From: Wired Magazine (via shocktillyoudrop.com) Next week, Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan’s “The Strain” hits bookshelves. It’s…
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Next week, Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan’s “The Strain” hits bookshelves. It’s the first novel in a trilogy (I’ve liked what I have read of it so far) that’s a spin on vampire lore. Del Toro talked about it a bit in this video interview and today Wired released the following “teaser trailer” to tie in with the series. Continue reading “Promo Trailer for Del Toro’s The Strain”
Evie writes: I surmise you might have wondered what Sean Bean is currently up to – after portraying Zeus in the upcoming “Percy Jackson” movie. This regularly updated bi-lingual English/German page about him (looking very much like Boromir) fighting the Plague in “Black Death”. More…
Or A Few Thoughts On Creatures That Don’t Exist
Last October, I was asked if I would write a foreword for a book on… dragons. Having just had Forging Dragons publish at about the same time, they were still very fresh in my mind. Small world. Full of dragons. They seem to be everywhere, their ubiquity matched only by their variety. No other creature speads such colossal wings or drags its scaly belly across the mythical lands of so many cultures over the aeons. They span the spectrum from devilry to divinity, from blackest evil to boundless good. They come in all configurations, they speak, or they make our minds reel with the power of their thoughts, they squat athwart hoards of treasure untold. They are story. They are dragons.
But just what is it about dragons ?
Elven x sends along a transcript from today’s segment of Fictional Frontiers: A fun show this week on Fictional Frontiers with Sohaib and Larry Curtis talking about all things LOTR and The Hobbit. Some cool Smaug/Mike Mignola news and a heads-up for something Hobbity and extremely special at ComicCon this year … someone will be there! – No, not Guillermo, someone from the Production side of things. Enjoy this week’s show. Continue reading “Fictional Frontiers May 31st Transcript”
The latest Red Carpet tour had the worst weather ever, but they did get to pick up a couple of LOTR rumours on their way round the country. Viggo had recently visited the stables where the LOTR stars worked on their riding skills and kept their horses, and he also dropped in to his favourite Wellington steak house, the Green Parrot, according to staff there. He was able to say that he was in New Zealand on movie business, but wouldn’t say more….
TheOneRing.net and The Lord Of The Rings Online are celebrating the game’s second birthday by giving away ten “Collector’s Editions” and entering couldn’t be easier. This edition of the game includes 30 days of free game play, both complete volumes of the game (Shadows of Angmar and Mines of Moria) in-game tokens, a gold-plated One Ring replica, a Mines of Moria map, a poster, a LOTRO art and music collection and a Collector’s Edition Starter Guide. What a great birthday mathom! Enter the contest and learn more about LOTRO [Contest Page] [LOTRO official site]
