Archive for August 21st, 2008

2008 Mythopoeic Award Winners Announced

Thursday, August 21st, 2008 Posted in Events, Lectures & Education

David D. Oberhelman, Mythopoeic Awards Administrator, sends along the list of winners from the 2008 Mythopoeic Awards. Read more..

Happy Belated Birthday John Noble!

Thursday, August 21st, 2008 Posted in John Noble

We must also wish a happy belated birthday to John Noble! John Noble (born August 20, 1948) is an Australian film, television actor, and theatre director of more than ... Read more..

Happy Belated Birthday Alan Lee!

Thursday, August 21st, 2008 Posted in Alan Lee

Happy belated birthday to Alan Lee! Alan Lee (born August 20, 1947) is an English book illustrator and movie conceptual designer. He has illustrated several fantasy books, notably several ... Read more..

Film Weekly Chats up Guillermo Del Toro

Thursday, August 21st, 2008 Posted in Guillermo Del Toro, Hobbit: Movie

Martin sends along this link to an audio interview with RDT, take a listen: Jason Solomons talks to upcoming British actor Thomas Turgoose about his role in the new ... Read more..

New WETA Podcast Available

Thursday, August 21st, 2008 Posted in Richard Taylor, WETA Digital, WETA Workshop

The Weta Cast - A Bug In The Workshop quickly became very popular across the world. Daniel and Magnus were blown away by all the helpful feedback and generous ... Read more..

Sideshow’s Aragorn Legendary Scale Bust

Thursday, August 21st, 2008 Posted in Collectibles, Movie: Fellowship of the Ring, Sideshow Collectibles, Viggo Mortensen

Sideshow Collectibles has just released their latest addition to the Lord of the Rings Legendary Scale Bust line-up: Aragorn! If the prototype pictures are any indication, this piece promises to ... Read more..

FILMDetail Speaks with GDT on ‘Hobbit’ Progress

Thursday, August 21st, 2008 Posted in Guillermo Del Toro, Hobbit: Movie, Rumors & Spy News

Ambrose Heron of FILMdetail.com recently spoke with Guillermo del Toro about Hellboy II and they also discussed some interesting tidbits about the writing of the 'Hobbit' script: I seem to have ... Read more..