Archive for January, 2011

New Yorker’s GDT feature reveals look into ‘Hobbit’ past

Monday, January 31st, 2011 Posted in Director news, Guillermo Del Toro, Headlines, Hobbit Movie, Make the Hobbit Happen, Rumors Spy News, The Hobbit

In a 13 page feature on ex-Hobbit director Guillermo del Toro, The New Yorker magazine offers some tasty morsels concerning Guillermo's vision for Smaug, directly from the director's own notebook. But, ... Read more..

GameSpot: The Lord of the Rings: War in the North Q&A

Monday, January 31st, 2011 Posted in Gaming

From GameSpot.com (thanks to QuackingTroll for the link!) We speak to Ruth Tomandl at Snowblind to see how Tolkien's world comes together in this upcoming action role-playing game. In our last ... Read more..

Trilogy Screening in Toronto

Sunday, January 30th, 2011 Posted in Events, Film Screenings, Lord of the Rings, Movie Fellowship of the Ring, Movie Return of the King, Movie The Two Towers

One Ringer sends this in: There's going to be a trilogy screening in Toronto, Ontario on February 5th at the Scotiabank Theatre. It begins at 12:00 noon. [FOTR] [TTT] [ROTK] Read more..

Kiwi Cartoonist Tom Scott’s Latest

Sunday, January 30th, 2011 Posted in Director news, Hobbit Movie, Peter Jackson

Kiwi cartoonist Tom Scott comments on Peter Jackson’s stay in hospital in his latest comic. Read more..

Will “The Hobbit” be filmed as a single movie?

Saturday, January 29th, 2011 Posted in Director Q&A, Production Q&A

In a nutshell: no. In the early stages of their collaboration, PJ and GDT planned to film the events in the book The Hobbit as a stand-alone movie, with ... Read more..

Hobbit in 5 – Hobbit Casting and Character Studies

Friday, January 28th, 2011 Posted in Characters, Contests, Hobbit Cast News, Hobbit Movie, The Hobbit, TheOneRing.net Announcements, TORN TV

The latest episode of Hobbit in 5 is online! Take a look! Lord of the Rings and Hobbit contests announced. Hobbit casting and character studies all available in this week's ... Read more..

Interviews with Mikael Persbrandt

Thursday, January 27th, 2011 Posted in Hobbit Movie, Mikael Persbrandt

Ringer spy Kristi alerted us to these clips of Mikael Persbrandt, cast as Beorn in the Hobbit. "This one's all in English. It's especially interesting near the end when Mikael ... Read more..

Hobbit Casting Director Spills Beans About Saoirse Ronan?

Thursday, January 27th, 2011 Posted in Casting Rumors, Hobbit Movie, Saoirse Ronan, The Hobbit

Merie sends this in: From iftn.ie - "Ros Hubbard is a world renowned casting director having worked on hugely successful films such as ‘The Commitments’, ‘The Lord of the Rings’ ... Read more..

TV: NZ News Covering Peter’s Hospital Stay

Thursday, January 27th, 2011 Posted in Events, Peter Jackson, Television

linuxelf sends this in: Sir Peter Jackson was admitted to Wellington Hospital last night with acute stomach pains, and underwent surgery for a perforated stomach ulcer, Sir Peter’s surgery is ... Read more..

More On Fantasy Flight’s LOTR Card Game

Thursday, January 27th, 2011 Posted in Gaming, Lord of the Rings, Merchandise, Other Merchandise

TORN Staffer Ostadan writes: More information, with nice pictures, is trickling out about Fantasy Flight's forthcoming Lord of the Rings 'Living Card Game'. This time, the information comes from ... Read more..

Sir Peter Jackson’s stomach ulcer scare – UPDATE

Wednesday, January 26th, 2011 Posted in Director news, Peter Jackson

Sir Peter Jackson was admitted to Wellington Hospital last night with acute stomach pains, and underwent surgery for a perforated ulcer, according to a statement issued to the media today. ... Read more..

Swedish Actor Michael Persbrandt Prepping For Beorn Role

Wednesday, January 26th, 2011 Posted in Characters, Hobbit Cast News, Hobbit Movie, Mikael Persbrandt, The Hobbit

Our Swedish message board member macfalk has alerted us to a story over at Swedish website Nöjesbladet (the same that had previously broken the news that Michael Persbrandt had been ... Read more..