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The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth

IGN.com has posted the latest article in their Battle for Middle-earth series. This discusses the ‘neutral’ armies which include the Moria Goblin archers.

The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age

The fifth movie in the “There and Back Again” video series has been released at the official site for The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age. Writer/Designer Micheal Becker appears in the video called “Silver Screen”.

Happy Birthday Viggo

Today is Viggo Mortensen’s 46th birthday. He was born in New York, USA on 20 October 1958. Happy Birthday Viggo!

Shadows – LotR Trading Card Game

Shadows, the expansion set in the “War of the Ring” block is due for release on 3rd November. This article entitled Location, Location, Location discusses the new site path system.

You can view previews of some of the new cards here. These include; Legolas, Woodland Emissary and Éowyn, Shieldmaiden of Rohan.

Win a Morgul Lord or a Uruk-hai statue

Enter the prize draws at sideshowtoy.com for a chance to win a Morgul Lord statue or a Uruk-hai Berserker statue.

The closing date for the Morgul Lord statue draw is 4th November and for the Uruk-hai Berserker statue draw is 8th November.

Ring*Con 2004 – update

Bernard Hill will be attending Ring*Con 2004. The event takes place in Bonn, Germany on 29th-31st October. There are further details about Ring*Con 2004 here.

Legolas is a top elf

In this short article at post-gazette.com Maria Sciullo lists her top 10 elves. Legolas is number four on the list.

Happy Birthday Howard Shore

Howard Shore is 58 years old today. He was born on October 18, 1946, in Toronto, Canada.

Happy Birthday Howard!

COE TVGuide October 17-23

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.

Extended Edition Preview

The official movie site has a sneak preview of the extended edition of The Return of the King. Within this preview are some of the new scenes including clips of Saruman and a dialogue between Faramir and Éowyn. There are also a few short clips of Peter Jackson and Elijah Wood describing the movie. Quicktime is required.