Archive for January, 2010

News You Need: Elijah Wood hosts ‘Lord of wings’ eating contest

Monday, January 11th, 2010 Posted in Elijah Wood, Events

New York, Jan 11 : For the first time, 'Lord of the Rings' star Elijah Wood hosted an eating contest - aptly titled Lord of the Wings. The diminutive actor ... Read more..

TV Watch: Mortensen on BBC

Monday, January 11th, 2010 Posted in Television, Viggo Mortensen

Peter writes: The BBC recently interviewed Viggo Mortensen about "The Road." His interview is at the following link between minutes 6:00 and 13:00. More.. Read more..

“The Hobbit” May Challenge Cameron Record-Holders

Monday, January 11th, 2010 Posted in Hobbit Movie

From MTV Movies Blog: "Titanic"'s status as the top-grossing film of all time is being threatened by director James Cameron's follow-up, "Avatar".  Even if the movie's box office earnings fall ... Read more..

Avatar Lords Over Rings, Now No. 2 All Time

Sunday, January 10th, 2010 Posted in Lord of the Rings, LotR Movies, Movie Fellowship of the Ring, Movie Return of the King, Movie The Two Towers

From eonline.com Looks like James Cameron is the King of Middle Earth, too. With $1.14 billion worldwide and counting, Avatar has now overtaken the $1.1 billion raked in by 2003's ... Read more..

Film Weekly meets Andy Serkis

Sunday, January 10th, 2010 Posted in Andy Serkis

Film Weekly gets 2010 off to a blistering start with actor Andy Serkis, who has gone from playing Gollum and King Kong to inhabiting the skin and withered limb of ... Read more..

McAvoy Denies Hobbit Rumors

Sunday, January 10th, 2010 Posted in Casting Rumors, Hobbit Movie, Rumors Spy News, The Hobbit

When you’ve a well respected actor that everyone thinks is great, there will always be rumors about what you might do next. For James McAvoy, those rumors include playing ... Read more..

Avatar sparks 3-D makeover for action classics

Sunday, January 10th, 2010 Posted in Lord of the Rings, LotR Movies, Movie Fellowship of the Ring, Movie Return of the King, Movie The Two Towers

Hollywood is preparing to re-release some past hits, including Star Wars and The Lord of the Rings trilogy, in 3-D following the record-breaking success of Avatar. Studio executives are drawing ... Read more..

TORn on ‘Fictional Frontiers’ Monday

Sunday, January 10th, 2010 Posted in Events, TheOneRing.net Community

Fictional Frontiers with Sohaib is hosting TheOneRing.net Monday as Larry D. Curtis/MrCere talks about the influence of Peter Jackson's Lord of The Rings trilogy over the last decade. The program ... Read more..

Christopher Lee: The Metal Years

Sunday, January 10th, 2010 Posted in Christopher Lee

Christopher Lee, likely the world's coolest man over 80, has cut a high-concept metal album, "Charlemagne: By the Sword and the Cross," as we already reported. But a thanks to ... Read more..

One Man Lord of the Rings!

Friday, January 8th, 2010 Posted in Events, Lord of the Rings, Meet Ups, Stage Productions

Don't miss a chance to see Charlie Ross as he performs his 'One Man Lord of the Rings!' at the Intrepid Theatre in Victoria, BC. "Charlie Ross is back home in Victoria ... Read more..

Total Film nominates TORn

Thursday, January 7th, 2010 Posted in Fans, Miscellaneous, TheOneRing.net Community

Thanks to Ringer Donna for pointing us to the 2010 Total Film Blog Awards. We are extremely humbled to nominated in the category of 'Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy Blog.' Thank you to ... Read more..

Rural NZ, hobbit style

Wednesday, January 6th, 2010 Posted in New Zealand

Kiwi-born Sharon Ali wants to show her Canadian-born family as many Kiwi sights as possible – including Matamata's Hobbiton movie set and farm tour. "We arrived in New Zealand two ... Read more..