Archive for May, 2007

Happy Birthday John Rhys-Davies!

Saturday, May 5th, 2007 Posted in John Rhys-Davies, LotR Cast News, Old Main News

Today is John Rhys-Davies' Birthday! John was born on May 5th, 1944 in Salisbury, England. That makes him 63 years old today! Happy Birthday John! Read more..

BBC Radio 2 Talks Tolkien

Saturday, May 5th, 2007 Posted in Alan Lee, Crew News, LotR Stage, Old Main News, Other Tolkien books

Nick writes: "The Weekender" is BBC Radio 2's Friday night arts programme. This week there was a review of the LOTR musical and also a long interview with Alan Lee, ... Read more..

Dreamworks, Peter Jackson unite

Saturday, May 5th, 2007 Posted in Crew News, Fran Walsh, Old Main News, Peter Jackson, Philippa Boyens, PJ's Other Films

Committing at least $65 million, DreamWorks in association with Film 4 has won the bidding for Jackson's bigscreen adaptation of Alice Sebold's best-selling 2002 tome "The Lovely Bones." Announcement came ... Read more..

Finding Fellowship

Friday, May 4th, 2007 Posted in J.R.R. Tolkien, Lord of the Rings, LotR Books, Old Main News, Tolkien

“If one is to take a tale of this kind seriously, one must feel that, however superficially unlike the world we live in its characters and events may be, it ... Read more..

Laugh ‘N Sniff with Sean Astin Tonight!

Thursday, May 3rd, 2007 Posted in LotR Cast News, Old Main News, Sean Astin, Television

SamsKimmie writes: Sean Astin is going to be guest starring tonight on My Name is Earl, Laugh 'N Sniff Episode which is paying homage to Rudy tonight on NBC. ... Read more..

Hollywood studios ready to roll the “Bones”

Thursday, May 3rd, 2007 Posted in Old Main News, Peter Jackson, PJ's Other Films

Ringer spy Bernard checks in again with the very latest on Peter Jackson's "The Lovely Bones." The story is spreading around various news agencies as they pick up old info ... Read more..

LOTR Online Europe Snagged with Problems?

Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007 Posted in Gaming, Lord of the Rings, Old Main News

James writes: Have you guys heard how badly the Lord of the Rings Online Launch is going in Europe? The game has sold by the bucket reaching number one in ... Read more..

`Rings’ vid-game for multiplayer masses

Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007 Posted in Gaming, Lord of the Rings, Old Main News

Is "The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar" truly the one massively multiplayer online video game to rule them all? Only time will tell, but it's certainly off ... Read more..

Some lovely news about Jackson’s ‘Bones’

Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007 Posted in Old Main News, Peter Jackson, PJ's Other Films

Ringer spy Bernard writes in to point out the latest rumors about Peter Jackson and "The Lovely Bones." Looks like PJ might make a little money on the book ... Read more..

Children of Húrin Lands on NYT Best Seller List

Tuesday, May 1st, 2007 Posted in Old Main News, Other Tolkien books, Tolkien

Earendil writes: I just thought you might like to know that The Children of Húrin debuted #1 on the New York Times Best Seller List. That seems pretty news worthy! ... Read more..

In the Mood: LOTRO’s Dread System

Tuesday, May 1st, 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: Lead Content Designer Brent “Keth” Schmidt walks us through the making of the Dread System. [More] Read more..

‘Bones’ Bare All at Studios

Tuesday, May 1st, 2007 Posted in Old Main News, Peter Jackson, PJ's Other Films

According to Variety Peter Jackson's spec script for THE LOVELY BONES, which he co-wrote with partners Philippa Boyens and Fran Walsh, is being shopped around to studios this week. ... Read more..