Archive for August, 2009

WB’s ‘Aragorn’s Quest’ Pushed Back to 2010

Wednesday, August 12th, 2009 Posted in Gaming

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment confirms The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn’s Quest will launch in Spring 2010 on Wii™, Nintendo DS™, PlayStation®2 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable). The Lord of the Rings: ... Read more..

Tennant Certainly NOT A Hobbit

Wednesday, August 12th, 2009 Posted in Casting Rumors, Hobbit Movie

Our old pal Carlene sends this in: "The Doctor", David Tennant, weighs in on those casting rumors about him being in "The Hobbit." "There's a new rumour about me ... Read more..

Peter Jackson Talks Getting Down And Dirty With Aliens

Wednesday, August 12th, 2009 Posted in Events, Film Screenings, Peter Jackson

Meredith Woerner from io9.com writes: While $30 million seems like a lot, it's pretty small when half of District 9's main characters had to be CG-ed into each frame. We ... Read more..

Middle-earth Quest Boardgame from FFG

Wednesday, August 12th, 2009 Posted in Gaming, Lord of the Rings, LotR Books, Merchandise, Toys

Fantasy Flight Games' new boardgame, 'Middle-earth Quest' is now shipping. The FFG web site has a PDF of the rulebook and a QuickTime trailer movie. This looks to be ... Read more..

Reviews for Peter Jackson’s ‘District 9′ Hit the Web

Wednesday, August 12th, 2009 Posted in Miscellaneous, Peter Jackson, PJ's Other Films, WETA Digital

As you probably know, there is a lot of buzz about the upcoming release of 'District 9,' a film produced by Peter Jackson with effects from the good folks at ... Read more..

Bernard Hill Scales a Lighthouse for Charity

Tuesday, August 11th, 2009 Posted in Bernard Hill, Miscellaneous, Other Events

We don't often get much news about fan favorite Bernard Hill, but Ringer Celebriel sends an item about Bernard abseiling down a lighthouse in the UK as a fund raiser ... Read more..

How to Have a Lord of the Rings Wedding

Sunday, August 9th, 2009 Posted in Events, Fans

Norman Kolpas writes: One of the most fascinating phenomena to come of that widespread obsession is a craze for Hobbit-style weddings and Elvish-style weddings. The Internet abounds with resources to ... Read more..

Win Tickets To TTT Live Score Screening at Wolf Trap

Sunday, August 9th, 2009 Posted in Contests, Events, LotR Movies, Movie Fellowship of the Ring, Movie The Two Towers

From washingtoncitypaper.com Win Tickets The Lord of the Rings The Two Towers (Friday, August 28, 7:30 pm, Filene Center at Wolf Trap). Complete Film in HD! City Choir of Washington, ... Read more..

Lady Balrogs? Sheldon Comic goes Geek

Sunday, August 9th, 2009 Posted in Fellowship of the Ring, Lord of the Rings, LotR Books, Miscellaneous, Tolkien

Ringer Nairn sends us a link to the latest 'Sheldon' comic strip, which uncovers another very interesting Balrog question. [Check it out!] Read more..

Ringer Report from the ‘One Man LOTR’ at Edinburgh Fringe

Saturday, August 8th, 2009 Posted in Concerts, Events, Lord of the Rings, LotR Movies, Other Events

Ringer Aleta writes: I attended the One Man Lord of the Rings show last night at the Edinburgh Fringe Udderbelly, written and performed by Charles Ross, and here is my ... Read more..

Dragon’s Gold with TORn and Weta

Saturday, August 8th, 2009 Posted in ComicCon, Conventions, Events, Merchandise, WETA Workshop

Weta and TheOneRing.net teamed up to create a scavenger hunt this year at Comic-Con. At TheOneRing.net panel regarding the upcoming Hobbit films, Richard Taylor came along to catch us ... Read more..

Dragon*Con Update

Friday, August 7th, 2009 Posted in Conventions, Craig Parker, DragonCon, Events, John Noble

Deej writes: Unfortunately, due to work commitments John Noble will not be attending DragonCon this year. However, the wonderful Craig Parker was just added to the guest list! He joins ... Read more..