Archive for April, 2010

New Bilbo Casting News from the Boards

Sunday, April 4th, 2010 Posted in Casting Rumors, Hobbit Movie

Discussion board member olipowell has chimed in on the Movie: Hobbit board about casting for Bilbo: I now know 2 people who have read for Bilbo that I went to Drama ... Read more..

Middle-earth Conspiracy Theories – 4 April 2010

Sunday, April 4th, 2010 Posted in John Rhys-Davies, Lord of the Rings, LotR Books, LotR Movies, Miscellaneous, Tolkien

Just why do the Dwarves not teach their language to other races? Join us on the discussion boards to see what theories the members come up with! [Discuss] Read more..

Guillermo chimes in with MGM / Hobbit delays

Saturday, April 3rd, 2010 Posted in Director news, Guillermo Del Toro, Hobbit Movie, Studios, The Hobbit

TheOneRing.net message board member (and director of films that win like - you know - Academy Awards) Guillermo del Toro chimed in today to elaborate a bit on the seemingly ... Read more..

Will MGM sell ‘Hobbit’ rights to Warner?

Saturday, April 3rd, 2010 Posted in Director Rumors, Hobbit Movie, Make the Hobbit Happen, Studios, The Hobbit, WETA Workshop

After the debtholders of MGM's $3.7 billion extended its payment deadline for the fourth time (yes fans, that might mean more delays to the much pined-for "greenlight") Wired.com posts a ... Read more..

“The race of the dwarves comes to the forefront…” says Richard Taylor about The Hobbit

Friday, April 2nd, 2010 Posted in Crew News, Guillermo Del Toro, Peter Jackson, Production, Richard Taylor, The Hobbit, WETA Workshop

The guys over at MTV caught up with the incredibly talented and extremely busy co-founder and director of WETA, the Oscar Award winning Richard Taylor, right after he got off ... Read more..

McKellen Glad Gandalf’s Coming Back

Thursday, April 1st, 2010 Posted in Hobbit Movie, The Hobbit, Uncategorized

ITN reports:  Sir Ian McKellen has spoken of his joy at the new films in the Lord of the Rings series and at being in them. "I'm just glad Gandalf's back," the ... Read more..

EXCLUSIVE: The Official Hobbit Press Release! – Update – Yup, April Fools!

Thursday, April 1st, 2010 Posted in Fool, Guillermo Del Toro, Headlines, Hobbit Movie, New Zealand, Peter Jackson, Richard Taylor, The Hobbit, TheOneRing.net Community

TheOneRing.net has a long tradition of convincing and slightly irritating April Fool pranks. We believe this one was one of our best in both respects. Hope you fell for it! ... Read more..

Ted Nasmith’s latest project with a Sean Bean connection

Thursday, April 1st, 2010 Posted in Sean Bean

An old TORn friend writes in: "According to George R.R. Martin's "Not a Blog" the latest Calendar of paintings of locations from his "Song of Ice and Fire" fantasy series will ... Read more..

Return of The Return of the One Party!

Thursday, April 1st, 2010 Posted in Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, Elijah Wood, Events, LotR Production, Movie Return of the King, Oscar Parties, Peter Jackson, Production, TheOneRing.net Community

For those paying attention Linuxelf has been building up quite a library on YouTube, all well worth attention. But one of the three newest ones is pretty near and dear ... Read more..