Archive for November, 2008

Tolkien Exhibit in the Netherlands

Friday, November 28th, 2008 Posted in Events, Exhibits, J.R.R. Tolkien, Other Merchandise

Frandalf writes: I would like to let everyone that in December the library in Oss (the Netherlands, near Den Bosch) will host a Tolkien-exhibit together with Unquendor. There will ... Read more..

WWI aerial action brought to life

Friday, November 28th, 2008 Posted in Events, Peter Jackson

World War I aerial history is being brought to life with the display of rare aircraft and a dramatic short film at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra. A ... Read more..

TNT to show Lord of the Rings Trilogy this Weekend

Thursday, November 27th, 2008 Posted in Events, Film Screenings, LotR: Movies, Movie: Fellowship of the Ring, Movie: Return of the King, Movie: The Two Towers, Television

If you live in the U.S. or Canada, the TNT TV movie channel will be showing all three Lord of the Rings movies this weekend. The movie marathon will include ... Read more..

Profiles in History Auction to feature Tolkien Items

Thursday, November 27th, 2008 Posted in Books & Publications, Collectibles, Events, Fellowship of the Ring, J.R.R. Tolkien, Lord of the Rings, LotR: Book, Merchandise, Other Events, Posters & Prints, Return of the King, The Two Towers, Tolkien

Reepicheep_Took sent us this great find: "Found a report about some Superhero and movie-related auction items. Most notably, there are first edition, Tolkien autographed copies of all LOTR books, and ... Read more..

Cruise to Middle-earth off to a rainy start

Thursday, November 27th, 2008 Posted in Daniel Falconer, Director news, Events, Fans, Guillermo Del Toro, LotR: Production, Meet Ups, New Zealand, Other Events, Tours, WETA Workshop

The Cruise to Middle-earth made its way to Hobbiton the other day, hampered by some rain and a terrible crash on the road, but we made it nonetheless. For the ... Read more..

Trilogy Screenings in Nashville

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008 Posted in Events, Movie: Fellowship of the Ring, Movie: Return of the King

Jonesy wrotes: The Belcourt Theatre will be showing the Lord of the Rings Trilogy on the Big Screen on 12/26 through 12/30 in Nashville, TN. (Extended Editions of Fellowship and ... Read more..

Boyd’s Beecake Nabs Award

Monday, November 24th, 2008 Posted in Billy Boyd

Anna writes: Beecake, Billy Boyd's music band, won the People's Choice Best Live Act award at the Tartan Clef awards on Sunday. The event raised £100,000 to help fund ... Read more..

GDT Chat Transcript

Monday, November 24th, 2008 Posted in Events, Guillermo Del Toro

A transcript of the live chat with Guillermo del Toro even that occurred this weekend is now online at universalhidef.com. Unfortunately you need to register and login to view it, ... Read more..

Stephen Colbert Geeks Out at Christmas

Monday, November 24th, 2008 Posted in Television

Scott writes: It's common knowledge that Stephen Colbert is a big LotR fan but I did notice that in the "Christmas Special" last night he had Anduril hanging on ... Read more..

Sohaib Awan Talks to Illustrator Michael Hague on The Hobbit

Sunday, November 23rd, 2008 Posted in Hobbit: Book, Hobbit: Movie, The Hobbit

[caption id="attachment_30648" align="alignright" width="118" caption="Illustrated by Michael Hague"][/caption]Fictional Frontiers Radio show host Sohaib Awan talked to Hobbit Illustrator Michael Hague about The Hobbit films. Below is the partial transcript, the ... Read more..