What?! Yea – that’s what we said. A website called MarketSaw is reporting that Peter Jackson is confirmed to be directing two films based on ‘The Hobbit’ and both will be presented in 3D format. Then, after The Hobbit films are released (2010,2011 respectively), the original trilogy will be converted to 3D after the release of the two Hobbit Films. Let’s not get too excited quite yet. If we judge this website based on the amount of junk advertising, we can pretty much write this off as an unconfirmed pipe-dream. But, ya never know! On a personal note, the PJ directing The Hobbit sounds great to me…the 3D, not so much. Check out the full story over at MarketSaw. [PJ Directing Hobbit Rumor]
Day: November 30, 2007
Scottish Raygun fan Daniel Leyden literally danced with excitement when he received the email from Weta Customer Services telling him he had won Weta’s ‘Complete Your Raygun Set’ competition. “I was at work when I found out”, he says excitedly. “I just jumped up and down shouting ‘I’ve won! I’ve won!’”
Daniel is a games programmer for a mobile phone company, and it was here that he got his initial Raygun delivered, the F.M.O.M Industries Wave Disrupter Raygun, much to the fascination of his colleagues, who share his open planned office. “A few of my colleagues like, ‘you’re buying WHAT!@? They were certainly questioning why I was buying a Raygun! But for me, it was more of a ‘I just want this cool thing.” Continue reading “Scottish Collector Wins Complete Raygun Set”
The latest addition to The Lord of the Rings Diorama series from Sideshow Collectibles is ‘.’ Sideshow previewed this item for the first time last night and we expect it to start pre-ordering next Thursday with their newsletter launch. Click on the following link to view the full preview and while you’re there, check out the other LOTR dioramas. [] []
If you are still on the hunt for great LOTR collectibles this holiday season, check out . They have alerted their customers that the page will be updated daily at 9am PT until mid-december with new discounts every day. The latest discount is 45% off the Shelob Sideshow/Weta Statue. (That sale ends at 9am PT today) []