Archive for March, 2010

Born of Hope – and a lot of charity

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010 Posted in Creations, Fans

On the eastern flank of Epping Forest, a short walk in from the town of Debden, there is a huge tree, lying on its side, upended by a storm. It ... Read more..

More Hobbiton Set Pics

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010 Posted in Hobbit Movie, Locations Sets, New Zealand, The Hobbit

Ed sends along more new images from the Hobbiton set. If you happen to visit the set please send your pics along to us at spymaster@theonering.net! Read more..

TheOneRing.net Radio Show Welcomes Colleen Doran this Sunday

Monday, March 8th, 2010 Posted in Events, TheOneRing.net Radio Show

We're pleased to have author and artist extraordinaire Colleen Doran on the show this weekend! Tune into TheOneRing.net Radio Show on BlogTalkRadio at 2pm Eastern for your chance to chat ... Read more..

Mark Kermode Awards Andy Serkis for ‘S&D&R&R’

Monday, March 8th, 2010 Posted in Andy Serkis, Events, Other Events

Roy 72 writes: Top UK Film Critic and contrarian Mark Kermode (BBC) hands out his awards every year on the BBC2 Culture Show just prior to the Oscars (only ... Read more..

LOTR Bobbleheads Wobble Online

Monday, March 8th, 2010 Posted in Merchandise

Celebriel writes: I'm not at all sure we should encourage this, but Entertainment Earth is introducing bobbleheads of Frodo, Gandalf, Legolas, Gollum and Sauron in April, to coincide ... Read more..

Return of the king of one man movies

Monday, March 8th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized

I suspect that few Tolkien fans out there realise that hidden within the Rings trilogy are references to Elvis, Edwin Starr and Johnny Cash. They are easy to miss but ... Read more..

The Conversation: Animated Acting and Oscar

Monday, March 8th, 2010 Posted in Andy Serkis

James Cameron's "Avatar" has enjoyed huge commercial and critical success. It's up for nine Academy Awards this Sunday, including best picture and best director. Even with all these nominations, there's ... Read more..

Petition to Save EA’s ‘LOTR Conquest’

Monday, March 8th, 2010 Posted in Fans, Gaming

I normally do not post online petition links, but this one seems fairly straightforward, Jonathan sent this along: I saw that you had a story about the LOTR Conquest server ... Read more..

Peter Jackson Selects Andres Borghi’s Film ‘Working Day’ as ‘Your Big Break’ Winner

Monday, March 8th, 2010 Posted in New Zealand, Peter Jackson

LOS ANGELES and AUCKLAND, New Zealand, March 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Academy Award®-winning director Sir Peter Jackson (The Lord of the Rings) selected Andres Borghi from Argentina as winner of the ... Read more..

Going Medieval on Tolkien at Binghamton University

Monday, March 8th, 2010 Posted in Events, J.R.R. Tolkien, Lectures & Education, Tolkien

Kara Maloney writes: I just wanted to let you know that I will be teaching an online course on Tolkien and his medieval sources this summer entitled "Going Medieval on ... Read more..

TheOneRing Radio Show: Sunday 2PM ET

Friday, March 5th, 2010 Posted in Events, Fans, TheOneRing.net Radio Show

Our 10th episode of TheOneRing.net Radio Show is set for this weekend! Log on to BlogTalkRadio.com to listen this Sunday afternoon at 2pm Eastern. Guests include Louis Hemsey, author of ... Read more..

LOTR Photographer Pierre Vinet Passes UPDATE

Thursday, March 4th, 2010 Posted in Headlines, Lord of the Rings, LotR Movies, LotR Production, Movie Fellowship of the Ring, Movie Return of the King, Movie The Two Towers, Other production

We've been getting unconfirmed reports that LOTR still photographer Pierre Vinet has passed away. His official Facebook page is filled with condolences from friends and fans alike, including Royd Tolkien. ... Read more..