Archive for September, 2008

LOTRO Heroes Guide Launches

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008 Posted in Gaming

The folks at Turbine write: The first article in our new Heroes Guide series is now live at lotro.com! Long have the thoughts of Dwarves been haunted by an ... Read more..

John Howe’s Journal: FORGING DRAGONS

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008 Posted in Books & Publications, Characters, John Howe, Merchandise

[caption id="attachment_30082" align="alignright" width="115" caption="Forging Dragons"][/caption] (Or Most Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Dragons (Or At Least a Certain Amount) John Howe writes: A new book coming out ... Read more..

Exploring Tolkien: Online Tolkien Course

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008 Posted in Events, J.R.R. Tolkien, Tolkien

[caption id="attachment_30079" align="alignright" width="50" caption="Cardiff University Logo"][/caption] Dr. Dimitra Fimi writes: Cardiff University is offering an on-line course taught in 10 weekly units by Dr Dimitra Fimi. The course will ... Read more..

Today in Middle-earth, September 29

Monday, September 29th, 2008 Posted in Calendar, Today in Middle-earth

The following event(s) took place in Middle-earth on September 29: Frodo reaches Bree at night (1418) Gandalf visits the Gaffer (1418) They come to the Grey Havens (1421) Frodo and Bilbo depart over the ... Read more..

Warner Brothers to release a LOTR soundtrack “Rarities Archive”

Sunday, September 28th, 2008 Posted in Crew News, DVDs, LotR: Movies, Merchandise, Other Crew

After spending Bilbo and Frodo's birthday week riddling, Doug Adams announced what the 'other major release' his book will be tied to: LOTR: THE RARITIES ARCHIVE, scheduled for release in ... Read more..

Chat with Alan Lee - October 14

Sunday, September 28th, 2008 Posted in Alan Lee, Books & Publications, Crew News, Events, J.R.R. Tolkien, LotR: Movies, Merchandise, Other Events, Tolkien

Message board member Beren sends this in: Hello!. I was contacted this weekend by Houghton Mifflin to do a chat session with Alan Lee on the 14th of October. As ... Read more..

Howard Shore is Working on Hobbit Score

Sunday, September 28th, 2008 Posted in Crew News, Hobbit: Movie, Howard Shore, LotR: Movies

Just this morning Sohaib Awan at Fictional Frontiers spoke to Howard Shore about his recent composition for Macy’s who are celebrating their 150th anniversary. During the interview, Howard had a ... Read more..

Andy Serkis talks about The Hobbit and the role of Gollum …

Sunday, September 28th, 2008 Posted in Andy Serkis, Casting Rumors, Hobbit: Movie, LotR: Cast News, LotR: Movies

According to a short video interview with Andy on ITN here, Andy Serkis is looking forward to reprising his role as Gollum: Female Reporter: Was it very exhaustive being Gollum? ... Read more..

“The most beautiful writing experience of my life” ~ Guillermo talks scripting The Hobbit

Sunday, September 28th, 2008 Posted in Director news, Guillermo Del Toro

Our friends at Popcorn Taxi have come through with the audio of their August 18 Q&A with Guillermo del Toro regarding Hellboy II to transcribe. The biggest bombshell of the ... Read more..

Court: No punitive damages in ‘LOTR’ suit

Thursday, September 25th, 2008 Posted in Headlines, Lord of the Rings, LotR: Movies, Movie: Fellowship of the Ring, Movie: Return of the King, Movie: The Two Towers, Studios, Tolkien Estate

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A judge has barred the estate of "Lord of the Rings" author J.R.R. Tolkien from seeking punitive damages against the studio that brought the trilogy to ... Read more..