Archive for February, 2007

Mortensen’s “Alatriste” Screening at the Egyptian in LA

Wednesday, February 28th, 2007 Posted in Film Screenings, Old Main News, Viggo Mortensen

Sevilodorf writes: A heads up about a special showing of Alatriste starring Viggo Mortensen at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood on Saturday March 16th. The film is in Spanish ... Read more..

Tolkien giant to stalk suburb

Wednesday, February 28th, 2007 Posted in Creations, Lord of the Rings, Old Main News, Tolkien

AN ICONIC 20ft stainless steel statute to celebrate Birmingham's links with Lord of the Ring's creator JRR Tolkien is set to get the green light. The giant Ent Treebeard, a ... Read more..

Trilogy Screening in Wellington

Wednesday, February 28th, 2007 Posted in Film Screenings, Movie: Fellowship of the Ring, Movie: Return of the King, Movie: The Two Towers, Old Main News

The Embassy Theatre in Wellington has sent out their latest newsletter. The big news is that they will be screening all three LOTR films this March as part of ... Read more..

MGM To Fund UA And…’The Hobbit’?

Wednesday, February 28th, 2007 Posted in Hobbit: Movie, Old Main News, The Hobbit

BOSTON (Reuters) - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. is raising hundreds of millions of dollars to produce sequels to some of its most popular films, such as The Terminator and The Pink Panther, ... Read more..

LOTR Online Update: Fields of Fornost

Wednesday, February 28th, 2007 Posted in Gaming, Lord of the Rings, Old Main News

Lorien "Ramen" Carney, Community Relations Specialist for The Lord of the Rings Online writes: We’ve just posted a new Point of Interest on the official LOTRO web site, the North ... Read more..

Karl Urban, Pathfinder Interview

Tuesday, February 27th, 2007 Posted in Karl Urban, Old Main News

From UGO: Karl Urban is no stranger to physical characters, havingtaken on roles in The Chronicles of Riddick, The Bourne Supremacy, The Lord of the Rings and DOOM. However, ... Read more..

Rings RPG Expands Tolkien

Monday, February 26th, 2007 Posted in Gaming, Lord of the Rings, Old Main News

Jeff Anderson, president and chief executive officer of Turbine Inc., told SCI FI Wire that Lord of the Rings Online: The Shadows of Angmar is a massively multiplayer online role-playing ... Read more..

Dragon*Con 2007 On the Horizon

Monday, February 26th, 2007 Posted in Conventions, DragonCon, Events, Old Main News

Jean, director of the Tolkien Track at Dragon*Con writes: I wanted to let you know that we are already revving up for this year's Dragon*Con this fall. Our site has ... Read more..

25th March: Tolkien Reading Day

Monday, February 26th, 2007 Posted in Events, Fans, Old Special Reports, Other Events

Ian Collier from The Tolkien Society writes: Are you a dad, mum, grandparent, uncle, aunt with an interest in Tolkien? Are you a young person with an interest in Tolkien? ... Read more..

‘Get Fuzzy’ Says “Frodo Failed”

Monday, February 26th, 2007 Posted in Lord of the Rings, Old Main News

The February 25th, 2007 comic 'Get Fuzzy' features a banner saying "Frodo Failed". Thanks to everyone who sent this in! Read more..