Archive for July, 2008

GDT Interview at Dark Horizons

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008 Posted in Director news, Guillermo Del Toro, Hobbit Movie

Paul over at Dark Horizons had a chance to interview Guillermo del Toro on topics ranging from Hellboy II to The Hobbit films. Among 'The Hobbit' topics covered: Ron Perlman's ... Read more..

The L.A. Times weighs in on Tolkien vs. New Line Lawsuit

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008 Posted in J.R.R. Tolkien, Tolkien, Tolkien Estate, Tolkien Family

The L.A. Times weighed in today on the Tolkien vs. New Line lawsuit both in the article: Tolkien's children fight for 'Lord of the Rings' gold and in the "Opinion ... Read more..

Academy of Motion Pictures “Great to be Nominated” FOTR Screening Report!

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008 Posted in Barrie Osborne, Film Screenings, Jim Rygiel, Lectures & Education, LotR Production, Movie Fellowship of the Ring, Other Crew

Garfeimao writes: The Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts and Sciences has been doing a film series called "Great to be Nominated" which features the film from each year that ... Read more..

Moon gives light to Jackson film

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008 Posted in Peter Jackson, PJ's Other Films

With a trademark eye for detail, film-maker Peter Jackson has hired an astronomer to ensure the moon's position in his movie Dambusters is spot-on. A full moon was key ... Read more..

Legolas lands in EW’s Top Immortal’s List

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008 Posted in LotR Movies, Miscellaneous, Orlando Bloom

Another week, another wacky list from the folks at Entertainment Weekly. This week, EW is listing the 'Never Say Die: 17 Beloved Pop-Culture Immortals' in film, and who do you ... Read more..

GDT answers ‘Hobbit’ Fans questions at MTV

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008 Posted in Casting Rumors, Fans, Guillermo Del Toro, Hobbit Movie

MTVMusic VideosMTV ShowsEntertainment News Ringer Diedye spotted this posting at MTV.com. Remember a few weeks ago when the MTV Movie Blog was soliciting questions from fans? Well, looks like they asked ... Read more..

TORn featured as AMC ‘SciFi Scanner’ Site of the Week

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008 Posted in Fans, TheOneRing.net Announcements, TheOneRing.net Community

TheOneRing.net would like to thank our readers for helping us to be considered for AMC's SciFi Scanner Blog Site of the Week. In the article, written by Carolyn Koo, TORn ... Read more..

Hobbit Director del Toro Talks Cast, Creatures

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008 Posted in Casting Rumors, Guillermo Del Toro, Hobbit Movie

Los Angeles (E! Online) - The two movies based on the Lord of the Rings prequel, The Hobbit, may be a long ways off—hang on until 2011 and 2012, ... Read more..

TV Watch: GDT On Jimmy Kimmel

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008 Posted in Guillermo Del Toro, Hobbit Movie, Television

Last week Guillermo Del Toro was on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' to promote 'Hellboy II: The Golden Army'. Jimmy and GDT touched a little on The Hobbit, and despite my ... Read more..

WETA’s Supercomputer Geekness

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008 Posted in Hobbit Movie, WETA Digital

GandalfX86 writes: WETA Digital has 4 new supercomputers in the TOP500-List on top500.org (Rank 219 to 222). This is interesting because they will perhaps render the 3d-animations for ... Read more..

Happy Birthday to Liv Tyler and Marton Csokas

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008 Posted in Liv Tyler, LotR Cast News, Marton Csokas

Liv Tyler turns 31 today and Marton Csokas' birthday was yesterday; he turned 42. Liv, who has been acting in films since the early 90s, graced the screen as ... Read more..