Archive for June, 2011

Hobbit in 5 – Extended Edition Screening, Bean Bar Brawl, NZ Earthquakes

Friday, June 17th, 2011 Posted in Blu-Ray, DVDs, Events, Fans, Fellowship of the Ring, Film Screenings, Movie Fellowship of the Ring, New Zealand, Sean Bean, Sylvester McCoy, TORN TV

Can't watch this clip? Watch it on Blip! On this episode of Hobbit in 5, we talk about the Fellowship of the Ring extended edition screening, Sean Bean is okay after ... Read more..

Wanna Watch FOTR & Chat with War in the North Team?

Friday, June 17th, 2011 Posted in Blu-Ray, DVDs, Events, Fans, Film Screenings, Gaming, Movie Fellowship of the Ring

Tina Stevenson, Community Manager for Warinthenorth.com dropped me a line to let me know about this cool event the dev team has cooked up for you guys. Tina writes: "We’re have ... Read more..

The Return of the Ring: celebrating Tolkien in 2012

Friday, June 17th, 2011 Posted in Events, Fans, Lectures & Education

Loughborough University, 16th-20th August 2012 Call for Papers. Postgraduate Symposium: Tolkien Studies Friday 17th August, Loughborough University, UK. - As part of their larger scale conference, ‘Return of the Ring'’, the ... Read more..

‘Tolkien’ Moseley Bog’s £250,000 revamp

Friday, June 17th, 2011 Posted in Tolkien

A Birmingham nature reserve that Lord of the Rings author, JRR Tolkien, visited as a child has undergone a £250,000 revamp. New paths and walkways have been introduced at the ... Read more..

Peeder Jigson’s Video Diary – Dragon Prototype Update

Friday, June 17th, 2011 Posted in Fool, Hobbit Movie, Peter Jackson

Peeder Jigson's Video Diary - Dragon Prototype Update - watch more funny videos Peeder Jigson updates us once again with his video diary, this time we get to see his mittens ... Read more..

Deadline.com Exclusive: Benedict Cumberbatch Voicing Smaug (And The Necromancer)

Friday, June 17th, 2011 Posted in Characters, Hobbit Cast News, Hobbit Movie, Production, The Hobbit

Close on the heels of their exclusive that Luke Evans has been cast in the role of Bard the Bowman, Deadline.com has broken another exclusive that Benedict Cumberbatch will be voicing ... Read more..

Deadline.com Report: Luke Evans cast as Bard

Thursday, June 16th, 2011 Posted in Casting Rumors, Headlines, Hobbit Cast News, Hobbit Movie, The Hobbit

News is just hitting via Deadline.com that Luke Evans has been cast as Bard in the upcoming The Hobbit movies: EXCLUSIVE TO DEADLINE.com: Luke Evans has bagged the role of Bard ... Read more..

TORN TV: LOTR Blu Ray DVD Review

Thursday, June 16th, 2011 Posted in Blu-Ray, DVDs, Lord of the Rings, LotR Movies, Merchandise, Movie Fellowship of the Ring, Movie Return of the King, Movie The Two Towers

On this special edition of J.W. Braun's bookshelf, J.W. looks at every Lord of the Rings DVD and Blu-ray set, including the collection hitting store shelves later this month! [Michael, ... Read more..

New Behind the Scenes Video – The Lord of the Rings: War in the North

Thursday, June 16th, 2011 Posted in Gaming

Today, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment releases a new behind-the-scenes video, giving an in-depth look at the newly revealed characters from their upcoming video game, The Lord of the Rings: War ... Read more..

Minecraft: Middle-Earth – The Project Trailer

Thursday, June 16th, 2011 Posted in Gaming, Lord of the Rings

From the YouTube Page: Come join the largest project ever conceived in Minecraft - the recreation of Middle-Earth. http://www.minecraftmiddleearth.com/. Don't own Minecraft? Get it at http://www.minecraft.net/. Song used is: Heart ... Read more..

Andy Serkis on BBC Radio

Thursday, June 16th, 2011 Posted in Andy Serkis, Hobbit Cast News, Hobbit Movie, Miscellaneous

Thanks to the many Ringers who sent in the news that Andy Serkis (Gollum and the 2nd Unit Director on The Hobbit) did a brief interview on BBC Radio 5. ... Read more..

Rumour round-up this weekend in Hall of Fire!

Thursday, June 16th, 2011 Posted in Barliman News, Barlimans, Hall of Fire

It’s time to talk Hobbit movie news and rumours again in the Hall of Fire! It's been an intriguing couple of weeks, with the casting announcement of Benedict Cumberbatch (but in ... Read more..