Archive for March, 2009

New Screens Released for LOTR Online Book 7

Wednesday, March 11th, 2009 Posted in Gaming

Turbine has just released a batch of screenshots for the upcoming Volume II: Book 7: Leaves of Lürien, the first free content update for The Lord of the Rings Online ... Read more..

Astin up for Hobbit if Hobbit up for him

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009 Posted in Casting Rumors, Guillermo Del Toro, Hobbit Movie, Sean Astin

Sean Astin told SCI FI Wire that he'd be thrilled to reprise his Lord of the Rings film trilogy role as Sam Gamgee in the upcoming big-screen adaptations of The ... Read more..

The Decipher Fallout

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009 Posted in Collectibles, Merchandise

As vice president of finance for Decipher Inc., Rick Eddleman controlled every aspect of the company's money. His brother-in-law, Warren Holland, had founded the Norfolk-based company in 1983. It quickly ... Read more..

Tolkien’s Oxford in Panorama-vision

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009 Posted in J.R.R. Tolkien, Tolkien

I really doubt that is a word, anyway, PJ (not that one) sends this in: In case it hasn't been mentioned yet, here's a nice site with panoramic view's of ... Read more..

New Tolkien Books from Crescent Moon Publishing

Monday, March 9th, 2009 Posted in Books Publications, Hobbit Book, Hobbit Movie, J.R.R. Tolkien, Lord of the Rings, LotR Books, LotR Movies, Merchandise, Movie Fellowship of the Ring, Movie Return of the King, Movie The Two Towers, The Hobbit, Tolkien

The folks from Crescent Moon Publishing send along word of two Tolkien books available on Amazon.com. Take a look at Tolkien's Heroic Quest (Paperback) and J.R.R. Tolkien: The Books, The ... Read more..

Turbine Appoints New VP of Operations

Monday, March 9th, 2009 Posted in Gaming

Turbine, Inc., the folks behind Lord of the Rings Online, Asheron's Call and Dungeons and Dragons, has announced the appointment of Ken Surdan as Turbine’s new Vice President of Operations. ... Read more..

Bid to get Rings river renamed for tourists

Monday, March 9th, 2009 Posted in New Zealand

Mt Doom over Mt Ruapehu? The Rohan Plains over the Canterbury ones? Rivendell over Upper Hutt? Lord of the Rings film sites have been drawing tourists for years, but now ... Read more..

“Tintin” More Jackson Than Spielberg

Sunday, March 8th, 2009 Posted in Peter Jackson, PJ's Other Films

By Garth Franklin at DarkHorizons (via Variety): While fans who are aware of "Tintin" have been enthusiastic about the project, the single most common complaint from fanboys unfamiliar with Herge's ... Read more..

Pre-Order ‘Reclaiming The Blade’

Sunday, March 8th, 2009 Posted in DVDs

[caption id="attachment_30849" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Reclaiming the Blade"][/caption]The folks from Galatia Films send this in: Order the 2-disc Special Edition DVD set of 'Reclaiming The Blade' now! Don't delay! Place ... Read more..

‘Kong Vs. Godzilla’ Screening

Sunday, March 8th, 2009 Posted in Events, Film Screenings

Mark Nelson, Editor/Screening Curator, Saturday Fright Special writes: I thought I'd pass along some info about the upcoming event that our NH-based horror host show (SATURDAY FRIGHT SPECIAL, seen ... Read more..

Today in Middle-earth, March 7

Saturday, March 7th, 2009 Posted in Calendar, Today in Middle-earth

The following event(s) took place in Middle-earth on March 7th: The hobbits pass into the fair land of Ithilien (1419) One of Sam's dreams comes true! (1419) The Forbidden Pool (1419) Frodo taken by ... Read more..

River Renaming Project Gains Traction

Friday, March 6th, 2009 Posted in New Zealand

“A” sends along word that the Anduin River renaming project we posted about a while ago has gained some traction in the local NZ papers. The Fiordland Advocate has ... Read more..