[Lotr_announce] TheOneRing.net Newsletter (17/02/03)

[Michael Regina (Xoanon)]

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TORN #162

Monday February 17th, 2003 (Happy Presidents Day to all our American fans)

Here it is, the weekly newsletter! Enjoy!

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TTT US Boxoffice Total as of February 16th: $325,299,000USD

ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATIONS:
The Oscar-nominations were announced just now and The Lord of the Rings: The
Two Towers picked up a nomination for Best Film alongside 'The Hours',
'Chicago', 'Gangs of New York' and 'The Pianist'. Unfortunately no Best
Director-nomination for PJ or Best Supporting Actor for Andy Serkis this
year. In the 'smaller' categories The Two Towers picked up nominations for:
Art Direction, Film Editing, Sound, Sound Editing, and Visual Effects!
http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/1/1044971168


NEW Amazing High Rez TTT Images!
Once again the lovely Ms. Marea sends along these 4 great images for you to
oogle over and enjoy! Take a gander at an Uruk Hai sentry looking over
Mordor, a wonderful shot of Helms Deep surrounded by the enemy, Isenguard
flooded and broken, and Gandalf's charge down the steep slopes near Helms
Deep!
http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/1/1045454455

A Brief News Recap
We just wanted to take a moment to recap the answers to some of the
very-frequently-asked questions that we receive from readers via email. And
there are plenty of them!
http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/8/1045439476

Sideshow/Weta Announces Two Towers Series 2
Sideshow/Weta just released images of their Series 2 products from The Two
Towers. Featured as busts are Gandalf the White, Galadhrim Soldier,
Grishnakh and an Uruk-Hai Berserker. The figures consist of Ugluk, Grima
Wormtongue and Galadhrim Archer. As with all of the Two Towers products from
Sideshow/Weta, these are limited, hand-numbered pieces. (My personal
favorite is the Gandalf bust, its spot on!)
http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/1/1045342429

Unpublished Towers Pics
Our good friend Robert from Caltanet dropped us a line to let us know they
had unearthed some previously unpublished Two Towers piccies. They're over
on the right and include shots of Legolas and Arwen.
http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/1/1045313206

Action Figure LoTR Madness
If action figure sets are your thing, these 'Armies of Middle Earth' figures
being released across the next few months will definitely appeal! Action
Figure has the scoop, and has a whole series of fabulous pictures of several
forthcoming sets, including: Balrog playset, Helm's Deep playset, Saruman's
Chambers playset and several others. Thanks to Lawrence for the tip!
http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/1/1045311485

Billy Boyd Talks Net Imposters And More
Stewart writes: Once again we've put two interviews on billyboyd.net. The
first deals with the rather unsavory issue of Internet impostors and the
other one is just a lot of nonsense about stuff.
http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/1/1045236912

Live In NZ? Wanna Meet Alan Lee?
Belinda writes: Just thought visitors to your site might be interested to
know the following Te Papa will be hosting an illustrated talk by Alan Lee
on Wednesday 26th February.
http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/1/1045060718

TORN Digital 'West' Update
TORN Digital West, our west-coast team headed by Asfaloth and Green Booker
Quickbeam, revived me from my sickened state to remind me that the very cool
Billy Boyd/Sala Baker interview was not included in the TORN Digital update.
The interviews, filmed during the red carpet entrance at th TTT LA Premiere
are really fun to watch. We have now added it, take a look..really great
stuff!
http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/1/1045025599

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Palantir Visions (Things seen from beyond the front page)
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Coming Soon

- TheOneRing.net sat down with Billy Boyd while he was in the big apple, see
what the young Scotsman has to say!
- Xoanon recently chatted with Ian McKellen while on the set of 'X2', hear
what he tells us about his latest project!


Two Towers - One Party

We recently made a very special announcement exclusively at DragonCon 2002.
TheOneRing.net will once again be hosting the 'One Party to Rule Them All'
on March 23rd (Oscar Night) in Hollywood, CA. The party will prove to be two
times more fun and exciting then the last.
http://www.theonering.net/oscarparty/

Order The EXTENDED FOTR DVD TODAY!

The time has arrived! You can purchase the 208 minute version of Fellowship
of the Ring! Choose from either the standard 4 disc set, or the super cool
Collector's Edition Gift Set, which features figures from Sideshow/Weta and
an expanded National Geographic DVD.
http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/6/1023420947

ps - All of these links will allow for a percentage of your purchase to be
contributed to TheOneRing.net. So thanks ahead of time!

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