Archive for July, 2009

TheOneRing and Weta launch ‘Hunt for dragon’s treasure’ after panel Thursday at Comic-Con

Saturday, July 18th, 2009 Posted in Alan Lee, ComicCon, Conventions, Daniel Falconer, Hobbit Movie, John Howe, WETA Workshop

Thursday at Comic-Con, immediately following its about an unofficial and speculative (but informed) look at the forthcoming pair of films based on “The Hobbit,” TheOneRing.net, with a big assist from ... Read more..

You shall not pass – Gandalf on the list of most memorable movie wizards!

Friday, July 17th, 2009 Posted in Ian McKellen, Lord of the Rings, LotR Movies

The folks over at Rottentomatos.com have produced a fun list of the most memorable movie wizards. Can you guess who is number one? The following ten appeared in ... Read more..

‘Flight of the Conchords’ gets Emmy love

Friday, July 17th, 2009 Posted in Bret 'Figwit' McKenzie, The Hobbit

LOTR alumni Bret McKenzie's HBO series "Flight of the Conchords," has received several Emmy nominations for its second season including best comedy series and best writing for a comedy series. ... Read more..

Is ‘the Hobbit’ a Dr.?

Friday, July 17th, 2009 Posted in Casting Rumors, ComicCon, Hobbit Movie

UPDATE: A source inside the production tells us they are not aware of any such announcement to take place at Comic-Con. We feel pretty comfortable saying this rumor isn't ... Read more..

Has Sean Bean landed a juicy role in HBO’s ‘A Game of Thrones’ ?

Friday, July 17th, 2009 Posted in Sean Bean

Sean Bean of J.R.R. Tolkien's Boromir fame, may have landed a role in another book adaptation by an "R.R." author according to The excellent site WinterIsComing. Read more..

LOTR Vanderstelt prints at Comic-Con

Wednesday, July 15th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized

Jerry Vanderstelt has let us know that he will be at Comic-Con and will have at his booth (#4719) "Galadriel's Blessing" and "Terror over Osgiliath," two new pieces that will ... Read more..

Mailing List Signup

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized

We have been getting many requests for a link to sign up to our mailing list. We have not added the link to our side menus just yet, but we ... Read more..

John Rhys-Davies Interview

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009 Posted in John Rhys-Davies

The folks from TheForce.net send this along: The ForceCast, The Official Podcast of the popular Star Wars websites TheForce.net and Rebelscum.com, features one-on-one interview with veteran film actor John Rhys-Davies. ... Read more..

Elijah Wood also at Comic-Con

Sunday, July 12th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized

Joining the list of LOTR-related guests appearing at Comic-Con is Elijah Wood promoting his film "9" planned for release on 9/9/09. He will be joined by Jennifer Connelly and Tim ... Read more..

Geek News: Weta Digital Purchase Site License of Nuke

Sunday, July 12th, 2009 Posted in WETA Digital

From thefoundry.co.uk: Weta Digital, New Zealand's multi award-winning VFX studio has purchased a site license of Nuke to enhance their in-house pipeline. Paul Ryan, Chief Technology Officer at Weta Digital, ... Read more..

Grant Major Heads into the ‘Undergrowth’

Saturday, July 11th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized

Celebriel forwards this article on production designer Grant Major's new short film, UNDERGROWTH. "Writing something, directing it, and making my own story is bloody awesome actually," he says cheerily on ... Read more..

Hobbiton’s True Potter Other Work on Display

Saturday, July 11th, 2009 Posted in Events, Exhibits, Locations Sets, LotR Production, Movie Fellowship of the Ring, Movie Return of the King, New Zealand

Tyellas writes: The potter who did extensive work for the Lord of the Rings films, Mirek Smíšek, is currently having a gallery show in Waikanae, about 1/2 hour north ... Read more..