Lord of the Rings has won two Hugo Awards. Return of the King won the award for Best Dramatic Presentation – Long Form and Gollum’s acceptance speech at the MTV 2003 movie awards won the award for Best Dramatic Presentation – Short Form. There’s a full list of all the winners here.
Have you ever wondered when your favorite star from Lord of the Rings will be on TV? Now you can know! The CoE TV Guide will list almost all of the shows featuring actors and actresses from Lord of the Rings, and what channel their show will be on (US only). All times EST.
The latest edition of The Council Courier is now available and this month’s featured Realm is the Realm of Nessa. You can view September’s newsletter here.
Special events at The Boston Museum of Science include a demonstration of forging on 11th September and on 20th September it’s College Night when students can visit the exhibition for just $5. On 1st October, there’s a free lecture entitled “Editing Wizardry” this will be presented by Annie Collins (Assistant Editor to Jamie Selkirk) who, “will use samples of her work on The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King to talk about the process and the story behind editing the last film in this epic tale.” There are further details here.
CNN reports that Time Warner, who owns New Line Cinema, “has gained an edge” in their negotiations to buy MGM, who own the film rights to The Hobbit.
Both IGN.com and Gamespot.com have released new sets of screencaps for The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age. The screencaps show Ents, Trolls and the Argonath statues.
The Irish Film and Television award nominations have been announced and Return of the King has been nominated for the Jameson International Film Award. The other films nominated include Lost in Translation and Mystic River. There are further details about the awards here.
The award winners will be announced on 30th October and the ceremony will be broadcast in Ireland on RTÉ One in November.
Head over to Gamespot.com and check out “The Art of Middle-earth” by Matt Britton the art development director at EA LA. This is the latest article in the Battle for Middle-earth series.
IGN.com has released a new set of screencaps for the role-playing game, The Lord of the Rings : The Third Age.
For a chance to win a copy of The Return of the King Visual Companion by Jude Fisher, signed by Ian McKellen, enter the prize draw at his official website.
The draw will be held on 15th October