Archive for January, 2010

If you were cast in The Hobbit, who would you be?

Wednesday, January 6th, 2010 Posted in Casting Rumors, Fans, Hobbit Movie, Miscellaneous, The Hobbit, TheOneRing.net Community

With all the discussion about Hobbit casting recently, we thought we'd (finally) update our poll and find out who you would like to be cast as in the upcoming 'Hobbit' ... Read more..

PJ Nabs PGA Nom

Tuesday, January 5th, 2010 Posted in Peter Jackson

Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham have been nominated for a Producers Guild of America Award. Peter was previously nominated in 2003 for 'The Two Towers', and eventually won in 2004 ... Read more..

Peter Jackson Talks ‘Lovely Bones’

Tuesday, January 5th, 2010 Posted in Peter Jackson, PJ's Other Films

Todd writes: Here's a link to a PJ interview in Post Magazine about the Lovely Bones. Post Magazine focuses on the post production end of the film and video industries. ... Read more..

Nvidia and Weta unveil PantaRay engine

Tuesday, January 5th, 2010 Posted in WETA Digital

Nvidia and Weta Digital have developed an advanced ray-tracing system that is capable of quickly and accurately processing billions of polygons. The engine, dubbed PantaRay, was designed to accelerate pre-computation ... Read more..

Major Roles Being Cast for “The Hobbit”?

Monday, January 4th, 2010 Posted in Casting Rumors, Hobbit Movie, The Hobbit

SpoilerTV.com just alerted us to a list they posted today of major roles being cast for "The Hobbit."  The complete list of roles can be found on the Spoiler TV.com website . ... Read more..

LOTR Animated Street Date: April 6th

Monday, January 4th, 2010 Posted in DVDs, Lord of the Rings, Merchandise

Tom and the folks at dvdactive.com send along updated info on the LOTR Animated DVDs hitting the shelves in April: Warner Home Video has revealed details on DVD ($19.98) and ... Read more..

Thats SIR Peter Jackson

Monday, January 4th, 2010 Posted in Events, Other Events, Peter Jackson

Ataahua sends this in: A New Zealand cartoonist has a great commentary on Peter Jackson’s knighthood. Read more..

LOTR:EE on Blu-ray? You Will Have to Wait

Monday, January 4th, 2010 Posted in DVDs, Events, Lord of the Rings, LotR Movies, Merchandise, Movie Fellowship of the Ring, Movie Return of the King, Movie The Two Towers

Justin writes: I was just checking Amazon's placeholder page for LOTR BR extended editions, and on that page there's a bit of text that says: PRODUCT ALERT: "The Lord ... Read more..

Christopher Lee’s Metal Album Street Date, Wait..What?

Monday, January 4th, 2010 Posted in Christopher Lee, Merchandise, Music

Ryan sends along word that Christopher Lee’s metal album, 'Charlemagne', now has a release date. From the website: Legendary actor Christopher Lee, who has appeared in such cinematic milestones as ... Read more..

TheOneRing.net Radio Show: Ian McKellen Talks ‘The Hobbit’!

Sunday, January 3rd, 2010 Posted in Andy Serkis, Casting Rumors, Characters, Hobbit Book, Hobbit Movie, Ian McKellen, Rumors Spy News, The Hobbit, TheOneRing.net Radio Show

Our latest episode of 'TheOneRing.net Radio Show' (we need a better title) is now online and available for listening! Our guest was none other than Sir Ian McKellen, and boy ... Read more..

IMDB’s Top of the 00′s

Sunday, January 3rd, 2010 Posted in Lord of the Rings, LotR Movies, Movie Fellowship of the Ring, Movie Return of the King, Movie The Two Towers

Ringer Spy Bareandir writes: Just thought you (and all the ringer around the globe) wanted to know that The Lord Of The Rings Triology was rated very high on imdb's ... Read more..

Latest ‘Fellowstrip’ Online

Sunday, January 3rd, 2010 Posted in Creations, Fans

Michiel from the Dutch Tolkien community website DeHobbit.net writes: Episode five of our "L" comic is now online. The Fellowstrip is a comic series created by DeHobbit.net staffer Philippe Collin. ... Read more..