Check out the amazing Series II Pieces from WETA/Sideshowtoy!! [More]
Day: June 27, 2001
Now that Summer’s in full flight, what better way to spend some of your free time then coming to the Hall of Fire this weekend! And this week we’ve got another great topic up for debate.
Favorite Human Warriors
Unlike elves, humans have short lifespans, yet gave unstintingly of themselves to help rid evil from Middle-earth. There are so many: Hurin, Turin and Huor; Barahir and Beren; Aragorn; Haleth, Eowyn…what drove these characters? Who is your favorite and why?
Come on down to The Hall of Fire to talk some serious Tolkien as we explore these characters and their motivation together. We offer three sessions and newcomers are always welcome!
Place: #thehalloffire on theonering.net server; come to theonering.net’s chat room Barliman’s and then type /join #thehalloffire .
Saturday Chat: 7:00 pm ET (19:00) [also 12:00 am Sunday (0:00) BST and 9:00 am Sunday (09:00) AET]
Sunday Chat: 8:00 pm (20:00) AET [also 11:00 am (11:00) BST and 6:00 am (06:00) ET]
Sunday Chat: 6:00 pm (18:00) BST [also 1:00 pm (13:00) ET and 3:00 am (03:00) Monday morning AET]
ET = Eastern Time, USA’s East Coast
BST = British Summer Time, GMT +1 hour
AET = Australian Eastern Time, Australia’s East Coast
Questions? Topics? Send ‘em here.
Harry over at AICN has a new web-poll asking, “Which franchise are you most excited for?” The options are Star Wars, LOTR and the Matrix series. Blow the trumpets…blare the horns…lets go get’em…beware the power of TORn! (heh, I know, thats REALLY cheesy..but hey, gotta have something to get me through the day) [More]
Thanks to Mark for calling out the troops!
From Adam
I just went over to New Line’s online store. They were supposed to re-open tomorrow, June 28th, but they’ve pushed it back to Monday, July 2nd. Bummer. Thought your readers may like to know.
Ringer Garm was at the BookExpo America in Chicago and sends in this report! (They got to see Treebeard! I’m jealous!!!)
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“The new issue of Publishers Weekly (June 11) covers the BookExpo America, the annual publishing trade show which was held in Chicago over the weekend of June 1st. There isn’t any discussion in the PW article about the Houghton Mifflin Lord of the Rings coverage, but they do have a nice photo, taken at the Houghton Mifflin booth. Sean Astin (Sam Gamgee) is second from the right, while Richard Taylor (of Weta) stands tall in the center. Clay Harper of Houghton Mifflin is the third person from the left. The real treat of the show was on Friday night, when Houghton Mifflin hosted a special presentation on the forthcoming films. Clay Harper was the emcee. Sean Astin discussed what it was like acting in the films, and Richard Taylor delighted the audience with stories about producing them. The biggest highlight was the video clips. First they showed the footage screened at ShoWEST. Later, we got to see a long set of action sequences, which Peter Jackson had put together just for this presentation (we got a glimpse of Treebeard!). And finally we got to see the second preview, which was then just being released. Quite an impressive presentation, and there was considerable buzz afterwards. Houghton Mifflin generously gave away (one per person) stylish Lord of the Rings tote bags and a copy of the new movie tie-in one volume Lord of the Rings paperback. Many folks got their book signed afterwards by Sean Astin and Richard Taylor. All in all, quite an evening!“
Thanks Garm for the report!
NEW YORK (Variety) – Though her next pressing engagement will be the birth of her first child later this year, Cate Blanchett (Galadriel) is negotiating to join Brad Pitt in an untitled sci-fi project to be directed by Darren Aronofsky. [More]
Thanks to Pippin for the tip!