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Expansion for BFME II is announced

A new expansion pack for the Battle for Middle-Earth II is now in the works. The new expansion, called The Rise of the Witch-King, is scheduled to be released during Q4 of this year. To read more, IGN has interviewed game producer, Amir Rahimi.

CoE TV Guide: July 30th – August 6th

Have you ever wondered when your favorite stars 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 EDT.

Limited edition LotR DVDs

Flickdirect has further details about the limited edition LotR DVDs which will be available from 29th August. Each set contains both the theatrical and extended editions of the movies and together the 3 DVD sets will contain over five hours of new footage.

CoE TV Guide: July 23rd – 30th

Have you ever wondered when your favorite stars 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 EDT.

New LotR game from EA

Electronic Arts has announced that the title of their next LotR game is, The Lord of the Rings: The White Council. Due for release in late 2007 the game will feature the voices of Ian McKellen, Hugo Weaving, Christopher Lee and Cate Blanchett. There’s further information about the game here.

On-line Tolkien course

“Exploring Tolkien: There and Back Again” is the title of Dr Dimitra Fimi’s online course on JRR Tolkien. The course will be held three times in the next academic year and is run through Cardiff (Wales) University’s Centre for Lifelong Learning.

The course start dates are in October 2006, February 2007 and April 2007. Details can be found here.

CoE TV Guide: July 16th – 23rd

Have you ever wondered when your favorite stars 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 EDT.

Sam is the 7th greatest sidekick

Sam is listed as number seven on Entertainment Weekly’s just released list of the 50 Greatest Sidekicks. You can read more about it here.

Howard Shore’s LotR Symphony in San Francisco

On 14th and 15th July the San Francisco Symphony orchestra will perform Howard Shore’s Lord of the Rings symphony. There’s further information at the orchestra’s website here .

Lord of the Rings fine art collection by John Alvin

Famed cinema artist John Alvin, who has created art for over 130 movie campaigns, has just released the first limited editions of images from the Lord of the Rings trilogy. There are further details at Artinsights.com.