Archive for August, 2010

Geek Syndicate Tolkien Podcast

Wednesday, August 18th, 2010 Posted in Events, Lectures & Education, Other Events

Dion writes: I attended the Festival In The Shire this weekend as roving reporters for Scrolls, the podcast for literary geekdom. Whilst there I recorded interviews with Mark Faith (the ... Read more..

Toy Story 3 closes in on Lord of the Rings films in UK rankings

Wednesday, August 18th, 2010 Posted in Lord of the Rings, LotR Movies, Movie Return of the King

Though unlikely to overtake Avatar as number one in the all-time UK box-office rankings, Pixar's animated film is expected to make an assault on second place in the next few ... Read more..

Confirmation of Weta’s work on ‘Panzer 88′

Monday, August 16th, 2010 Posted in Hobbit Movie, J.R.R. Tolkien

The L.A. Times blog recently did a big story on Gary Kurtz who was a guiding hand in the Star Wars galaxy until he left after "The Empire Strikes Back." ... Read more..

James Cameron’s Advice To GDT On The Hobbit: “Get Out Of That Thing”

Saturday, August 14th, 2010 Posted in Director news, Guillermo Del Toro, Hobbit Movie, The Hobbit

In an article by Australia's Herald Sun about the re-release of James Cameron's Avatar in 3D later this month and his upcoming producing role on GDT's next directorial project At The Mountains ... Read more..

New Trailer for The Lord of the Rings: War in the North

Friday, August 13th, 2010 Posted in Gaming

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment today reveals a new trailer for the upcoming Action/RPG The Lord of the Rings: War in the North. The Hand of Sauron stretches far. No land ... Read more..

Lord of the Rings: sheep take over The Shire on New Zealand film set

Friday, August 13th, 2010 Posted in Locations Sets, LotR Production, New Zealand

The New Zealand farmland that was transformed into Middle Earth for the Lord of the Rings film series has been recolonised by sheep, some of whom have set up home ... Read more..

‘The Hobbit’ in Fullerton is action-packed

Friday, August 13th, 2010 Posted in Events, Stage Productions, The Hobbit

When J.R.R. Tolkien's epic fantasy tale "The Hobbit" was first published in 1937, it became an instant classic whose popularity compelled the author to write "The Lord of the Rings" ... Read more..

The Tolkien trilogy in just 3,600 seconds

Wednesday, August 11th, 2010 Posted in Events, Stage Productions

On Monday 27th September at 7.30pm The Lincoln Theatre Royal will host Charles Ross’s funny and impressive show titled ‘One Man Lord of the Rings’ in which he recreates the ... Read more..

LOTR Island by Disney?

Wednesday, August 11th, 2010 Posted in Other Events

RYNDELL writes: Saw several threads on various Disney chat sites recently...apparently Universal Studios has sent out surveys testing the waters for interest in a LOTR theme park, a la the ... Read more..

Tolkien and Dickens descendants collaborate on children’s fantasy

Wednesday, August 11th, 2010 Posted in Books Publications, Tolkien, Tolkien Family

Poet Michael GR Tolkien's reworking of classic children's fantasy is read for audiobook by Charles Dickens's great-great grandson. It is a match made in publicists' heaven: the grandson of JRR ... Read more..

Sean Astin Appears in NASA Video

Wednesday, August 11th, 2010 Posted in Sean Astin

Tim writes: Thought you might like to know that Sean Astin appears (rather tragically) in another NASA video released today. It also features Sandeep Parikh from the web series The ... Read more..

Is Weta involved in a WWII horror flick?

Wednesday, August 11th, 2010 Posted in ComicCon, New Zealand, Peter Jackson, Richard Taylor, WETA Workshop

Writer and director Peter Briggs spent a little time at the Weta booth during Comic-Con and just as in previous interactions with the TORn staff, he was friendly and funny. ... Read more..