Archive for January, 2009

LOTR Online: New Dev Diary Video & Turbine Announces Multiple Awards

Thursday, January 15th, 2009 Posted in Gaming

Today, Turbine unveiled a new developer diary video for The Lord of the Rings Online: Mines of Moria, in which Executive Producer Jeffrey Steefel discusses the new Legendary Items System ... Read more..

More Info About ‘Black & White Ogre Country’

Wednesday, January 14th, 2009 Posted in Books Publications, Events, J.R.R. Tolkien, Lectures & Education, Tolkien, Tolkien Family

From Ian Collier, Tolkien Society Publicity Officer: Edited by Angela Gardner (a long-standing member of the Tolkien Society) this book describes the childhood adventures of Hilary and JRR Tolkien. Hilary ... Read more..

Previously Unseen Edoras Construction Pics!

Wednesday, January 14th, 2009 Posted in Locations Sets, LotR Movies, LotR Production, Movie The Two Towers, WETA Workshop

Andrew Rutherford writes: Here's some photos that you might not have seen before, and recently uploaded to our website. They show the construction of the Edoras set. They ... Read more..

Andy Serkis on Tintin and The Hobbit

Wednesday, January 14th, 2009 Posted in Andy Serkis, Fran Walsh, Guillermo Del Toro, Hobbit Movie, Peter Jackson, Philippa Boyens, PJ's Other Films, The Hobbit

ComingSoon.net talked to Andy Serkis, who stars in the January 23 fantasy-adventure Inkheart, about returning to performance capture in Steven Spielberg's Tintin, Peter Jackson's Tintin 2, and The Hobbit. "We ... Read more..

Happy Birthday Orlando Bloom!

Tuesday, January 13th, 2009 Posted in Orlando Bloom

Orlando Jonathan Blanchard Bloom (born 13 January 1977) is an English actor. He had his break-through roles in 2001 as the elf-prince Legolas in The Lord of the Rings ... Read more..

Today in Middle-earth, January 13

Tuesday, January 13th, 2009 Posted in Calendar, Today in Middle-earth

The following event(s) took place in Middle-earth on February 13th: Attack by Wolves in the early hours (1419) The Company reaches the West-gate of Moria at nightfall (1419) Gollum begins to trail the ... Read more..

Second Issue of ‘Silver Leaves’ Out Soon

Monday, January 12th, 2009 Posted in Books Publications, Fans

Jo-Anna writes: Tolkien-based journal “Silver Leaves” Issue Two, has released as of Saturday, Jan. 10. The theme is The Inklings and we are very excited about getting it into folks’ ... Read more..

The untold story of Hilary Tolkien

Monday, January 12th, 2009 Posted in Books Publications, J.R.R. Tolkien, Tolkien, Tolkien Family

From fantasybookreview.co.uk Former book shop owner and huge JRR Tolkien fan Angie Gardner will see her own work hit the shelves at the end of January. She has compiled the ... Read more..

Fictional Frontiers Radio Transcript

Sunday, January 11th, 2009 Posted in Guillermo Del Toro, Hobbit Movie, Peter Jackson, Rumors Spy News, The Hobbit

Our very own MrCere, Larry Curtis, was a guest on last Sunday’s broadcast of ‘Fictional Frontiers with Sohaib,’ on WNJC 1360 AM, Philadelphia at 11AM ET. As always, it ... Read more..

Weta’s Jane and the Dragon day, January 16

Sunday, January 11th, 2009 Posted in Events, Other Events, Props, WETA Digital, WETA Workshop

So much of what Weta does is terribly secret until it's finished (who knows what they're up to in preparing for The Hobbit? But next month they're inviting people in ... Read more..

Empire’s ‘Movie Poster Mash-Ups’ Targets LOTR

Sunday, January 11th, 2009 Posted in Fans, LotR Movies, Movie Fellowship of the Ring, Movie Return of the King, Movie The Two Towers

Susanne sends along this link to an hilarious collection of spoof movie posters with a LOTR theme, featured over at empireonline.com. From the website: "We asked our readers to mash ... Read more..

LOTR Online Named ‘Best Expansion’ of 2008

Sunday, January 11th, 2009 Posted in Gaming

Kai writes: The Lord of the Rings Online™: Mines of Moria™ has been voted the Best expansion of 2008 by MMORPG.com readers! "Another impressive win for the Lord of the ... Read more..