Archive for March, 2009

LOTR Online Updates

Friday, March 6th, 2009 Posted in Gaming

Rick "Sapience" Heaton from Turbine sends this in: It’s been a big week. Book 7 is coming and there’s a lot to talk about! Bullroarer is live! Unlike Roheryn, our ... Read more..

Serkis the Blockhead?

Wednesday, March 4th, 2009 Posted in Andy Serkis

From contactmusic.com: LORD OF THE RINGS star ANDY SERKIS is to hit the studio with late punk icon IAN DURY's backing band THE BLOCKHEADS to re-record the HIT ME WITH ... Read more..

New Screens Released LOTRO Volume II: Book 7 Leaves of Lürien

Wednesday, March 4th, 2009 Posted in Gaming

The folks at Turbine write: Turbine has just released the first batch of screenshots for the upcoming Volume II: Book 7: Leaves of Lürien, the first free content update for ... Read more..

Shore shares insights on ‘Rings’ trilogy

Wednesday, March 4th, 2009 Posted in Events, Howard Shore, Lectures & Education, LotR Movies, Movie Fellowship of the Ring, Movie Return of the King, Movie The Two Towers, Other production

When director Peter Jackson asked Howard Shore to compose the score for “The Lord of the Rings” film trilogy, Shore studied J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy world before beginning four years of ... Read more..

WETA Up for Narnia Book Award

Wednesday, March 4th, 2009 Posted in Books Publications, Events, WETA Workshop

Linuxelf writes: It looks like the guys at WETA are up for another award, this time they have been nominated for the 2009 Children's and young adults book awards, for ... Read more..

Greg Lane: Orc of a Thousand Faces

Monday, March 2nd, 2009 Posted in LotR Cast News, LotR Movies, Other Cast

Last week Tehanu had the privilege of spending an hour with Greg Lane, LOTR stuntman, and hearing some stories about the four years he spent working on the trilogy. ... Read more..

‘J.R.R. Tolkien: An Imaginative Life’ Lecture Part 2 Online

Sunday, March 1st, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized

Lance Owens sends along word that the lecture 'J.R.R. Tolkien: An Imaginative Life' is now available online: A series of three lectures examining Tolkien and his imaginative experience is now ... Read more..

Sir Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart interview: Tramping the boards

Sunday, March 1st, 2009 Posted in Ian McKellen

[caption id="attachment_30852" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Sir Ian McKellen"][/caption]Surprisingly for actors born within two years of each other in the neighbouring counties of Lancashire and Yorkshire, the 2000 blockbuster X-Men was only ... Read more..

‘Lord of the Rings Symphony’ added to Pops schedule

Sunday, March 1st, 2009 Posted in Concerts, Events

The symphony created from the score to the “Lord of the Rings” movie trilogy is finally coming to Kansas City. Two performances of the “Lord of the Rings Symphony,” composed ... Read more..

Today in Middle-earth, March 1

Sunday, March 1st, 2009 Posted in Calendar, Today in Middle-earth

The following event(s) took place in Middle-earth on March 1st: Birth of Aragorn II (Elessar) (2931) Frodo begins the passage of the Dead Marshes at dawn (S.R. 1419) Entmoot continues (S.R. 1419) The Hunters ... Read more..

Tolkien Reading Day

Tuesday, March 25th, 2003 Posted in Calendar

The first Tolkien Reading Day was March 25th, 2003. It was created by the Tolkien Society as a day to encourage the reading of Tolkien's works, and it is ... Read more..