A big update for The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age at Gamespot.com, a new preview, talks about the four main characters you’ll be able to play and their abilities. There is a video which shows the concept art of the game and four pages of new screencaps. The game is scheduled to be released on November 2nd, 2004.
On 22nd September Michael Drout, Associate Professor of English at Wheaton College, will present a programme entitled, “Understanding J R R Tolkien and the Lord of the Rings”. The event will take place at 7pm at Mansfield public library, US. There are further details here.
CoE is holding a t-shirt and poster contest, to help generate new designs for our t-shirt area. Read about the rules here. We look forward to seeing your submissions!
In this thoughtful article at onlineopinion.com, Professor David Loy discusses how, “despite its European origins – The Lord of the Rings resonates with Buddhist concerns and perspectives.”
Bloomberg.com reports that having failed to reach an agreement on the price of the film studio, Time Warner has withdrawn their bid for MGM.
It had been hoped that a deal between Time Warner, who owns New Line Cinema, and MGM, who owns the film rights to The Hobbit, would pave the way for Peter Jackson to make a movie version of The Hobbit.
Have you ever wondered when your favorite star from Lord of the Rings will be on TV? Now you can know! The CoE TV Guide will list almost all of the shows featuring actors and actresses from Lord of the Rings, and what channel their show will be on (US only). All times EST.
The ABC in Australia are holding a poll to determine Australia’s favourite book. You can vote for LOTR: the poll is open to any book published in the English language.
Note: You will need to register in order to place your vote.