Chris Bouchard writes: Just wanted to give you advanced notice that The Hunt For Gollum will be released on May 3rd 2009 for online free streaming in HD. Thanks for supporting this ambitious fan film!

Press Release: 30th January 2009
Independent Online Cinema presents: ‘THE HUNT FOR GOLLUM’
Coming soon FREE on the 3RD MAY 2009
Exclusive World Premiere on DAILYMOTION.COM and THE LONDON SCI-FI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL.

‘The Hunt For Gollum’ is a ‘Lord Of The Rings’ Fan Film made by fans for fans. Inspired by notes in the appendices from ‘The Lord of the Rings’ book, ‘The Hunt For Gollum’ follows Aragon as he sets out to find the creature Gollum and discover the truth about the Ring… Continue reading “FanFilm: ‘The Hunt For Gollum’ Online May 3rd”

Gwynne Watkins, Senior Editor for babble.com writes: I thought you might be interested in this Andy Serkis interview I did for the parenting site Babble.com. Some interesting anecdotes about playing Gollum and other characters, and the sometimes-hilarious reactions of his kids… Andy Serkis Interview

Vic James from Red Carpet Tours reports that there has been an enthusiastic response from LOTR fans wanting to join Red Carpet Tours’ ‘Hobbit Premiere Tour of New Zealand’ in December, 2011. It will be a great time to be in Middle Earth! Last October’s Red Carpet LOTR Sketching Tour with calligrapher , map maker and artist Daniel Reeve, was a most enjoyable experience for those who participated – a report of the tour is on Daniel’s website. Daniel has agreed to repeat the tour and September 28th to October 10th is favoured for this to happen. Those interested can email Vic James, Red Carpet Tours, directly at . This is a good time to take advantage of the New Zealand dollar currently @ 51 cents against the U.S. dollar and make a booking! Continue reading “Middle-earth is Calling…”

Pei Ling writes: Hi – I’m not sure if theonering.net posts things like this, but there is an Ebay auction (UK Ebay) for an Andy Serkis Exclusive Hand Designed Plate to benefit a charity. I’m not affiliated in any way, I was just browsing the site and saw the auction. I do believe that Andy has drawn Gollum, which might be of added interest to fans. Big fan of the site – discovered it in the months leading up to the first movie back in September 2001 (has it been that long?!) and it still continues to feed the obsession.