Archive for August, 2010

Lament for Boromir – Colin Rudd

Saturday, August 21st, 2010 Posted in Creations, Fans, Lord of the Rings, Miscellaneous, Music, Tolkien

We just ran across this video this morning and thought we'd share! Musician Colin Rudd released 'Songs of J.R.R. Tolkien' back in 2001, and included on that release is a ... Read more..

Impressive Edoras Birthday Cake

Saturday, August 21st, 2010 Posted in Locations Sets, Lord of the Rings, LotR Movies, Miscellaneous, Movie Return of the King, Movie The Two Towers, TheOneRing.net Community

Ringer Rachel emailed... Hi! My friend Melissa, whose family introduced me to all things Tolkien, made a birthday cake for her 14 year old brother Jonathan.  He requested that it be ... Read more..

TORn shirts soon to be unavailable, sizes limited

Friday, August 20th, 2010 Posted in Conventions, DragonCon, Merchandise, Sean Astin

Each year TheOneRing.net makes its convention shirts available for those not able to attend DragonCon and Comic-Con but Monday these shirts will become unavailable, probably forever. Quantities in some sizes ... Read more..

‘Loth Lorien’ Sails the North and Baltic Seas

Friday, August 20th, 2010 Posted in Fellowship of the Ring, Lord of the Rings, LotR Books, LotR Movies, Miscellaneous

If you happened to be trolling around Flickr recently, you may have run across this image of a ship named 'Loth Lorien' from photographer Henry Oude Egberink. According to to ... Read more..

Billy Boyd: I didn’t make any money from Lord Of The Rings movies

Friday, August 20th, 2010 Posted in Billy Boyd, Lord of the Rings, LotR Cast News, LotR Movies

LORD Of The Rings star Billy Boyd has revealed he never made a penny from appearing in the blockbuster movie. The Scot played a hairy-footed hobbit in the Tolkien trilogy which ... Read more..

Smeagol joins the Philadelphia Zoo

Friday, August 20th, 2010 Posted in Andy Serkis, Lord of the Rings, LotR Movies, TheOneRing.net Community, Tolkien

File this under the unusual news of the day (via Monkeyday.org)... New babies are showing up regularly at the Philadelphia Zoo this year. The latest is the aye-aye, born July 14, ... Read more..

MGM plans emerge, possible ‘Hobbit’ progress

Thursday, August 19th, 2010 Posted in Hobbit Movie, MGM, Studios

Variety and The Hollywood Reporter are reporting progress on the MGM debt situation that has famously kept two 'Hobbit' films progressing and have stalled a greenlight on the films for ... Read more..

BBC Interview with Tolkien Resurfaces

Thursday, August 19th, 2010 Posted in J.R.R. Tolkien, Lord of the Rings, LotR Books, Other Events, Tolkien, Tolkien Family

Got a spare 27 minutes in your day today? If so, take some time to watch this BBC 2 John Izzard interview of Professor J.R.R. Tolkien. Here's the official synopsis ... Read more..

Parallel worlds in Tolkien and Dumas

Thursday, August 19th, 2010 Posted in Lord of the Rings, LotR Books, Miscellaneous, TheOneRing.net Community

Rutland Herald's retired editor Kendall Wild has written an interesting opinion piece on the parallels between 'The Lord of the Rings' and the 'Count of Monte Cristo' by Alexandre Dumas. ... Read more..

Tolkien Great-Nephew to Create Statue for Papal Visit

Thursday, August 19th, 2010 Posted in Tolkien, Tolkien Family

From the Birmingham Mail: The great nephew of legendary Birmingham author JRR Tolkien is sculpting a statue of Cardinal Newman which will be specially placed in Cofton Park for the Papal ... Read more..

Warner Bros. Interactive Panoramic Wallpaper

Thursday, August 19th, 2010 Posted in Blu-Ray, DVDs, Events, LotR Movies, Merchandise, Movie Fellowship of the Ring, Movie Return of the King, Movie The Two Towers

Warner Bros. is celebrating the release of the Blu ray TE single editions of Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers and The Return of the King. These theatrical editions ... Read more..

LOTR Online will be Free To Play September 10th!

Wednesday, August 18th, 2010 Posted in Events, Gaming

WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCES THE LORD OF THE RINGS ONLINE™ WILL BE FREE TO PLAY STARTING SEPTEMBER 10, 2010 Turbine and Codemasters to Release Free-to-Play Version of Award-winning Online Game ... Read more..