Rings Poised to Become King of DVDs
New York Post
'LORD of the Rings" grossed more than $312-million at the box office - but that's only the beginning. The DVD of the Oscar-winning fantasy movie which hits stores next Tuesday is shaping up as the biggest event yet in the short but very lucrative history of the little disc. "This will be the biggest DVD release of this year and possibly the biggest DVD release ever for us," says David Lang, president and CEO of CD World, a chain with 10 stores in New Jersey.
Massive advance sales for Rings
BBC News
More than 34,000 advance orders for the video and DVD of Lord Of The Rings: Fellowship Of The Ring have been placed with the UK arm of online retailer Amazon.
Become an Orc!
Official Site
The "Become An Orc" contest will be open to all attendees of Comic Con International, age 18 and older. An enter-to-win station will be set up at the Lord of the Rings Pavilion during convention operating hours (10:00am - 7:00pm) on Friday, August 2. At the end of the day, one winner will be randomly selected from all entries to return to the Pavilion Saturday morning to have Gino Acevedo (WETA Senior Prosthetics Supervisor) and Jason Docherty (WETA Workshop Supervisor) transform them into an Orc, one of the menacing, evil creatures seen in the film. The transformation process can be witnessed first-hand by the Comic Con crowd as it takes place at The Lord of the Rings Pavilion on Saturday morning from 10:00am to 12:00pm. Go to the official site for more details. (click on Films, News & Current events)
Future Shop invites Vancouver to Middle-Earth for spectacular outdoor LOTR special screening
Canada Newswire
One ring will rule them all on Monday, August 5 when Future Shop hosts the Canadian DVD launch of the Lord of the Rings: the Fellowship of the Ring at a unique, first-ever, outdoor special screening of the epic saga. The public is invited to attend free of charge.
Ian Holm tells of cancer fight
London Evening Standard
Sir Ian Holm is fighting prostate cancer, he revealed today. The 70-year-old actor, who plays Bilbo Baggins in the Lord Of The Rings films, was diagnosed with the disease at the end of last year. "It's all strange because I still feel like I'm immortal," said Sir Ian. "I can't believe that I've had something seriously wrong with me."
Vote LOTR as your favourite fantasy movie
posted by Evi
German movie mag "Cinema" runs another competition, called "Die Cinefantasy-Wahl".
Elijah Wood's Tom Thumb
posted by Stacie
Stacie writes: I saw a commercial last night for Elijah Wood's Tom Thumb and Thumbelina on TLC. They showed scenes from the cartoon and talked about the all-star cast of Elijah and Jennifer Love Hewitt. They had a clip of Elijah's character talking They also had the official site for the movie: www.tomthumbandthumbelina.com
