Turbine, Inc. announced today its partnership with Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment to distribute The Lord of the Rings Online: Mines of Moria, the first retail expansion for the award-winning massively multiplayer online game, in North America. In conjunction with this announcement, Turbine also unveiled its fall product lineup including two titles to be available at retail and a digital-only title for existing subscribers. More details follow in the official press release.
In addition, Turbine has released new concept art for the upcoming expansion, which depicts some of the environments, monsters and the Lothlorien region to be added in the fall.
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Apparently, the current economic shadow affecting real estate may feel like the tentacles of Mordor reaching out across the country. A LOTR themed community in Bend, OR is currently feeling it as this article discusses.
The rise and fall of Bend’s real estate economy has resulted in foreclosure proceedings against The Shire, a village-themed concept in southeast Bend patterned after J.R.R. Tolkien’s “Lord of the Rings” series.
For more of the story, read The Bend Bulletin
Vivienne Wilkes, local amateur dramatist, and co-organiser of the annual Middle Earth Weekends at Sarehole Mill, is the author of the recently published children’s book called “Tales of Moseley Bog – The Voles of Old”. Moseley Bog has been the setting for several drama excerpts from Tolkien’s work at the above weekend and is a beautiful and unspoilt nature reserve nestling in the suburbs of Birmingham within walking distance of Sarehole Mill, the inspiration for the Mill in Hobbiton. J.R.R. Tolkien and his brother Hilary knew it well when they played there as children but today it is still a relatively unknown gem even to those living nearby. Within this atmospheric, natural woodland mini-mammals and wildlife dwell, their struggle for existence largely unnoticed by most visitors. Within the book, Moseley Bog is the Old World setting for the life and death adventures of Foxtail and Rye, a couple of young field voles, on a quest to find the mythical water voles of legend. Further details of the book can be found on-line via the website: www.shireproductions.co.uk.
Order “Tales of Moseley Bog – The Voles of Old” on Amazon.com today!
Ron writes: With Best Buy DVD purchase of Iron Man or Indiana Jones: Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, you get a $50 or $25 (respectively) gift card to be used online at Sideshowcollectibles.com. Great way to pick up that LOTR collectible at a reduced price. News article link is here.
The Hollywood Reporter has reported that ‘Hobbit’ director Guillermo del Toro will also be producing Miramax’s upcoming remake of ‘Afraid in the Dark:’
Guillermo del Toro and Miramax will produce a remake of the horror-thriller telefilm “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark,” the specialty distributor’s first big dive into genre filmmaking under president Daniel Battsek. Comic book artist-writer Troy Nixey will make his feature directorial debut with the adaptation of ABC’s 1973 cult classic.
Read the full article at HollywoodReporter.com. [Full Article]
In Dec 2006, Sideshow Collectibles lost a good friend and collegue: Diane Kamahele. Since her passing, they have been holding semi-annual auctions at Comic-Con and Toy Fair to help raise for her three young children. This year’s auction features three highly prized LOTR related items. To learn more about the auction and the items, click on one of the items below.
- The Balrog Legendary Scale Bust with Light-up Feature – Only 1 piece in the world – never produced [Auction]
- The Aragorn Premium Format Figure Pre-Production Sample. [Auction]
- Gollum Bust Prototype signed by Andy Serkis [Auction]
For all of the unique items being offered in this auction, please Click Here. [Learn more about Diane]
