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Jackson talks about The Two Towers Extended Edition

Peter Jackson has given Lord of the Rings fans a better idea of what they can expect when he releases the extended version of The Two Towers this fall. To read the article, go to Film Force.

TTT Nominated for 3 Spaceys Awards!

The Space Station is having its 1st annual Spaceys Awards and TTT has been nominated for “Best Science Fiction/Fantasy Movie”, “Best Visual SFX’ and “Best Action Sequence”! Also, there are Viewer’s Choice awards, which you can vote for here.

RotK Trailer online

There is a RotK trailer available on the internet. It was obviously filmed by someone when it was shown on a cinema screen, so the quality is very bad, especially at the end. It is to be found on a German Lord of the Rings-site: Herr-der-ringe-movie.de

Go to the information about “Kompletter Rotk Clip Online” then click “Weiter”. A new page will appear where you find several sites where you can watch the trailer or download it.

An Interview with Viggo Mortensen

This excerpt is by Louise the Ferretlady at the House of Telcontar. We have linked to the portion of the article that concerns the LOTR-related interview. Scroll 3/4’ths of the way down to read about Aragorn and archery.

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Papa Hobbit and Smeagol win!

A bit of news at Sci Fi Wire regarding the 29th Annual Saturn Awards, presented yesterday–The Two Towers won two awards, for Best Fantasy Film and for Best Supporting Actor (Andy Serkis as Gollum). Also, the award for Special-Edition Release of a DVD went to The Fellowship of the Ring!

We’re still not done, preciousssss….

A Gollum’s work is never done! Sci Fi has a good interview of Andy Serkis who says that he is still shooting motion-capture and doing additional voice recording for ROTK.

Duracell commercial mentions hobbits!

A child is reading under the covers with a flashlight powered by Duracell batteries, while the scene keeps changing to the Rocky Mountain Rescue Crew in action. There’s a line in the script about how the batteries are trusted both for saving lives and for “illuminating a world of wizards and hobbits”. You can watch the commercial here (Click the “Trusted Everywhere” link in the lower right-hand corner; the specific ad is entitled “Light”).

Time to pre-order the Witch King

Sideshow Toy is in pre-order mode for the figure of the Witch King of Angmar, sculpted by the WETA Workshop. Shipping is targeted for September/October, and is limited 3 to a customer!

LotR and Hobbit in top 100!

The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit have both made it into the Top 100 List from a nation-wide vote in ‘The Big Read’. People were asked to submit their favourite book, and there is to be a program about it on at 9:05 pm on BBC Two and 10:05 pm on BBC Four. Unfortunately you can only see this if you live in Britain. But you can visit the web site!