Archive for October, 2008

GdT: “Hobbit Scripting Maybe Done By The Change of the Year”

Wednesday, October 8th, 2008 Posted in Guillermo Del Toro, Hobbit Movie, The Hobbit

Great news from the MTV Movie Blog today. We know that scripting has started on the Hobbit by the Fabulous Four - Jackson, del Toro, Walsh and Boyens, but news ... Read more..

GDT Makes Esquire’s “75 Most Influential” List

Tuesday, October 7th, 2008 Posted in Director news, Guillermo Del Toro

According to Esquire.com: "It's easy to dismiss the big, bushy-bearded director as just another grown-up fanboy with a brilliant knack for CGI." What we want to know is: why would ... Read more..

John Rhys-Davies “really thinking” about ‘The Hobbit’

Tuesday, October 7th, 2008 Posted in Casting Rumors, Hobbit Movie, John Rhys-Davies

RingCon, held this past weekend in Bonn, Germany, featured a few 'LotR' cast and crew including John Rhys-Davies (Gimli), Mark Ferguson (Gil-galad), Jed Brophy (Sharku), Lori Dungey (Mrs. Bracegirdle), and ... Read more..

Review: Re-Release of the BBC The Lord of the Rings

Tuesday, October 7th, 2008 Posted in Headlines, Ian Holm, Lord of the Rings, Merchandise, Miscellaneous, Other Merchandise, Tolkien

The world is excited.  I feel it in the water.  I smell it in the air.  For much that once was, is rereleased... As the world of Tolkien fandom eagerly prepares ... Read more..

Empire Magazine’s Top 500 Movies

Monday, October 6th, 2008 Posted in Guillermo Del Toro, LotR Movies, Movie Fellowship of the Ring, Movie Return of the King, Movie The Two Towers, Peter Jackson

Empire Magazine has published their 500 Greatest Movies list gauged in a poll of critics, filmmakers and the public. I'm still scouring the entire list to get you some ... Read more..

Ronan Sees Hope In Dark Bones

Monday, October 6th, 2008 Posted in Peter Jackson, PJ's Other Films

From www.scifi.com: Saoirse Ronan, who stars as the doomed Susie Salmon in Peter Jackson's upcoming adaptation of Alice Sebold's novel The Lovely Bones, told reporters that the film's events are ... Read more..

LOTR/Kong Visual Director Art Show in Seattle

Sunday, October 5th, 2008 Posted in Events, Exhibits, LotR Movies, Movie Fellowship of the Ring, Movie Return of the King, Movie The Two Towers, Other production

Kirsten sends this along: We thought you and other ringers might want to know about an art exhibit we have coming up with Jeremy Bennett (Visual Director on LOTR and ... Read more..

Live in the UK? Wanna See HD FOTR with the London Philharmonic?

Sunday, October 5th, 2008 Posted in Concerts, Events, LotR Movies, Movie Fellowship of the Ring

Jason writes: I just read in today's Sunday Times here in the UK, that on April 14th and 15th 2009 the Royal Albert Hall will be showing FOTR in high ... Read more..

Trilogy in Blu-Ray in 2009?

Sunday, October 5th, 2008 Posted in DVDs, LotR Movies, Movie Fellowship of the Ring, Movie Return of the King, Movie The Two Towers

thedigitalbits.com is reporting that Warner Bros. has revealed, in a promotional insert packed with the new Poltergeist Blu-ray Disc, that it's currently working on a Blu-ray version of The ... Read more..

Del Toro talks “Hobbit” for Director’s Guild in New York

Sunday, October 5th, 2008 Posted in Director news, Guillermo Del Toro, Hobbit Movie, Production, The Hobbit

ComingSoon.net reports on an interview with Del Toro about his approach to preparing for The Hobbit. Del Toro talks "feeding his brain" and gathering ideas "in order to conceptualize his ... Read more..

Guillermo (not that one!) Talks ‘The Hobbit’

Thursday, October 2nd, 2008 Posted in Hobbit Movie

Patrick Sauriol from movieset.com sends this in: Last weekend at the Vancouver International Film Festival's New Filmmaker Day, Quinn, Patrick and myself sat down with well known and award winning ... Read more..