"As expected, 'The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King' has pulled in the best sales of any DVD this year so far," says Steve Mullen, spokesman for Richmond, Va.-based Circuit City. "It will pull in some impressive numbers when all is said and done."..... More

This game is rated T for teen and is suitible for people over the age of 13. You can choose one out of eight characters, including Gimli, Aragorn, Gandalf, Legolas, Sam, and Frodo to play through the thrid installment of Lord of the Rings. For more details, or to order click here.

The Lord of the Rings, The Third Age is the latest installment in Electronic Arts' series of games based on Peter Jackson's most excellent film adaptation of JRR Tolkien's classic books. The game is slated to offer a deeper overall experience from its action-oriented predecessors, The Two Towers and The Return of the King, thanks to its use of a traditional RPG structure.

GameSpot has a decent update posted containing news on character development, development progress, nice screen shots, and even a sneak preview video!

Check it all out here!

PRESTWICK Airport is the setting for a new film starring Lord of the Rings favourite Billy Boyd. writes Yonnie McInnes.

An airport spokesman said: “They filmed inside and around our training aircraft a Boeing 747 jumbo jet.

“Prestwick’s been a ready made film set for several productions including the Plan Man starring Robbie Coltrane and the BBC’s recreation of the Lockerbie disaster, The Days That Shook The World........more

The Discovery Fund for Eye Research is launching its 4th annual "Seeing the Stars," celebrity charity eyewear and memorabilia auction on eBay. Jerry and Linda Bruckheimer Chair this blockbuster event with donated items from the entire cast of the Lord of the Rings, as well as from celebrities such as Ryan Seacrest from American Idol and the Survivor All Stars!

The proceeds from the auction will benefit the Discovery Fund's medical research and patient education programs for Macular Degeneration, Keratoconus, Diabetic Retinopathy and Ocular Herpes.

You're invited to come and join in on the fun! The auction will be held on May 27th.

Here is a list of the items donated by the celebrities.

Warner Bros. has released the new trailer for writer/director Oliver Stone's Alexander , starring Colin Farrell, Angelina Jolie, Anthony Hopkins, and Val Kilmer.

The epic film, opening November 5, is about the relentless conqueror who by the age of 32 had amassed the greatest empire the world had ever seen. Past and present collide to form the puzzle of the protagonist, a tapestry of triumphs and tragedies in which childhood memories and Alexander's rise to power unfold side by side with the later day expansion of his empire, and its ultimate downfall. From his youth, fueled by dreams of glory and adventure, to his lonely and mysterious death as a ruler of a vast state, from the tumultuous relationship with his parents-a powerful king and a queen determined to put her child on the throne at any cost-to the rousing brotherly bonds with his closest companions and vast army, as they fought from the sun-scorched battlefields of the Persian Empire across the snow-peaked mountains of India, the film chronicles Alexander's journey to become a living legend, a man who embraced the ideal that power has a destiny....... Source

Watch the Quicktime Trailer for "Alexander"... Here

On Monday it was announced that Lord of the Rings star Viggo Mortensen would be a key guest at the annual Fourth of July celebration in Denmark. It has now been learned from the viggo-online.net website that this is not true. They have received the following information from the organizers of the event in Denmark:

"The Rebild Society regrets to announce that Viggo Mortensen will not be participating in the Rebild Party as main American speaker. He informed us of this through a letter which unfortunately the Rebild Society did not receive, which was why we informed the press of our invitation to Viggo Mortensen. The Rebild society apologizes for the inconvenience this has caused.".......source

On Tuesday the 25th tickets went on sale for Howard Shore's Oscar winning composition The Lord of the Rings Symphony in Six Movements. This Two hour event will take place on July 1 and 2. It will include The Houston Children's Chorus,  the Houston Symphony Chorus, and the Houston Symphony conducted by Alexander Mickelthwate.

You can buy tickets in person for $20 to $55 at the Jones Hall box office. You can also order tickets by phone at 713-224-7575 or online at either houstonsymphony.org or ticketmaster.com.

Set designers for The Lord of the Rings, have taken out top honours by winning the gold medal for Best Show Garden, with their Garden of Well Being at this year's Chelsea Garden Show.

From May 25 to 28, the '100% Pure New Zealand Ora - Garden of Well-Being'  mesmerised visitors with steaming silica terraces, living artworks sculpted from tree ferns and a hot mineral pool. Designed to reflect Maori mythology and the distinctive geothermal geology of the Rotorua region, the garden promises to be one of the more unusual and memorable exhibits at Chelsea......source

Record DVD sales of the final part of The Lord of the Rings trilogy are expected now it is available in shops.

Supermarket chain Tesco is predicting the film, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, to be its biggest selling entertainment product yet.

The current record is held by the second part of the trilogy, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, which sold almost 400,000 copies in Tesco stores in its first week.

The supermarket is increasing security amid concern that light-fingered fans will try to make off with Lords of the Rings in-store promotional material.

Read more at Ananova!

Thanks Adele for the tip! :o)

Looks like a lot of our artists have been busy this week!! lol

Staffan Jönsson who is one of the resident artists in the Photo Art section of our Art Gallery has submitted two of his latest creation for your viewing enjoyment!

Both of them are quite a nice, and I think they may even bring a smile to many of our Leggy fans! :o)

Stop by the gallery and check it out, along with all of other great artists inspired by Tolkien's vision!

Thanks Staffan!

To celebrate the victory of their team in the french soccer championship, the supporters of the "Olympique Lyonnais" have made a huge banderole representing Gollum saying "Il est à nous !"/"It is our precious !", speaking of the trophy.

The site is in French, but the picture is in the first article here, if you don't read French just click on the Gollum link to see the photo.

Thanks to Josselin for the tip! :o)

To celebrate The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King on DVD, Adam Koebel has updated his site with a new cover and some chapter inserts to his site.

Well worth a look! Check them out here!

Thanks Adam!

As promised...here is the weekly featured item from the great folks over at Arms of Valour:

Gimli's Helm lowered to $239.00 this week only.  Lowest known price on the internet!

This is an exact full size reproduction of the Helm worn by Gimli Son of Gloin in the Lord of the Rings Movies by Peter Jackson.

Get yours here!

The Official Fan Club of Lawrence Makoare (Lurtz) in Argentina celebrates their first birtday, and he wants thanks to all the Fans that have associated with the club, and who have made their existence possible.

Also, the Club announces that Mr. Makoare will be present the 3th and 4th of July at the Tatoo Convention in Vlissinger, Holland. He'll be talking about LotR and signing autographs.

Viggo Mortensen, who played world-weary King Aragorn in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, will be the main speaker at Denmark's annual Fourth of July celebrations this year, organizers said Monday. Born in New York City, Mortensen spent several summers in Denmark as a teenager and speaks some Danish.

"All Danes consider him to be nearly Danish," the organizers said in a statement......more

Sir Ian McKellen has revealed that his Gandalf costume was specially altered so that he could keep a copy of The Lord of The Rings close to his chest at all times.

"I had lunch with [director] Peter Jackson and Christopher Lee," he told the Metro newspaper, "and Christopher greeted me by speaking Elvish and the black language of Mordor.

"He told me he read the novel every summer. I thought: 'He's got to be a better Gandalf than me.' So I had a pocket inserted into Gandalf The Grey's robes to hold the weighty tome of the trilogy as a reference during filming."......more

Caprice is a russian symphonic orchestra with 11 musicians passionated by the Tolkien's books. Their new album, "Elvenmusic2 - The evening of the Iluvatar's children", is a tale full of elves, orcs, dwarfs, ents, hobbits and men. This is the second part of the Elvish trilogy. The band comments: "The title of the album was chosen because it illustrates the last days of the Elves, Men, Ents, Hobbits co-existing in Middle Earth, the days described in J.R.R.Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit.". A real tribute to Tolkien's poetry that will spell you with its charming sounds even if you don't know anything about Tolkien.... Source

Listen to two of the songs... Here

Our beloved Iris J. Scadden has sent us in two of her latest pieces, both are of The Misty Mountains, entitled: Sea of Clouds 1 & Sea of Clouds 2.

Stop by the Art Gallery, and check out her latest work, along with all the other wonderful artists that have been inspired by the work of Tolkien!

And if you're planning on being in the Austin, Texas area coming up on the 30th of this month, be sure to check out the special invitation just for you in the Headline News area!

Thanks again Iris!

From Empire News:

“The plan is that we would feature all of the music in the theatrical cuts of the films," said Shore, talking exclusively to Empire. "Currently, two discs for [the first], three each for [the second and third films] and a ninth disc of rarities with host of rare, unreleased music from the films with commentary from me.”

Read the full story at Empire Online

Thanks to Adele for the news tip! :o)

A fractured fairy tale broke records as it mended a heretofore soft summer.

The widest release ever yielded the biggest single day gross ever, the highest bow ever for an animated movie (topping Finding Nemo's $70.3 million), the second best weekend ever (behind only Spider-Man's $114.8 million) and the first uber-opening of the summer.

The $70 million-budgeted Shrek 2 raked in a whopping estimated $104.3 million over the weekend at 4,163 theaters, bringing its five-day haul to $125.2 million since debuting Wednesday -- the third or fourth biggest 5-day bow ever depending on Monday's actual numbers... More

Shrek 2 premiered in the USA a few days ago. And things are really looking good for DreamWorks. The estimates show that Shrek 2, this saturday had the biggest single-day gross... ever. Just barely outscoring Spiderman's wild record. But lets wait and see what the Saturday actual's say.

See how Shrek 2 is doing, compared to Shrek 1 and Finding Nemo..  Here

Hullo Folks,

Thanks to the fantastic folks at New Line Cinema, I was able to get my grubby paws on the DVD of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. I've written our official review, and you can read it here: RotK DVD Review. You are also welcome to comment on it, if you like, using the Talk Back section at the bottom, and your comments will be added directly onto the page.

We also have a few things coming up very soon, including a brand new competition where you will have a chance to win a copy of the War of the Ring RTS Game by Sierra, with a special WoTR autograph by Ed DeCastillo, the game's lead developer. Also, more audio interviews of the cast and crew of The Lord of the Rings from the Los Angeles Press Junket that we attended during the premiere of The Return of the King, plus much....much more!

So keep an eye, or two if you can spare them, right here for more news soon!