In a poll conducted by the UK DVD rental company Choices, Aragorn and Legolas both made the top 10 of a list of the Top 20 greatest movie heroes of all time. At the top of the list was Maximus from ‘Gladiator’. Read more at ic Wales.
Gamespy.com has two articles on the upcoming game, The Battle for Middle-earth. They also have some amazing screencaps for your viewing.
The multiplayer RPG Middle-earth Online has been delayed until next year. The game, published by VU Games, was previously scheduled for October of this year. Read more at Gamespot.
The new mystery picture is now up! Can you guess what the picture is? Remember the first five people to guess correctly get 1 user point!
On Monday, April 26 at 8:00 a.m. PST, Star TV in Canada will be presenting Viggo Mortensen on Extreme Closeup. This show will repeat several times. Go to Star TV for a full list of upcoming episodes.
According to a list drawn up by Total Film magazine, the LotR trilogy has been named the fourth greatest movie epic of all time. It was beaten by Lawrence of Arabia, Ben-Hur and the original Star Wars trilogy. Read more at Scotsman.
Voting is now open for the 2004 MTV Movie Awards. RotK is nominated in two categories: Best Action Sequence and Best Movie. You can vote at MTV.com.
The Tolkien Society have organised their fifth Tolkien Weekend, which will take place at Sarehole Mill, Birmingham (UK) on 15 – 16 May 2004. For more information, see the Tolkien Society’s website.
Hollywood Jesus has a new interview with Peter Jackson discussing many aspects of LotR, including Tolkien’s themes, the concept of the Ring, and the casting process for the films. There are also links to other LotR-related articles and interviews.
You need to scroll down a bit to see the interview.
Tonight, Andy Serkis will be a guest on ‘Late Night with Conan O’Brien’ and Viggo Mortensen will be a guest on ‘Last Call with Carson Daly’. See the full schedule at NBC