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Online voting is now open for the UK Sony Ericsson Empire Film Awards. You can vote in a number of categories including best director and best scene for which The Ride of the Rohirrim from RotK has been short listed.
The awards will be presented live on Sky Movies on 4th February 2004.
Nearly six weeks until the first screenings, fans are already sending orders for tickets for the final journey. Ticket sales are already 45 percent above last year’s Lord of The Rings. RoTK is expected to be the highest grossing film in New Zealand movie history. Read more at NZ City.
Better get tickets soon!
Sideshown Toy has an interview with Andy Serkis in which he talks about the role of Gollum, his MTV movie award acceptance speech and being part of the LotR trilogy.
CBBC Newsround has more information about Christopher Lee confirming rumours about his role in Return of the King.
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The Official Site has another new video today. This time it is a discussion about which two towers were the opposing forces in Tolkien’s eyes, and in Peter Jackson’s.
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CNN has an article on the latest revision of box office take for The Matrix Revolutions. It looks like The Matrix has beaten The Two Towers for the first five days take since opening.
OK Tolkienites/Ringers/Aphadrim – time to make ROTK the biggest box office opener of all time!
At Moviefone you can watch a clip from Théodred’s funeral which includes Éowyn singing a song in Rohirric (Old English).
*Contains spoilers*
Christopher Lee has been talking about his reaction to the recent news about his role in RotK. “As far as I’m concerned, I’m only telling you this because it has been revealed on the internet, someone has talked and it certainly wasn’t me,” he told ITV in the UK. He now plans not to attend the film’s première. For the full story, please go to the BBC website.
Warning: Contains Spoilers
Sir Ian’s official website has been updated today with a great article including some of his thoughts about Gandalf and some brand new pictures.
Warning: contains spoilers
The Official site has another new video up. This time it is about the Theme of Rohan!
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