>> EAgames.com posted new pictures and a video of its new game on PC, The Battle For Middle-Earth. | here |

>> HollywoodReporter.com writes : "A new report on the state of the New Zealand film and television industry warns that despite the success of such films as The Lord of the Rings : The Return of the King and Whale Rider, indigenous films face an uncertain future" | here |

>> Stuff.co.nz reports the story of two Peter Jackson fans, who tried their best to attract the director's attention. | here |

>> Andrien Brody is in talk to join the cast of Peter Jackson's King Kong. | here |

>> This year's 3D Festival includes a LOTR Special Conference Day, on Monday 3 May 2004. "The day will feature three speakers from Weta Digital, New Zealand, who will present the visual effects production and animation for Peter Jackson’s rendition of Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings : The Return of the King." | here |

>> A similar article to the one we posted yesterday, telling that Elijah Wood wants to appear in smaller films after his experiences in the Lord Of The Rings Trilogy : "After the trilogy my initial feelings was I didn't ever want to be part of a big movie again, though it was the greatest experience of my life." | here |

>> Nederlandish VanLeest website announced, on its pre-order page, that The Return Of The King Extended Edition will be released on November 22, 2004. The Extended box-set for Fellowship was green, Two Towers was red and Return will be blue. | here |

>> HollywoodReporter.com reports that "Jack Black has been in cast alongside Naomi Watts in Peter Jackson's remake of King Kong." | here and here | More articles : | here and here (in Danish) |

>> Yahoo! reports that for Elijah Wood said, filming Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind was "much easier than any of the Lord of The Rings films because he didn't have the same kind of challenges." | here |

>> ABC News writes : "The runaway success of local director Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy, with its panoramas of pristine New Zealand wilderness, combined with the country's image as a safe haven from the world's troubles, have turned this remote South Pacific nation of 4 million into a must-see location for several million travelers each year." | here |

>> You probably know where has the Lord Of The Rings Trilogy been filmed. | here | But maybe would you like to read something about the filming locations for Pirates Of The Caribbean (Orlando Bloom) | here | for The Missing (Cate Blanchett) | here | or for Master & Commander (Billy Boyd). | here |

>> The Return Of The King has now grossed $1,086 billion worldwide. | here |

>> AICN has posted a report on the Lord Of The Rings Symphony presentation in Ohio.

>> Elijah Wood joined soccer supporters for filming scenes of his new movie, called The Yank. | here and here |

>> Two new pictures of Orlando Bloom on the set of Kingdom Of Heaven. | here | Latino Review has posted review of Orlando Bloom's upcoming film, Haven. | here |

>> Pictures of Viggo Mortensen at the Hidalgo press conference in Tokyo, Japan. | Wire Image | Yahoo! + 2 + 3 |

>> Stuff.co.nz reports : "Waitakere City Mayor Bob Harvey sees the same kind of genius in Lewis Anderson as he saw in a young Peter Jackson." | here |

>> TheZReview reports : "More troubles with Troy [with Orlando Bloom] with the news that Gabriel Yared's score has been rejected and James Horner has been signed up to record a replacement. Troy has had a long hard road to release with various accidents on set, including a death, Brad Pitt injuring himself, a tropical storm. With this development it must make the movie significantly over budget. Troy is going to need an absolutely massive box office just to recoup it's costs, anything less than a gigantic box office is going to be costly for the studio."

>> CNN.com has posted a review on Jersey Girl with Liv Tyler. | here |

>> To the Danish fans, read an interview with Viggo Mortensen about Hidalgo. | here |

>> Heath Ledger talks about working on Ned Kelly, which stars Orlando Bloom. | here |

>> We came across a caricature of Peter Jackson | here | and of some tattoos inspired by The Lord Of The Rings. | Orc | Sauron |

>> Omar Shariff is a guest at France 2's Comme au Cinéma to talk about Hidalgo, which also stars Viggo Mortensen. The show is on Tuesday, March30 at 23H15.

>> The success of The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy has ignited the fantasy genre. The Sun Herald reports that "a dozen big-budget fantasies are in the works." | here | The movies also helped boosting New Zealand tourism. | here |

>> Read an article about the Lord Of The Ring moral. "The comfort the films offer hinges on their moral simplicity and their invitations to see ourselves as their heroes - and to read our own world in unambiguous and undiplomatic categories of innate good or innate evil. This, in my opinion, is their most essential appeal, responsible for our culture's obsession with the trilogy as well as its enormous success in the global market. It is also what makes the films' popularity so tremendously dangerous..." | more |

>> BusinessWire.com reports that "New Zealand, the airline to Middle-earth, is offering a special Middle-earth airfare starting at $1,578." | here |

>> Billy Boyd was at the book launch for Stuart Coleman's Eddie Would Go benefit. | Wire Image |

>> Empire Movies has got the final poster for 13 Going On 30, starring Andy Serkis.

>> A review on Orlando Bloom's Ned Kelly, out today in the US. | here |

>> AICN was at a 10-min screening of The Day After Tomorrow, with Ian Holm. | here |

>> News in picture that we missed. Sean Astin attended the 18th Annual Genesis Awards and 50th Anniversary of the Humane Society of the US. | here and here | He was also at the 2004 Toyota ProCelebrity Race Driver Training. | here |

>> The Extended Edition of The Return Of The King has been rated PG-13 "for intense epic battle sequences and frightening images." | here |

>> MarzDistribution.com has got the picture of an action figure gift set from Toy Biz that includes Sauron's Mouth. | here |

>> There is an audio-interview with Andy Serkis on BBC website. | here |

>> We have scanned the cover of Entertainment Weekly, February 27, 2004 issue.

>> Yahoo! reports : "A giant replica of the ring for 'The Lord of the Rings' film trilogy. New Zealand silversmiths who crafted the ring are giving the first of a limited edition set of replicas to the city of Eureka in California." | here |

>> French airdate : C Du Cinéma on Canal+ will talk about Viggo Mortensen and Hidalgo, tonight at 23H05.

>> Andy Serkis was yesterday in London to sign copies of his book Gollum, How We Made Movie Magic. | LFI | Wire Image |

>> AlloCiné.fr asked Omar Shariff to talk about his experience on the set of Hidalgo and about working with Viggo Mortensen. He said (translated from French) : "Viggo Mortensen is an amazing person, and I actually suspect that there was a black spot somewhere in his personality. That isn't possible, I've never met anyone who's got only qualities. He's got everything : he is nice, he's generous, he is sweet, he's a pacifist, he's tolerant -I am like that too, I like tolerant people- and he loves everybody. He writes poems, he's a photographer... It's amazing, he's gorgeous, he acts good... So I tell myself, that ain't possible, there cannot be anyone like that. I couldn't manage to find any, but there must be a defect, one cannot be perfect !" | here |

>> TheZReview.co.uk talks about Orlando Bloom's Kingdom Of Heaven : "Ridley Scott is having security problems in Morocco as the film's subject matter has apparently enraged local fanatics. King Mohammed of Morocco has ordered that the film's set have extra security to protect the cast and crew." The site also mentions that Cate Blanchett is casted for "Jim Jarmusch's next movie Coffee and Cigarettes (released in the US on May 14, 2004). The movie is a series of short films disguised as a feature."

>> An article about the Lord Of The Rings symphony that Howard Shore will soon conduct. | here |

>> On March 7, we told you about a board over AlloCiné.fr, where you could ask some questions to Viggo Mortensen. The answers are up ! In French. | here |

>> Viggo-Online.net has got the scans of the April issue of GQ magazine, which covers with Viggo Mortensen. Scroll down their news page for more eye-candies. | here |

>> New Line Home Entertainment has revised the artwork for the theatrical release of The Return Of The King on DVD and VHS, after the movie won 11 Oscars. | here |

>> BBC has posted a short article about PandemoniumFromAmerica, Viggo Mortensen's new music CD : "The band consists of him, Elijah Wood and Dominic Monahon - the two hobbits wrote and sang vocals, Billy Boyd joined them playing bass and Viggo played the harmonica and sang some vocals. The album is called 'Pandemonium From America' and it's all quite ridiculous." Ouch... | here |

>> Mirror.co.uk reports that Ian McKellen "has snubbed Coca-Cola's plan to make him the face of its axed drink Dasani. The company asked him to appear in a TV advert for the bottled water. But the Lord of the Rings star refused to endorse the "pure" water, which has been found to contain high levels of a cancer-causing chemical. His spokeswoman said : 'Sir Ian does not do adverts of any kind'." | here |

>> An article about the LOTR Trilogy boosting tourism in New Zealand. | here |

>> Download the trailer for The Day After Tomorrow, with Ian Holm. | here |

>> BBC News reports : "The music from The Lord of the Rings films is to be given its live US premiere by an orchestra conducted by composer Howard Shore on Friday." | here |

>> Sad news. Calle, one of the San Francisco Zoo's elephants will soon be euthanized. The animal's vocalizations were recorded and used in The Return Of The King. | here |

>> Elijah Wood confessed he still wears a pair of Frodo's Hobbit feet at home. | here |

>> The new full trailer for Van Helsing, which stars David Wenham, is available at Apple website. | here |

>> Stuff reports that The Return Of The King "has become the second highest grossing film at the New Zealand box office." | here |

>> TheStar.com has posted an interview about Liv Tyler, who talks about Jersey Girl.

>> Stuff reports : "Kiwi Oscar winner Ngila Dickson's Lord of the Rings costume design has been ripped off and sold on the internet for more than $40,000. A US businessman bought what he thought was the grey riding dress worn by Arwen (Liv Tyler) in the hit trilogy. US police believe it is part of a film memorabilia forgery scam as none of the original Lord of the Rings (LOTR) trilogy costumes have left New Zealand..." | more |

>> An article about one of Orlando Bloom's next movies, Elizabethtown. | here |

>> ETOnline.com has got a video-interview with Liv Tyler. | here |

>> HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Lawrence Makoare, who turns 36 today !

>> The new trailer for Van Helsing, with David Wenham, is now online. | here | A preview of the movie is available on EW.com. | here |

>> Ian McKellen's official website has been updated with some pictures of "The Regina Monologues", the episode of The Simpsons, which guest-starred the actor. | here |

>> The international gross of The Return Of The King reached $700 million ! | here |

>> According to Yahoo! and The Hollywood Reporter, Elijah Wood has got new projects as he's "set to star in "Everything Is Illuminated, which will mark the feature directing debut of actor Liev Schreiber." | here and here |

>> The rumour telling that Orlando Bloom could be the new James Bond is persistent. Though the spokeman of the actor said that "no decision had been made about him taking the role". | TeenHollywood.com | MegaStar | Digital Spy |

>> French Ringers, Grand Ecran on M6 talks about Viggo Mortensen and Hidalgo tomorrow (March 21) at 11H05.

>> Claudia reports some German airdates : VOX aires G.I. Jane with Viggo Mortensen, on Sunday, March 21, at 22H20, and Bulworth, with Sean Astin, on Sunday, March 28 at 20H15. On Thursday, April 1, at 22H25, 3Sat will show Stormy Monday with Sean Bean.

>> Billy Boyd performed with Keith Roberts, of the Young Dubliners, at the House of Blues in L.A., on St. Patricks Day, Wednesday March 17, 2004. Dominic Monaghan was there too. | Yahoo! | Film Magic + 2 | Billy was with Dominic Monaghan again at the Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow World Premiere Live, on March 15. | Billy | Dom |

>> Elijah Wood could be casted to play a part in Robert Rodriguez's adaptation of Sin City. | here and here |

>> CNN.com has posted a review on Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind, which stars Elijah Wood. | here |

>> NZHerald.co.nz reports : "Peter Jackson not only directs Oscar-winning movies. When spoilt American hotel heiress Paris Hilton accidentally falls into a Hollywood swimming pool, it is Jackson to the rescue. Or so the story goes..." | here |

>> Another short article on Peter Jackson's return to New Zealand. | here |

>> DarkHorizons.com reports : "Batman vs Superman - Wolfgang Peterson is still interested in doing the dead team-up project apparently according to British Hotdog Magazine and Mediasharx. The catch is that he doesn't necessarily want to do it with Warner's current Batman (Christian Bale) or their choice for Superman. His personal favourites are apparently Orlando Bloom and Eric Bana, whom he both just worked on Troy with." | here |

>> Sideshow/Weta announced a series of "Last Alliance" polystone busts that includes Gil-Galad. | here |

>> Viggo Mortensen was yesterday in Rome, Italy, to present his new movie Hidalgo. Pictures : | Globe Photos | Wire Image |

>> We found the online portfolio of Bradford deCaussin, who worked as CG Modeler and Creature TD for Weta Digital on The Fellowship Of The Ring. Some impressive shots of Legolas' digital double jumping on the Cave Troll, the fight with the Watcher, Kazad-Dûm... | here | Don't forget to click on "next". Examples of the digital double modeling and cloth work he created are here !

>> HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Brad Dourif, who turns 54 today !

>> You can pre-order the Siege of Gondor supplement to the Lord Of The Rings Strategy Battle Game. | here |

>> TeenHollywood.com has posted an interview with Elijah Wood. He talked about the idea he got to do a TV mini-series based on the history of the Elves... | here |

>> There is a poll on today's AOL welcome screen (French users) asking for the reason why you'd go and watch Troy. 19% of the votes are "for the pretty Brad Pitt", and 17% of the votes are "for the pretty Orlando Bloom".

>> An article about the career of the Lord Of The Rings' cast after the trilogy. | here |

>> Peter Jackson returned to New Zealand to attend a civic ceremony and was welcomed by thousands of supporters at the Queens Wharf Event Centre in Wellington. | Ananova | Stuff | NZ Herald | BBC | Kiwi News | And watch a video. | here |

>> The additional footage of The Return Of The King extended edition will be 15 minutes long. | here |

>> Yahoo! reports that Kylie Minogue auditioned for the part of Galadriel in The Lord Of The Rings. But Peter Jackson judged that she was too small for an Elf. | here |

>> The worldwide gross of The Return Of The King is now of $1,067 billion. | here |

>> MSN.com has got an interview with Elijah Wood. He talks about The Lord Of The Rings, including that he finished recording his commentary for the ROTK DVD : "I finished the other day. I did that and the interviews for the documentaries as well. It was a five-hour interview because they basically have to cover absolutely everything about the experience of working on that film -- from various stories on the set and specific sequences to the day of that particular work. It takes a long time." | here |

>> Another article about the cards that WETA has been creating for Decipher's Lord Of The Rings TCG, out in May 2004. "Richard Taylor, Director of Weta Workshop, says, 'We wanted to create many of these characters for the films, but obviously the limitations of screen time prevented that from happening. These are characters the fans have been clamoring to see and now they can exclusively through [the] game.'" | here |

>> The trailer for Orlando Bloom's The Calcium Kid (out on April 30) is available. | here | Click on "Trailers" and select your player as well as speed connection.

>> We've got more to read in the Rushes section. | here |

>> An article about the cards that Weta Workshop is creating for Decipher's Lord Of The Rings Trading Card Game. | here |

>> Peter Jackson won for Achievements in Film at Wired Magazine's fifth Annual Rave Awards. | here and here |

>> New Zealand's Economic Development Minister Jim Anderton said that "The Lord Of The Rings launched new technologies and practices on an unprecedented scale. It has also significantly increased tourism." | here |

>> Variety.com reports : "Hip-hop star Redman, filmmaker John Waters and actor Billy Boyd have signed onto "Seed of Chucky," the fifth pic in the "Chucky" horror film series, which started production Monday in Romania for Focus Features. Boyd will voice the character of Glen, the orphan doll offspring of Chucky (Brad Dourif) and his twisted bride Tiffany (Jennifer Tilly)."

>> Download a video-interview with Billy Boyd. | here |

>> Orlando Bloom has been crowned the world's sexiest man by British readers of teen magazine Bliss. | here |

>> The Herald Sun reports that "The Return Of The King, the final instalment of the Rings trilogy, is now the second biggest movie ever in Australia." | here |

>> While we've all heard about the power of "Massive", used in The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy to give life to thousands of Orcs and Uruk-Hai, the "Virtual Katy" software technology, founded by sound editor and film veteran John McKay while working on the movies, is pretty unknown. However, its huge potential will be used in new movies like Thunderbirds Are Go and Bridget Jones' Diary II. | here |

>> To celebrate the release of The Return Of The King, China decorated a train with the poster of the movie, that passed on the streets of the capital. | here and here |

>> Elijah Wood was on MTV's TRL. | Wire Image | Film Magic |

>> Some articles about the Lord Of The Rings musical that opens next year. | Ananova | Telegraph.co.uk | Sky.com | BBC |

>> According to TeenHollywood.com and MegaStar, Orlando Bloom "was bullied at school for being overweight." | here and here |

>> AICN has posted some reviews on Van Helsing, with David Wenham : "Oh and there is a little sidekick by Faramir from LOTR, which was a cross between C-3PO and the monk from the 5th element." | here |

>> Elijah Wood was recently interviewed by MTV about his upcoming film : "[He] spoke about playing in a football hooligan movie entitled The Yank. 'It's a movie about English football - soccer - and hooliganism. Fans of football there sort of form these factions and fight amongst [each other]. It's a massive part of the culture. It's all throughout Europe and a lot of it is prevalent in England. I play an American who gets mixed up in that world after coming over to visit his sister. I've been in fight training... It'll be pretty incredibly violent and realistic, it'll be fun.'" | here |

>> German airdate : Kabel 1 shows Greystroke, with Ian Holm, at 20H15.

>> EW.com has posted pictures of Viggo Mortensen's career from his Amish farmer role to the Lord Of The Rings king. | here |

>> See three more Decipher cards featuring new characters created by WETA Workshops exclusively for the Lord Of The Rings Trading Card Game. | here |

>> AICN has posted a review on Troy, which stars Orlando Bloom and Sean Bean.

>> Pre-order The Return Of The King on DVD | here | or VHS | here | and the Lord Of The Rings Trilogy Box Set on New Line website. | here |

>> Katie alerted us that bigger versions of the Viggo Mortensen portraits, by George Pimentel, posted on Wire Image, are available on ViggoMortensen.us. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |

>> Boston's Museum of Science is hosting an exhibit featuring costumes, props and hundreds of pieces of memorabilia from The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy. | here |

>> NZ Herald and BBC report that a 45-minute "low-key" celebration is to be held in Civic Square, in Wellington, next thursday.

>> The latest issue of Public magazine (France) has got a picture of Dominic Monaghan and Elijah Wood, playing with fake horses, at the World Premiere of Hidalgo. It also features pictures of Liv Tyler, showing her before and after her diet... There are 4 pages about Viggo Mortensen in the new Total Star magazine (France). Orlando Bloom graces the cover of Magic Academy mag (France). The article is all about Pirates Of The caribbean. A new magazine, called L'Anneau (France), is entirely about The Lord Of The Rings. But it's bad quality.

>> Enter for a chance to win a sold out Sideshow/WETA statue of Sam and Bill the Pony. | here |

>> Now that you've got the right furnitures at home (see news for March 10), it is time to get the proper Elven cloaks. | here |

>> The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy, The Exhibition opens in Singapore tomorrow, on Friday 12 March. | here and here |

>> Scotsman.com reports : "The hobbits, orcs and wizards of Lord of the Rings are helping draw so many travellers to New Zealand that tourism is about to surpass the country’s dairy industry as the number one earner." | here |

>> The first card designed by WETA for Decipher's Lord Of The Rings collectible Trading Card Game appeared online. | here |

>> TOR.n has uploaded a clip from the Jay Leno show with Elijah Wood. | here |

>> Thumbnails are frustrating. Too tiny Viggo Mortensen portraits, by George Pimentel. | here | Pictures of Viggo, attending the Hidalgo press conference yesterday in Madrid, Spain. | here and here | Anna reports that you can vote for Viggo as this week's most attractive man. | here | Patty reports that Viggo Mortensen was on in the Spanish Lo + Plus show. | here | Click on "Momentos Estelares" for more pictures.

>> Novergian Ringers, here is an article about the Hobbit war we mentioned yesterday. Speaking of The Hobbit, here is another article about Ian McKellen, who would back as Gandalf.

>> Picture of the Lord Of The Rings Trilogy Box Set, which is going to be released on May 25, 2004. | here | New Line hopes to release a second Trilogy Box Set containing the three Extended Editions (without new material though) "in two to three years for those who prefer to buy all the films at once." | here |

>> You are not happy enough in your self-made Frodo costume and you would like to live in a Hobbit hole ? What about getting a Gondorian table or a "Darkness and Light" chair ? | here |

>> We came across a page, that features pictures of the scenes we should see in the Extended Edition of The Return Of The King. German language. | here | Spoilers !

>> ComingSoon.net reports that "Viggo Mortensen is in talks to topline the Spanish period adventure film Alatriste, in the eponymous role of Captain Alatriste, a Spanish soldier-cum-mercenary embroiled in the country's 16th century imperial wars." | here |

>> AICN has posted a review on Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind. Elijah Wood is not mentioned though. | here |

>> Elijah Wood and Dominic Monaghan attended the World Premiere of Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind, in LA. | Globe Photos | LFI + 2 | Daily Celeb + 2 | Wire Image + 2 | Yahoo! + 2 | Film Magic + 2 | Getty Images + 2 |

>> Liv Tyler was at the World Premiere of Jersey Girl, in New York. | Globe Photos + 2 | LFI | Wire Image + 2 + 3 | Yahoo! | Film Magic | Star File |

>> Elijah Wood confessed he is eyeing a small role in Peter Jackson's remake of King Kong. "I just said I wanted to come down and visit and hopefully be allowed to be stomped on by a foot. So hopefully I'll have something like that." | here |

>> New pictures from Ned Kelly, which stars Orlando Bloom | here | and new pictures of Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind, with Elijah Wood. | here |

>> Viggo Mortensen doesn't like modern technology. | here and here |

>> The new issue of Super magazine (France) features two pages about Orlando Bloom.

>> Alias.com has posted a documentary infomercial about how Maya was used in the production of The Lord Of The Rings at Weta Digital. | here |

>> The war of The Hobbit has begun. "Jackson said New Line Cinema has the rights to make the movie, but MGM has the rights to distribute it. 'I guess MGM's lawyers and New Line's lawyers are going to have a huge amount of fun over the next few years trying to work it all out,' he told reporters recently in Los Angeles. 'I'm obviously busy for a couple of years on King Kong so those lawyers can just go at it for a long time.'" | here |

>> There are new pictures of the Lord Of The Rings cast on the Movie Market websites. Orlando Bloom | US | UK | De | FR | Viggo Mortensen | US | UK | De | FR | LOTR | US | UK | De | FR |

>> HollywoodReporter.com reports that The Return Of The King leads the overseas gross ! "The entrenched Return of the King benefited from its towering Academy Awards triumph, lifting its international gross to a staggering $679.4 million after heading the weekend market with $9.4 million from 3,547 screens in 60 territories." | here |

>> Liv Tyler is on the cover of the new Marie-Claire magazine. | here | Speaking of Liv, she was at the MTV TRL show, yesterday. | Wire Image | Film Magic |

>> More new LOTR MiniMates. | here |

>> CineCon.com has posted an interview with Viggo Mortensen, about Hidalgo. | here | Win a cowboy hat, collectible figures, and the CD soundtrack. | here | Still about Viggo and Hidalgo : | Orlando Sentinel |

>> Danish airdate : The David Letterman Show with Viggo Mortensen will be aired on TV2 Zulu on March 10 at 01H25, and then again the 11th at 17H00. Thanks Anna !

>> New Line Cinema announced it, the DVD of The Return Of The King is to be released earlier than its predecessors : on May 25 ! | Ananova | BBC | Digital Spy | USA Today |

>> Ananova.com reports that a LOTR fan, who won a life-size cutout of Aragon will have it as a "guest" at her wedding. | here |

>> DVDAnswers.com has got more informations on the ROTK DVD. | here |

>> Viggo Mortensen does not like Los Angeles. | here |

>> The WB announced it will broadcast the Lord Of The Rings Trilogy over the next three Novembers. | here and here |

>> LatinoReview.com has got new pictures from Liv Tyler's Jersey Girl. | here |

>> Patty reports that Elfenomeno.com has got pictures of the Return Of The King DVDs, theatrical and extended edition : | 1 | 2 | She also found several screenshots of the DVD's menus. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Updated : Patty informed us that Yahoo! has got more pics from the official catalogue of New Line Cinema.

>> Two articles about Peter Jackson's remake of King Kong. | here and here |

>> Pictures of Elijah Wood at the Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind Press Conference, in Beverly Hills. | Wire Image | Picture of Andy Serkis at this years' Comic Con. | LFI |

>> Win a poster of Hidalgo, signed by Viggo Mortensen ! | enter | Speaking of Viggo, TeenHollywood.com has got pictures of the Hidalgo World Premiere. | here | Celebrating the upcoming French release of Hidalgo (on march 24), AlloCiné.fr opened a board, where you can ask questions to Viggo. | here |

>> Have a look at Toy Biz' Faramir in Gondorian armour figure. | here |

>> Alqualondë wrote us to say that they made us Site of the Month. Thanks a lot !

>> Viggo Mortensen has taped the Late Show With David Letterman. | Wire Image | LFI | Globe Photos : Arriving + Leaving | Film Magic |

>> LFI has posted screencaptures from the brand new Troy trailer. There are new shots showing Orlando Bloom, but where is Sean Bean ? About the trailer... | here |

>> The Return Of The King has grossed $1,033 billion worldwide. | here |

>> Playing the LOTR Minimates already ? Gollum will join the party. | here |

>> Liv Tyler attended the 2nd Annual Kenny Gordon Foundation Benefit that included a screening of Jersey Girl, in NY. | Globe Photos | Wire Image | Film Magic | Yahoo! |

>> We've got some Danish airdates, sent in by Anna : On March 06 : Charlotte Gray with Cate Blanchett is on Canal+, at 01H25. On March 07 : The Bank with David Wenham is on Canal+BLÅ at 11H05. On March 08 : Elizabeth with Cate Blanchett is on TV1000 at 22H00, and The Escapist with Andy Serkis is on Canal+ at 16H55. On March 09 : The Fellowship Of The Ring is on Canal+GUL at 10H50. On March 10 : Ash Wednesday with Elijah Wood is on Canal+GUL at 10H50, and Shiner with Andy Serkis is on TV1000 at 01H30. On March 12 : Babe (Hugo Weaving, as the voice of the dog Rex) is aired on TvDanmark2 at 20H30, and Tom & Thomas with Sean Bean is on Canal+BLÅ at 20H00.

>> German airdate : ARD will show Kafka with Ian Holm on March 12, at 01H20.

>> French airdate : France 2 airs Doctor T & The Women (Docteur T & Les Femmes), with Liv Tyler, on March 16, 21H00.

>> More about ROTK and its Oscars triumph. | Stuff | BBC | NZ Herald + 2 | Stuff |

>> An article about Viggo Mortensen's Hidalgo. | here |

>> According to assistant bishop of Newcastle Paul Richardson, The Lord Of The Rings has got stronger religious themes than Mel Gibson's The Passion Of The Christ. He said : "If I was to recommend a film with a religious theme, I would say Tolkien's Lord of the Rings. Tolkien was a Catholic who wrote from a Catholic background, it had a very Christian theme - the search for the source of evil and people on a pilgrimage - whereas this (The Passion) is over-violent." | here |

>> Viggo Mortensen was seen in the Lobby of 30 Rockfeller Plaza, in NY, after he taped NBC's Last Call with Carson Daly Show (on March 3). | Globe Photos | LFI | Film Magic | He was also seen shopping in Soho, NYC. | LFI |

>> AICN talks about Jersey Girl, with Liv Tyler : "Enter Maya (Liv Tyler in her absolute best performance ever; she's never been this charming)..." | here |

>> Kids in UK want to learn Tolkien's Sindarin language. | here |

>> The new trailer for Troy, with Orlando Bloom, is available for download. | here |

>> New Line Cinema will announce the DVD release date for the theatrical edition of The Return Of The King on Monday. | here |

>> CBBC reports that "Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ has broken the US five-day box office record held by The Lord of the Rings : The Return of the King." | here and also here |

>> ComingSoon.net reports that a new trailer for Orlando Bloom and Sean Bean's Troy, which should be featuring new scenes, will premiere on Access Hollywood today. | here |

>> Empire Online has got a video of Peter Jackson, backstage at the Oscars. | here |

>> As Hidalgo is released this friday (and on March 24 in France), LatinoReview.com has posted an interview with Viggo Mortensen. | here |

>> Sideshow/Weta has unveiled its Mines of Moria environment ! | here | New are also Sauron's helmet and mace. | here |

>> Richard Taylor and Jamie Selkirk returned to New Zealand with the Oscar trophies. "Wearing caps emblazoned with 11 – the number of Oscars won by The Lord of the Rings : The Return of the King – supporters and staff who worked on the film turned out in force. Giant polystyrene Oscar statuettes had also been brought to the terminal." | here | Another article reports that "Wellington Regional Chamber of Commerce chief executive Phil Lewin said the trilogy's ongoing success would be "highly bankable" for the city." | here |

>> Still wandering on some good 3D websites featuring images inspired by The Lord Of The Rings, we found these two, by Luca Bonatti. | 1 | 2 |

>> Zbrush.com features a PDF format on them working with Weta's modeling team and helping them building digital maquette's in place of scanned physical sculptures.

>> Sarah McLeod alias Rosie Cotton spent the Oscars night at home. | here |

>> Yahoo! reports that "Annie Lennox, who took home the Best Original Song Oscar Award for "Into the West" from The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King, said she was thrilled just to be part of the film. During a backstage interview at the Academy Awards, Lennox said that director Peter Jackson and the rest of the crew were already working on final edits when she entered the project." | more |

>> CBBC reports that "Orlando Bloom and his elves have inspired lots of people in the UK to try their hand at archery." | here |

>> IanSmith.co.uk has got a great report on TheOneRing.net Oscar party. | here |

>> There are 4 pages on Viggo Mortensen, including a full-page picture (Flaunt session), in the Mars 2004 issue of Ciné Live magazine.

>> Purchase an exclusive 5-foot long full cast poster, featuring 20 characters from The Return Of The King ! | here |

>> Decipher.com has announced that Weta Workshop "will create unique photographic images that will be featured on cards in The Lord Of The Rings TCG." The entire set of cards from Siege Of Gondor expansion has been posted ! Be aware, the page contains pictures from scenes which should be in the extended edition of The Return Of The King, meaning spoilers ahead ! | here |

>> More articles about the Oscars. | The Guardian | The Mercury News | Hugo Weaving talks about him not attending the ceremony. | here |

>> The Sun's readers voted The Return Of The King as the greatest film epic. | here |

>> Read some more articles about The Return Of The King's TRIUMPH at the Academy Awards. | CBS News | E!Online | itv.com | Detroit News | Sky.com | CBS | BBC | The Sun | Boston Herald | NY NewsDay | philly.com | HoustonChronicle.com | AICN | NZoom | ThisIsLondon | More pictures of the ceremony. | Star File | Updated : A bunch of articles again. | BBC | NZ Herald + 2 | NY Daily + 2 | E!Online | The Sun | BBC |

>> Was Liv Tyler glamour in her Givenchy dress at the Oscars ? | here |

>> We came across an impressive 3D picture of Bag End, by Corey Butler. | here |

>> The official Oscars website has posted hi-res pictures from the ceremony. | here |

>> Viggo Mortensen, John Rhys-Davies, Billy Boyd, Elijah Wood, Dominic Monaghan and John Noble have attended the premiere of Hidalgo, in Hollywood. | Globe Photos | Yahoo! | LFI | Wire Image + 2 + 3 | Daily Celeb |

>> Billy Boyd will be voicing the child of Chucky in Seed Of Chucky, alongside Brad Dourif. | here and  here |

>> The Return Of The King entered the Academy Awards' history, winning 11 Oscars ! Two movies had won 11 golden statuettes before it, Ben Hur and Titanic. CONGRATULATIONS Peter Jackson, the entire cast and crew ! | Reuters | CNN | Empire Online | EW.com | NZ Herald | Pictures : | Globe Photos : 1 + 2 | Yahoo! | LFI | Wire Image : 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 | Film Magic : 1 + 2 + 3 | Oscars.com | USA Today | Ananova + 2 | BBC | NY Post | Digital Spy | Hollywood Reporter | NY Daily | ET Online + 2 | The Advocate | Stuff + 2 |

>> Visit 'John Howe Documentary' to see the illustrator at work. | here |

>> French airdates : What Lies Beneath (Apparences), with Miranda Otto, is aired on TF1 on March 7, at 20H55. Armageddon, with Liv Tyler, is on M6 on March 8, at 20H50.

>> The Lord Of The Rings official website has been updated with the available download of the Trilogy trailer. | here | Quicktime required.