Archive for September, 2009

Big Non-Hobbit Announcement Coming from GDT Soon!

Monday, September 7th, 2009 Posted in Director news, Director Rumors, Guillermo Del Toro, TheOneRing.net Community

Hobbit director, Guillermo del Toro, has left the following message on our message boards: In a few days there will be a BIG announcement (big for me, at least) that is ... Read more..

The Adventures of Tintin Set Photo

Saturday, September 5th, 2009 Posted in Peter Jackson, PJ's Other Films

From screencrave.com: It’s been a while since we’ve seen or heard anything regarding the Peter Jackson, Steven Spielberg collaboration, The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn. Over at ... Read more..

Peter Jackson is lord of the wings

Saturday, September 5th, 2009 Posted in Peter Jackson, WETA Workshop

A foray into the world of hobby modelling has established Peter Jackson as New Zealand's own lord of the wings. The film-maker's latest side venture will be unveiled to the ... Read more..

How Team of Geeks Cracked Spy Trade

Saturday, September 5th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized

PALO ALTO, Calif. -- From a Silicon Valley office strewn with bean-bag chairs, a group of twenty-something software engineers is building an unlikely following of terrorist hunters at U.S. spy ... Read more..

ifMagazine Talks to Peter Jackson

Saturday, September 5th, 2009 Posted in Guillermo Del Toro, Hobbit Movie, Peter Jackson, The Hobbit

From ifmagazine.com: Peter Jackson has a knack for picking winners. And he did so with Neill Blomkamp and DISTRICT 9, the awesome aliens land on Earth and are forced into ... Read more..

Eljiah Wood on The Tonight Show

Saturday, September 5th, 2009 Posted in Elijah Wood, Events, Lord of the Rings

Elijah Wood visited The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien to promote his new film '9' and spoke a bit about Comic-Con, the 'Hobbits,' Yo Gabba Gabba, being mistaken with Harry ... Read more..

DragonCon: Day 1

Friday, September 4th, 2009 Posted in Casting Rumors, Characters, Collectibles, Conventions, DragonCon, Events, Fans, Hobbit Movie, Rumors Spy News, The Hobbit, WETA Workshop

ATLANTA - Enthusiasm is building for the two-movie adaptation of "The Hobbit" and if you don't mind me saying, it can be felt in the air and smelt in the ... Read more..

LOTRO Announces New Expansion: “Seige of Mirkwood”

Friday, September 4th, 2009 Posted in Gaming

From our friends at LOTRO: A new digital expansion for The Lord of The Rings Online has been announced today. The new expansion, entitled "Siege of Mirkwood", will bring the ... Read more..

Announcing a date change for the LA area Baggins Birthday Bash.

Thursday, September 3rd, 2009 Posted in Events, Fans, Lord of the Rings, Meet Ups, Other Events, TheOneRing.net Community

TORn staffer Garfeimeo wrote in to let us know the date for the LA area Baggins Birthday Bash has changed from Sunday, September 20 to Saturday, September 26. All the ... Read more..

DragonCon: Dourif! Parker! TORn!

Thursday, September 3rd, 2009 Posted in Brad Dourif, Casting Rumors, Characters, Conventions, Craig Parker, DragonCon, Hobbit Book, Hobbit Movie, J.R.R. Tolkien, Merchandise, Rumors Spy News, The Hobbit, Tolkien, WETA Workshop

Friday is the official kick-off to the annual sci-fi and fantasy fest known as DragonCon in Atlanta and as it has for the last decade, TheOneRing.net will be there to ... Read more..

Exclusive: Tentative settlement reached in Tolkien v. New Line, it appears that ‘The Hobbit’ movie is safe

Tuesday, September 1st, 2009 Posted in Headlines, Hobbit Movie, Rumors Spy News, Tolkien Estate

The Tolkien Estate and New Line Cinema have reached a tentative settlement in the court battle over money from "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy of films that have grossed ... Read more..

IMDB Polls About Bilbo

Tuesday, September 1st, 2009 Posted in Casting Rumors, Characters, Hobbit Movie, The Hobbit

Celevon writes: Today's IMDB poll is who should play Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit. Some curious choices there. More.. Chose from: James McAvoy (Currently leading), Simon Pegg, Martin Freeman, Anton ... Read more..