Archive for January, 2011

Sir Peter scouts southern locations for new movie

Tuesday, January 18th, 2011 Posted in Hobbit Movie, Locations Sets, New Zealand, Peter Jackson, The Hobbit

Sir Peter Jackson and his crew are on a Queenstown-based location scout of the South Island this week. Sir Peter's assistant at Wingnut Films, Matt Dravitzki, yesterday said his boss ... Read more..

TORN TV Book Review: There and Back Again: An Actor’s Tale by Sean Astin

Monday, January 17th, 2011 Posted in Books Publications, Merchandise, Sean Astin, TORN TV

J.W. Braun is back with another book review, this time he's reviewing Sean Astin's autobiography 'There and Back Again: An Actor's Tale'. Be sure to bookmark TORN's updated YouTube channel ... Read more..

Peeder Jigson’s Video Diary Pt 2

Monday, January 17th, 2011 Posted in Hobbit Movie, The Hobbit

Peeder Jigson is back with part 2 of his Hobbit production diary. Peeder gives us a fairly detailed explanation of forced perspective, watch it repeatedly because I'm not too sure ... Read more..

Trilogy Screening in LA

Monday, January 17th, 2011 Posted in Events, Film Screenings, LotR Movies, Movie Fellowship of the Ring, Movie Return of the King, Movie The Two Towers

The historic Egyptian Theatre presents the Director's Cut of all three Lord of the Rings films in a one-day screening. Director Peter Jackson's trilogy, which won 17 total Academy Awards, ... Read more..

xkcd Goes Geek

Monday, January 17th, 2011 Posted in Return of the King

The folks from xkcd have quoted LOTR in one of their comics last week. Click on the image above to take a look! Read more..

NZ News Talks Hobbit Extra Casting in Dunedin

Monday, January 17th, 2011 Posted in Events, Hobbit Movie, New Zealand, The Hobbit

They were keen on non-speaking parts, and non-speaking they stayed yesterday. A long line of people stood tall but kept their lips zipped when approached by the Otago Daily Times ... Read more..

Feel the Love: Hobbit may have date with Valentine

Monday, January 17th, 2011 Posted in Headlines, Hobbit Movie, Rumors Spy News, The Hobbit

Shooting of Sir Peter Jackson's Hobbit films will begin in Wellington next month and a possible start date is one that fans would love – St Valentine's Day. Wellywood insiders have ... Read more..

Review: ‘Music of LOTR films’ best of tie-in books

Sunday, January 16th, 2011 Posted in Crew News, DVDs, Howard Shore, Lord of the Rings, LotR Books, LotR Movies, LotR Production, Merchandise, Music, Production

"The Music of the Lord of the Rings Films," by Doug Adams, Carpetier, $59.95 It speaks to the longevity of the “Lord of the Rings,” films that ten years later, movie ... Read more..

Dinotopia author sketches for Weta Workshop

Sunday, January 16th, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized, WETA Digital, WETA Workshop

James Gurney, author of Dinotopia, the best-selling fantasy series, has just written in his blog about some sketches he did for the folks at Weta. Simon Haupt of Weta’s digital ... Read more..

HR: Wood talks Hobbit Role

Sunday, January 16th, 2011 Posted in Elijah Wood, Hobbit Cast News, Hobbit Movie, The Hobbit

Elijah Wood emphasized his role in 'The Hobbit' films will not effect the integrity of the story in a recent interview with the Hollywood Reporter: "There only would have been reservation ... Read more..

Legolas Statue Pre-Orders at Sideshow

Saturday, January 15th, 2011 Posted in Collectibles, Lord of the Rings, LotR Movies, Merchandise, Orlando Bloom, Sideshow Collectibles

Continuing the new The Lord of the Rings statue line-up, Sideshow Collectibles placed the Legolas Statue on sale last Thursday. Unfortunately the exclusive edition sold out in a few hours, ... Read more..

LOTR Extended Blu-ray coming in 2011

Friday, January 14th, 2011 Posted in Blu-Ray, Headlines, Lord of the Rings, LotR Movies, Merchandise

Our sources are telling us that the always reliable (and great) film-on-disc website www.digitalbits.com is correct its Lord of The Rings Blu-ray news. Bill Hunt released the info in his ... Read more..