“…You have come and are here met, in this very nick of time, by chance as it may seem. Yet it is not so. Believe rather that it is so ordered that we, who sit here, and none others, must now find counsel for the peril of the world.”
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HypaSpace Weekly on the Space Channel is airing an extended look at the RotK on Saturday December 20th at 9am EST (repeated Sunday at 5pm EST. For more information go to Spacecast. There is also a video clip on RotK mania (look for PJ’s picture for the link!).
Yahoo has explained some of the changes between Tolkien’s Return of the King and the movie.
The official site has a bunch of new updates, including a photo gallery, movie clips from RotK and desktop downloads.
The Golden Globe nominations are out. RotK is nominated for best picture and PJ for best director. No nominations for the cast though. For more details go to MSN Entertainment.
There’s an interesting article at BBCi about Tolkien’s early years in the Birmingham area of the UK. The article talks about how some of the real life areas Tolkien knew may have been the inspiration for places such as the Old Forest and the Two Towers.
The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy exhibition is coming to the US.The exhibition is scheduled to open at the Boston Museum of Science on August 1st 2004. For further details visit the Museum of Science website.
There is a candid and sometimes irreverent article over at Ain’t It Cool News–no language here to worry about. In this interview, our favorite wizard talks about his LotR co-stars, and a bit about his career in general.
CBBC is giving away 5 goodie bags (t-shirt, CD holder, cap and bag) in their RotK prize competition. To enter the competition click here. Closing date is 29th December.
While you’re on the website take some time to vote for your favourite thing here and your favourite celebrity here (there’s a choice of 4 RotK stars to vote for).
BBCi reports that the box office take from midnight screenings of Return of the King was $8 million (£4.5 million).
Elijah Wood, Andy Serkis, Sean Astin and Dominic Monaghan surprised fans at the Manhattan Trilogy Tuesday. Find out more at ETonline.
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