Archive for February, 2010

Swarthmore College Talks Tolkien

Saturday, February 6th, 2010 Posted in Events, J.R.R. Tolkien, Lectures & Education, Lord of the Rings, LotR Books, LotR Movies, Tolkien

Austin writes: Swarthmore College will host two Tolkien talks, both open to the public. Both talks take place on Feb. 16th. The first talk occurs at 04:15 PM, entitled Tolkien Book ... Read more..

LOTR Online Update

Saturday, February 6th, 2010 Posted in Gaming

Rick "Sapience" Heaton, Online Community Specialist for Turbine, writes: Greetings! Here’s the latest round up on everything LOTRO for the week ending 2/5/2010! Volume III, Book I Live on Bullroarer Bullroarer, the ... Read more..

Craig Horner Talks ‘Hobbit’

Saturday, February 6th, 2010 Posted in Casting Rumors, Hobbit Movie, New Zealand, Rumors Spy News, The Hobbit

Michael Martinez writes: I'm not sure how many of you are fans of the LEGEND OF THE SEEKER television show but I was recently given the opportunity to interview Craig ... Read more..

Jackson didn’t want Hobbit pressure

Saturday, February 6th, 2010 Posted in Fran Walsh, Hobbit Movie, Peter Jackson, The Hobbit

Peter Jackson has revealed he didn't want to direct The Hobbit, because it would be too much pressure. The Oscar-winning filmmaker, who directed the films in the Lord Of The ... Read more..

BBC: 5 Minutes with Ian McKellen

Saturday, February 6th, 2010 Posted in Ian McKellen, Television

Celebrities and news-makers are grilled by Matthew Stadlen in exactly five minutes in a series for the BBC News website. This week, actor Sir Ian McKellen talks to Matt about ... Read more..

The Hobbit: a book for adults

Friday, February 5th, 2010 Posted in Hobbit Book

Thanks to Ringer David for sending us this link to a blog post from Daniel Hannen at the Daily Telegraph: I’m not sure that we properly appreciate The Hobbit as children. We ... Read more..

Strong ties in Best Picture race

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010 Posted in Rick Porras, The Hobbit, WETA Workshop

This morning the now ten nominations for "Best Picture" for the 2010 Academy Awards were announced as as expected, there are plenty of ties to the LOTR community. "Avatar" with powerful ... Read more..

New Hobbiton Pics..and a Report!

Monday, February 1st, 2010 Posted in Hobbit Movie, Locations Sets, New Zealand, The Hobbit

Glorfindel writes: We went to Hobbiton yesterday to check out what was going on but nothing much seems to have changed. Everything’s being irrigated therefore the hedgerows are a ... Read more..

Serkis & Hill at Haiti Fundraiser in the UK

Monday, February 1st, 2010 Posted in Andy Serkis, Bernard Hill, Events, Other Events

Celebriel writes: Attention UK Ringers: Bernard Hill, a Suffolk area resident, is organizing fundraisers for February 26 and March 7. So far Andy Serkis has also committed to attend and ... Read more..

Video: Broadmore & Taylor Talk ‘Grordbort’

Monday, February 1st, 2010 Posted in Richard Taylor, Television, WETA Workshop

Linuxelf sends along the video to an interview with 'Doctor Grordbort's' creator Greg Broadmore, take a look! Read more..

Weta as Dreamweaver on Lovely Bones

Monday, February 1st, 2010 Posted in Peter Jackson, PJ's Other Films, WETA Digital

As Peter Jackson told us earlier, his vision for Susie Salmon's afterlife in The Lovely Bones (which Paramount Pictures opened wide last weekend) was a surreal, in-between journey to heaven ... Read more..

‘Avatar’ Oscars could make Weta household name

Monday, February 1st, 2010 Posted in WETA Digital

When the trumpets sound Tuesday morning and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announces its annual Oscar nominations, could there be any more of a sure thing than ... Read more..