Archive for April, 2011

John Howe’s Blog: Two Years or Two Thousand Miles

Monday, April 18th, 2011 Posted in Hobbit Movie, John Howe, New Zealand, The Hobbit

Or the Statistics of Art, Parentheses Parity and Pencil Parings Two years ago today, I stepped off a plane in Wellington and said to myself “Well, I’m back.” It had been ... Read more..

NZ News reports on PJ Facebook Video

Monday, April 18th, 2011 Posted in Director Rumors, Hobbit Book, Hobbit Movie, Locations Sets, New Zealand, Television, The Hobbit, Tolkien

Check out these two video clips from the local coverage of Peter Jackson's The Hobbit video blog on his Facebook page. [TV 3] [TVOne] TV 3 Read more..

TORn Message Boards Weekly Roundup – April 17, 2011

Sunday, April 17th, 2011 Posted in Calendar, Casting Rumors, Hobbit Movie, LotR Books, Miscellaneous, Orlando Bloom, The Hobbit, TheOneRing.net Community, Uncategorized

Welcome to our collection of TORn’s hottest topics for the past week. If you’ve fallen behind on what’s happening on the Message Boards, here’s a great way to catch ... Read more..

Exclusive: HBO shares Sean Bean with TORn readers

Saturday, April 16th, 2011 Posted in J.R.R. Tolkien, Sean Bean, Tolkien

Sean Bean is about to star in what many think is going to be another giant step forward for fantasy in popular culture, much like Peter Jackson's LOTR films. Based ... Read more..

Do women love ‘The Hobbit’? NYTimes says no

Saturday, April 16th, 2011 Posted in Books, Hobbit Book, Sean Bean, The Hobbit

Ginia Bellafante, in a review of HBO's "A Game of Thrones," that makes its television debut this weekend and stars LOTR's Sean Bean, insinuates that women, or at least women ... Read more..

Hobbit in 5 – Jackson Releases Video, 48 fps, and Gandalf Character Study

Friday, April 15th, 2011 Posted in Casting Rumors, Characters, Hobbit Book, Hobbit Movie, James Nesbitt, Make the Hobbit Happen, PJ New Line, TheOneRing.net Community, Tours

On the episode of Hobbit in 5 we talk about Peter Jackson's new video, shooting at 48 frames per second, and have a character study of Gandalf. April 15th, 2011 - ... Read more..

The Hobbit Wins March Madness Book Contest

Friday, April 15th, 2011 Posted in Books Publications, Events, Hobbit Book, Merchandise, The Hobbit

Nuradar writes: Harper-Collins Canada has announced the winner of its 2011 March Madness book contest. This year's winner is THE HOBBIT! It beat out Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient ... Read more..

Inon Zur in as War in the North Composer

Friday, April 15th, 2011 Posted in Gaming

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment announces that award-winning composer, Inon Zur, has penned the musical score for The Lord of the Rings: War in the North video game. Zur recently conducted ... Read more..

The 2012 Jef Murray – A Long Expected Party 2 Fantasy Calendar

Thursday, April 14th, 2011 Posted in Calendars, Events, Merchandise, Other Events

Signed copies of this brand new 2012 calendar are now available to US, Canadian, and UK residents shipped directly from illustrator Jef Murray. The calendar is loaded with Middle-earth inspired paintings from Jef's ... Read more..

Peter Jackson Posts First Video From “The Hobbit” Set

Thursday, April 14th, 2011 Posted in Director news, Hobbit Movie, Peter Jackson, Production, The Hobbit

As promised not but two days ago, Peter Jackson's very first video from the sets of The Hobbit is now up on his Facebook page. Needless to say, our message boards ... Read more..

Hall of Fire chats The Hobbit “A Short Rest” this weekend!

Wednesday, April 13th, 2011 Posted in Barliman News, Barlimans, Hall of Fire

This weekend we continue our examination of the Hobbit with Chapter 3 -- A Short Rest. Bilbo and company make their way to Rivendell, where they are greeted by Elrond ... Read more..

Got 3D Glasses? 1977 Hobbit Trailer in 3D (Major Spoilers)

Wednesday, April 13th, 2011 Posted in Creations, Fans, Hobbit Book, Miscellaneous, The Hobbit, Tolkien

With The Hobbit being filmed in 3D, we thought you'd enjoy a look at a remix of the trailer to the 1977 Rankin/Bass Hobbit. Grab those old school 3D glasses ... Read more..