Archive for May, 2008

Oxonmoooooot 2008!

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008 Posted in Events, Fans, Lectures & Education, Meet Ups

Our friend Ian at the Tolkien Society writes in that this year, Oxonmoot is longer! Oxonmoot has been extended one day and will run from Thursday, September 25th to Sunday, ... Read more..

Christopher Lee puts his Stamp on British History

Monday, May 5th, 2008 Posted in Christopher Lee, LotR Cast News

According to the Times Online, Christopher Lee will make British History next month when he becomes one of the first living non-royals to be portrayed on a British stamp: "The 85-year-old ... Read more..

Happy Birthday, John Rhys-Davies!!

Monday, May 5th, 2008 Posted in John Rhys-Davies, LotR Cast News, Uncategorized

Our favorite Dwarf turns 64 today! The fans at TORn send along our wishes for a very happy day!! Read more..

Tolkien at Kalamazoo – May 8 to 11

Saturday, May 3rd, 2008 Posted in Events, Lectures & Education

Message board member Modtheow has this alert: Unlike the Tolkien conference in Vermont that some of us attended a few weeks ago, which is a small conference concentrated into one ... Read more..

The Dragon Problem: What challenges await GDT and WETA?

Friday, May 2nd, 2008 Posted in Casting Rumors, Characters, Guillermo Del Toro, Hobbit Book, Hobbit Movie, J.R.R. Tolkien, LotR Production, PJ's Other Films, Production, Richard Taylor, The Hobbit, Tolkien, WETA Digital, WETA Workshop

Stories of dragons are as old as the written word and probably a lot older. To keep things inside the J.R.R. Tolkien realm, “Beowulf”, one of the oldest written stories ... Read more..

John Howe’s Journal: COYOTE

Thursday, May 1st, 2008 Posted in John Howe

Or Why It All Depends on How You Look at Things Last week, I was going to pursue that Flat Earth theme, but got distracted (again). I had a visit ... Read more..

LOTR Online: Adso’s Camp & ‘Doom of the Last-king’ News

Thursday, May 1st, 2008 Posted in Gaming

The folks from Turbine write: If you have traveled between Bree and Buckland, you must have passed Adso’s Camp. Take a brief look at Adso Haybank and the origin ... Read more..