From the folks at Turbine: A most-requested feature has finally arrived: Fishing! What better way to relax and enjoy the world of Middle-earth than by finding a nice spot along the bank of a river, casting your line into the water nearby, and basking in the glory of the day while trying to nab a prize-winning fish – or perhaps your next meal! Read more with this developer diary! Book 13: Doom of the Last-king – All in Mail, Never Clinking – Fishing in LOTRO
Day: April 15, 2008
This just in – Samwise Gamgee, Sean Astin, has just been announced as a guest at this years DragonCon, and everyone on the D*Con Tolkien Track staff couldn’t be happier! Dragon*Con is the largest multi-media, popular culture convention focusing on science fiction and fantasy, gaming, comics, literature, art, music, and film in the US. It is held August 29th through September 1st in Atlanta, Georgia. TheOneRing.net will be in attendance at DragonCon 2008 and hopes to be presenting a panel on ‘The Hobbit.’ Schedule your hotel and flight plans now! [DragonCon.org] [Tolkien Track]
Several clips of Elijah Wood’s appearance last week on Britain’s Friday Night Project are now available on YouTube. If you remember, the staff of the Friday Night Project contacted TORn early last week in search of Tolkien Fans for the audience. Elijah definitely has a good time as the show’s guest host, takes a lot of good natured ribbing, and talks at length about both The Lord of the Rings movies and one of his latest projects, The Oxford Murders, set to open this year. Check out the clips and see if *you* could pass the “who knows the most about the guest host” quiz! Thanks to Garfeimao for the link. Watch the clips
From Variety.com: It’s the end of the line for most of New Line, with Time Warner cutting 450 jobs as part of its earlier decision to fold the studio into Warner Bros. The pinkslips, announced Monday afternoon, leave New Line with 40-50 employees. A Time Warner spokesman said about 40 New Line employees are being offered jobs within Warner Bros.
Notifications of the dismissals began Monday and will continue Tuesday. That decision ended New Line’s 40 years as an independent studio, with toppers Robert Shaye and Michael Lynne ankling. In mid-March, longtime production chief Emmerich was appointed to his new post at the scaled-down shingle. Two weeks ago, senior exec VP-chief operating officer Richard Brener agreed to stay on as Emmerich’s right-hand man, with a promotion to prexy of production. Other New Line production execs expected to stay include Sam Brown, Michael Disco and Michele Weiss. Thanks to diedye for the link. Read More