Ride the Middle-Earth shuttle in NYC
To celebrate the release of The Two Towers EE residents of New York City will be able to ride the the Middle-Earth shuttle tomorrow. You can read the full story at Business Wire.
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Second Annie Lennox song for RotK soundtrack
Annie Lennox has recorded a second song for the RotK soundtrack. It will be exclusive to the bonus soundtrack DVD that is due for release on the 25th November. You can read the story at Undercover Music News.
Warning: contains spoilers
Fly in LotR style with Air New Zealand
Air New Zealand have adorned the side of one of their Boeing 747-400’s with a LotR theme featuring the New Zealand landscape and the faces of Legolas and Aragorn. See pictures and read the full story at Scoop.
Lord of the Gold Ring
The Boston Globe magazine has an article on how commercialism is spoiling J.R.R. Tolkien’s legacy.
Seeing Starz!
For those cable subscribers that receive the Starz! channel, it will be a trilogy-filled weekend thanks to both the big screen and television next month. During their marathon from December 19th thru December 21st they will be showing the extended version of FotR, the theatrical version of TTT, and a behind the scenes look at RotK, which will include some interviews. Oh, and there is a sweepstake to enter as well, and the prizes include trips to NZ and autographed pictures. The whole story is over at PR Newswire!
Sir Ian McKellen’s website – prize draw
For a chance to win a signed photograph of Sir Ian as Gandalf and the water bottle marked Gandalf that he used on the RotK set; visit Sir Ian’s official website.
Entries need to be in before 5th December.
Free ROTK posters
The Sun Newspaper Online is offering free ROTK posters and the opportunity to purchase ROTK T-shirts. The offer is available to fans in the UK.
Arwen and Aragorn Barbie dolls
Business Wire has a story about the new Barbie RotK Arwen and Aragorn. You can order the dolls at Barbie Collectibles
*Minor spoiler*
Tea with Treebeard
Another new video can be seen over at the Official Site. Today it’s Dom and Billy having tea with Treebeard.
The Big Read – LotR feature this Saturday
Lord of the Rings is one of three featured books on The Big Read on BBC2 in the UK this Saturday at 9.15pm. You can see all the nominations and vote for your favourite book at The Big Read
Note: You can vote for your favourite book once a week
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