Electronic Arts, known for the PC Games The Two Towers, and soon to be released in November, The Return of the King, will release a game of the great battles fought during the War of the Ring, Summer 2004.
Read the announcement at EA Games.
Howard Shore is going to conduct the Columbus Symphony Orchestra playing music from The Lord of the Rings on March 26th, 2004 in Columbus, Ohio.
On Sunday September 28, Andy Serkis will be at a special Borough Market Sunday opening, talking about his role in the film and signing autographs. He has been awarded a Guinness World Record for the ‘Most Expressive Digital Character’ in a film. Metro is holding a competition where the winner will get the opportunity to meet Andy Serkis and present him with his Guinness World Record. Click on the link for more exciting details!
Today is Hobbit Day, i.e. Bilbo and Frodo’s birthday! Please be sure to check out our eCards area, and send your friends some Hobbit Day cards. Also, later today we will be having a party in the #councilfree chat room at 5pm PST, 8pm EST, where we will play pictionary and just have some fun together. I hope to see you there!
Counting down the days, hours, minutes and seconds to RotK? You can download a RotK countdown clock at here. The clock comes with different skins, e.g. Sam & Frodo, Aragorn. You can use just one or get them to rotate.
To celebrate the release of The Two Towers on DVD, McKellen.com is offering the opportunity to win a colour 8×10 photograph of Gandalf the White, signed by Ian McKellen. The contest is open until the 15th October 2003, and can be accessed here.
New Zealand Post has just released the official pictures of the new Return of the King Stamps. They are due for release on 5th November but can be pre-ordered.
On the 21st September the Sand Sculpture Festival took place in Renesse in the Netherlands. One of the topics this year was Lord of the Rings.
Herr-de-Ringe Film shows some of the sculptures created. Most are 3 to 4 metres high and some are over 15 meters wide.
(Note: sorry, the web site is in German. However, there is not much text and the pictures are everything!)
For those of you who have been following the saga of our site’s Fearless Leader and her reality-show-like existence…you’ll be happy to know that The Bachelorette: Episode Two is now ready for your reading pleasure!
Set your watches. “Into the Ring”, a play by Rick Miller and Dawson Nichols (admitted Tolkien geeks), will be performed at the McNair Rehearsal Studio in Fort Worth, Texas, September 24-28. The Star Telegram has the story, and Bass Hall has the tickets.