Archive for May 17th, 2005

Dork of the Rings cast at Tolcon

Tuesday, May 17th, 2005 Posted in Old Main News

Tim Richardson, Director of "The Dork of the Rings" writes: After weeks of mind-numbing preparation, my follow dorks and I descended on Seattle for their annual Tolkien convention May ... Read more..

Dork of the Rings cast at Tolcon

Tuesday, May 17th, 2005 Posted in Old Special Reports

Click for more imagesTim Richardson, Director of "The Dork of the Rings" writes: After weeks of mind-numbing preparation, my follow dorks and I descended on Seattle for their annual Tolkien ... Read more..

New Project-Monaghan Auction

Tuesday, May 17th, 2005 Posted in Old Main News

The folks from Project-Monaghan write: We proud and excited to annouce an awesome auction of a complete signed ROTK transcript signed by Dominic Monaghan, Sean Astin, and Bruce Hopkins. All ... Read more..

Go, Go, Go, Frodo! ‘LOTR’ Musical Takes Million in First Day

Tuesday, May 17th, 2005 Posted in Old Main News

Tickets to the new lavish stage musical, The Lord of the Rings, went on sale May 15 (see our banners above -Xo) - nine months before its premiere - ... Read more..

Viggo’s ‘History of Violence’ Trailer

Tuesday, May 17th, 2005 Posted in Old Main News

Viggo Mortensen (AKA 'The Stash') is currently at the Cannes film festival promoting his latest film 'A History of Violence'. The Cannes website has released a sharp little trailer ... Read more..

Guidebook author is lord of the cash-register rings

Tuesday, May 17th, 2005 Posted in Old Main News

Guiding The Lord of the Rings fans to their favourite spots in New Zealand where the three movies were made is producing a satisfying feeling for Wanaka author Ian ... Read more..

Lord of animation

Tuesday, May 17th, 2005 Posted in Old Main News

For a man who sold computer hardware before working with Oscar award winning producer Barrie Osborne on “The Lord of the Rings” and finally floating a $40 million company with ... Read more..

Cate’s son burnt

Tuesday, May 17th, 2005 Posted in Old Main News

Cate Blanchett's one-year-old son has been burned in an accident in a hotel in Morocco. Blanchett and Roman were flown back to London in a private jet for hospital ... Read more..

‘Science of Middle-earth’ UK Book Tour: Stockton on Tees

Tuesday, May 17th, 2005 Posted in Old Main News

Olog-Hai writes: For all TORners in the UK, here's an update on my ongoing tour promoting my book 'The Science of Middle-earth', which started life (of course) on Green Books ... Read more..

Hobbit motel opens at Waitomo

Tuesday, May 17th, 2005 Posted in Old Main News

A world-first motel has been created in a hillside at Waitomo. Inspired by the Lord of the Rings trilogy, two hobbit motel rooms are the latest to be built at ... Read more..