Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Rings -- A Strategy Battle Game , is a trade paperback published by Games Workshop U.K. and distributed to the book trade by Simon & Schuster.

The independent pop culture retailers contacted by ICv2 are nearly unanimous in their conviction that the The Fellowship of the Ring ( the first film in the Lord of the Rings trilogy), which debuts in December, is the best fit for the tastes and interests of their customers.

Decipher has announced its strategy for the Lord of the Rings roleplaying game, and it's trying to make the most of this powerful license by first offering a game appropriate for neophyte gamers, and offering an RPG for the hardcore gamers a couple of months later.

Variety reports that David Hayter, the screenwriter who wrote the first X-Men movie and is about to hand in a script for the sequel, is writing a pilot for a new television series based on the 45 novels in L. Frank Baum's Wizard of Oz series.

Sideshow Toys has partnered with the WETA Workshop to create multiple lines of polystone collectibles based on the Lord of the Rings films.

Public acceptance of the film will play a determining role, but right now it is safe to say that there is trouble in Pottersville .

Here's a list of what appear to be, at this moment, the best merchandising opportunities among 2001 movie releases.

Free League will release Moria , an expansion for The One Ring and The Lord of the Rings Roleplaying 5E, to trade

Hasbro CEO Chris Cocks dropped some important facts on current and upcoming Universes Beyond licensed sets for Magic: The Gathering in the company's Q1 conference call today.

As we head toward May, Hollywood shows no signs of slowing down the movie and TV news, and we round it up here.