a summing up,which includes a quote from PJ re--the competition with Harry potter-"Harry Potter opens at least a month before we do,and I hope it's a great movie.I just think that if people love Harry Potter and they get into wizards and magic,then hopefully they can move on into Tolkien."

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!

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.

J R R Tolkien's Lord of the Rings is very popular in the countries of the former Soviet Union, where thousands of fans dress up and re-enact scenes from the book. [More]

The latest issue of Entertainment Weekly has a nice metnion of Ian McKellen (Gandalf) and his website mckellen.com. Thanks to Keith Stern from mckellen.com for the tip!

All the information you need to join the fun can be found at www.mythsoc.org. Be there!

Going to Mythcon?! Drop me a line!

The August issue of Game Trade Magazine is packed full of many middle earth goodies. Lots of pictures of the minatures for the table top games as well as pics of the boxes they come in.

There is also news on the expansion set of the LOTR game that is now out. The 2 extra boards are Bree and Isengard, done by John Howe. the game is called Friend and foes. The expansion set comes out in October. There is also a Hobbit game coming out done by Ted Nasmith. Towards the back of the mag is a picture and add for the replica of Sting that is used in the movie.

Anyone with scans of the article send them along!

From: The Official Site

Bill Welden has been studying and writing about Tolkien's invented languages for over thirty years. He was one of several Tolkien language experts who were consulted in the making of New Line Cinema's feature film version of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. [More]

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Well I've just finished watching the program 'Cinemagic' on M-Net here in South Africa and yes, they did preview 'The Lord of the Rings'. My oh my, where do I start? [More]

Thanks to Sirelle for sending along this great aricle from the 'Providence Journal Bulletin'. Take a look.

Thanks to Thurin for the tip!

"Hello, all you Green Books fans! Summer is a busy, busy time, and we here at Green Books are feeling the pinch. Between the time taken up by Comic-Con last week and various other things, we’re going to postpone our monthly Green Books update for just a few days to make sure we’ve enough time to do things right for you! So be patient just a little longer. We’ll be sure to make it worth your wait!"

Calisuri here - Another reason for the delay is my cross country move to Los Angeles! (Still looking for a job if anyone needs a web designer) Expect the Green Books update during the 2nd week of August.

Two reasons I can think for this change. 1) Real decided too many people were downloading LOTR stuff in quicktime format and got jealous. 2) New Line is finally releasing the FOTR Trailer in quicktime format and they are just reorganizing the listing. I personally hope its Number 2. Real is just annoying.

Thanks to Idril for the tip!