Archive for May, 2009

New Zealand Vlog Post

Tuesday, May 19th, 2009 Posted in New Zealand

Aaron sends in his latest vlog from New Zealand: Not much is happening to report here, but there is a snippet that might be of Interest. It’s about a Valley ... Read more..

Tolkien Estate Website Updates

Monday, May 18th, 2009 Posted in Tolkien, Tolkien Estate

Philip writes: I just noticed that the Tolkien Estate website has been updated recently, mainly having to do with the publication of The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún. Although they've ... Read more..

Fantasy Flight Games Reveals ‘Middle-Earth Quest’

Monday, May 18th, 2009 Posted in Gaming

Goran sends along word that Fantasy Flight Games has just released the description of their new and upcoming board game Middle-Earth Quest. More... Read more..

Sideshow Stealthily Reveals Boromir Legendary Scale Bust

Monday, May 18th, 2009 Posted in Collectibles, Lord of the Rings, LotR Movies, Merchandise, Sean Bean, Sideshow Collectibles

As part of the month-long Fantacular celebration, Sideshow Collectibles has posted a interactive showcase of their entire The Lord of the Rings Legendary Scale Bust Collection. Hidden next to Aragorn ... Read more..

Get Fuzzy Goes Geek

Monday, May 18th, 2009 Posted in Collectibles, Merchandise

Darby Conley and his creations on Get Fuzzy have mentioned LOTR, click on the above image to see the cartoon! Read more..

Storm Damage Ravages Lothlorien Set

Monday, May 18th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized

Jack M sends this in: Looks like the northerly storms did some pretty serious damage to the Lothlorien bridge. It was pretty unique - it's the only pre-existing manmade object ... Read more..

Not Your Average RPG Player!

Friday, May 15th, 2009 Posted in Conventions, Creations, Events, Fans

Peter H from Germany writes: My friends and I have a model project with 50 000 Orcs from 20mm to 28mm and we will be showing it at the RPC ... Read more..

Movie maker, entrepreneur share the golden glow

Friday, May 15th, 2009 Posted in Events, Peter Jackson

Harnessing the global movie industry to build a world-class Wellington facility has turned silver-screen success into a gold award for movie mogul Peter Jackson's Park Road Post. Previously a category ... Read more..

Guillermo del Toro Booksigning in LA

Friday, May 15th, 2009 Posted in Books Publications, Events, Guillermo Del Toro, Merchandise

Dustyhobbit writes: I have exciting news for those in the LA area, Guillermo del Toro will be at one of our stores on 2 June for a discussion and booksigning ... Read more..

The Tolkien Solution to the Rowling Problem

Friday, May 15th, 2009 Posted in Events, J.R.R. Tolkien, Lectures & Education, Tolkien

Dr. Amy H. Sturgis writes: I wanted to let you know that my recent public lecture "When Harry Met Faërie: The Tolkien Solution to the Rowling Problem" was recorded and ... Read more..

TORn exclusive with ‘Reclaiming The Blade,’ director

Friday, May 15th, 2009 Posted in J.R.R. Tolkien, John Howe, John Rhys-Davies, Karl Urban, Richard Taylor, Viggo Mortensen

[caption id="attachment_30849" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Reclaiming the Blade"][/caption]“Star Wars” and “The Lord of the Rings” are two of the most widely appealing film series in history. While they share many ... Read more..

GDT To Attend Fangoria’s WEEKEND OF HORRORS

Thursday, May 14th, 2009 Posted in Conventions, Events, Guillermo Del Toro

From the folks at Creation Entertainment: We're very happy to announce today that superstar director/producer/writer GUILLERMO DEL TORO has joined the amazing guest list headlining the upcoming Fangoria's WEEKEND OF ... Read more..