Archive for September, 2010

New report puts Neill Blomkamp in ‘The Hobbit’ picture

Friday, September 10th, 2010 Posted in Director Rumors, Headlines, Hobbit Book, Hobbit Movie, J.R.R. Tolkien, MGM, Rumors Spy News, Studios, The Hobbit

A New Zealand film website has declared, from its own independent sources, that Neill Blomkamp (District 9) will be directing a pair of movies based on J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit." ... Read more..

Chivalry Today Podcast

Thursday, September 9th, 2010 Posted in Books Publications, Lectures & Education, Merchandise, Tolkien

Amy H. Sturgis writes: I just wanted you to know that I am interviewed on the latest episode of the Chivalry Today podcast about my newly published book project, The ... Read more..

District 9 event set to blow Wellington fans away

Thursday, September 9th, 2010 Posted in Events, New Zealand, WETA Workshop

The Embassy Theatre and Weta Workshop are staging a District 9 fan event on October 8. Coinciding with the release of book The Art of District 9: Weta Workshop, the ... Read more..

Arise Sir Richard…

Thursday, September 9th, 2010 Posted in Events, New Zealand, Richard Taylor

Richard Taylor, co-founder and director of Weta Workshops, was knighted in a ceremony at Premier House in Wellington today. He was presented the honour by Governor General Sir Anand Satyanand ... Read more..

Exclusive: Bilbo the Brave? Hobbit casting details

Thursday, September 9th, 2010 Posted in Casting Rumors, Characters, Director news, Director Rumors, Headlines, Hobbit Book, Hobbit Movie, Locations Sets, MGM, Peter Jackson, Rumors Spy News, Studios, The Hobbit

We recently got our hands on what we think is some authentic Bilbo casting and production information which seemed to contradict something we knew with absolute certainty: The Hobbit production ... Read more..

Twitter Contest! ReTweet to Win!

Wednesday, September 8th, 2010 Posted in Contests, Gaming

Did you know Lord of the Rings Online is going Free-to-Play tomorrow? To celebrate the folks at LOTRO have given us 40 'LOTRO Head Start Codes' & '500 Point Codes' ... Read more..

Spyglass Signs Letter Of Intent To Manage MGM

Wednesday, September 8th, 2010 Posted in Hobbit Movie, MGM, Studios, The Hobbit, Uncategorized

The Los Angeles Times reports today that Gary Barber and Roger Birnbaum, founders of Spyglass Entertainment, have signed a non-binding letter of intent to manage MGM, according to familiar sources.  They are also ... Read more..

EW Exclusive: Don’t count Freeman Out

Wednesday, September 8th, 2010 Posted in Casting Rumors, Headlines, Hobbit Movie, The Hobbit

EW.com comes through today with an update to the Martin Freeman story... Yesterday, the British newspaper The Sun ran a story saying that Martin Freeman (a.k.a. Tim from the original U.K. Office) had ... Read more..

Win tickets to LOTR at Wolf Trap!

Wednesday, September 8th, 2010 Posted in Concerts, Events, Film Screenings, Lord of the Rings, LotR Movies, Miscellaneous, Movie Fellowship of the Ring, Movie Return of the King, Movie The Two Towers, TheOneRing.net Community

TheOneRing.net is teaming up with Wolf Trap to giveaway two pairs of tickets for his weekend's 'The Lord of the Rings - Return of the King' live Orchestra and Soloists ... Read more..

Martin Freeman was ‘first choice’ for Bilbo

Tuesday, September 7th, 2010 Posted in Casting Rumors, Characters, Director Rumors, Guillermo Del Toro, Headlines, Hobbit Book, Hobbit Movie, MGM, Studios

With the recent news, from the somewhat questionable source at The Sun, that Martin Freeman has declined to be a lead in two 'Hobbit' films, it is time to talk ... Read more..

Martin Freeman turns down the role of Bilbo Baggins?

Monday, September 6th, 2010 Posted in Casting Rumors, Hobbit Movie, The Hobbit

According to the U.K  Sun, Martin Freeman has reluctantly turned down the opportunity to play the coveted part of  Bilbo, (and the associated seven figure salary), due to prior commitments ... Read more..

PAX Day 4: Second Breakfast Demo

Sunday, September 5th, 2010 Posted in Conventions, Events, Gaming

This morning WB Games hosted a 'Second Breakfast' event at the Hyatt in Seattle. Fans were invited while watching the 'War in the North' demo at PAX. The invite itself ... Read more..