Archive for July, 2011

Cate Blanchett auctions herself for charity

Tuesday, July 26th, 2011 Posted in Cate Blanchett, Events

Cate Blanchett is offering herself up as a prize for a charity that's close to her heart. A lunch for four with the Oscar-winning actress at Sydney's ARIA restaurant will ... Read more..

Comic-Con wraps but coverage continues from TORn

Monday, July 25th, 2011 Posted in ComicCon, Conventions, Events, Hobbit Book, Hobbit Movie

[caption id="attachment_46572" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Spielberg and Jackson together at Comic-Con 2011"][/caption]TheOneRing.net had a pretty amazing week at Comic-Con, including broadcasting live from the convention floor in San Diego and talking ... Read more..

Sideshow Collectibles Make-a-Wish Auction – Unique LOTR Items

Sunday, July 24th, 2011 Posted in Collectibles, ComicCon, Conventions, Events, Fans, Lord of the Rings, LotR Movies, Merchandise, Movie Fellowship of the Ring, Movie Return of the King, Movie The Two Towers, Sideshow Collectibles

Sideshow Collectibles, makers of high-end The Lord of the Rings collectibles, is hosting a 'Collect for Life' auction to benefit Make-a-wish of Orange County. Their goal is to fund five ... Read more..

Luke Evans Talks Bard The Bowman

Sunday, July 24th, 2011 Posted in ComicCon, Conventions, Hobbit Movie

It's not been a bad year for Luke Evans, what with turns in Immortals, The Raven and The Three Musketeers all in the bag. He was in San Diego to ... Read more..

A house fit for a Hobbit: The homeowners that have brought the silver screen to life

Sunday, July 24th, 2011 Posted in Creations, Fans

They are perhaps a sign that the owners have taken their obsession with the silver screen a bit too far. But these homes from around the world built on movie ... Read more..

Collecting The Precious – Orthanc Pre-Ruin by Weta

Saturday, July 23rd, 2011 Posted in Collectibles, ComicCon, Conventions, Lord of the Rings, LotR Movies, LotR Production, Merchandise, Models, Movie Fellowship of the Ring, Movie Return of the King, Movie The Two Towers, Weta Collectibles, WETA Digital, WETA Workshop

During, Comic-Con 2011 Weta released the next amazing environment from their The Lord of the Rings line. The item is noneother than Orthanc the home or Saruman during the battle ... Read more..

HoF chatting Hobbit rumours now!

Saturday, July 23rd, 2011 Posted in Barliman News, Barlimans, Hall of Fire

We're about to begin our weekly Hall of Fire discussion on the TORn chat server and this session is going to be dedicated to dissecting all the interesting tidbits from ... Read more..

Streaming Comic-Con coming soon and going long

Saturday, July 23rd, 2011 Posted in Collectibles, ComicCon, Conventions, Events, Fans, Merchandise, Sideshow Collectibles, Weta Collectibles

Our TORn staffers at Comic-Con are busy (and tired) but the time is coming soon when the live streaming will return to TheOneRing.net/live and continue for the convention's afternoon and ... Read more..

Hall of Fire Hobbit rumours chat tomorrow!

Friday, July 22nd, 2011 Posted in Barliman News, Barlimans, Hall of Fire

It's a little last minute, but considering Peter Jackson decided that Comic-con week would be a good time to put out a new production diary, we've decided that we really ... Read more..

Peter Jackson suprises fans at Comic-Con! (updated)

Friday, July 22nd, 2011 Posted in ComicCon, Conventions, Director news, Events, Peter Jackson, PJ's Other Films

The first time appearance of legendary director Steven Spielberg was a big, big deal at the San Diego Comic Con. Despite all his top-grossing and critically acclaimed movies that fit ... Read more..

Hobbit in 5 – Production Video, Gaming, Comic-Con 2011

Friday, July 22nd, 2011 Posted in Andy Serkis, Characters, ComicCon, Conventions, Events, Hobbit Cast News, Hobbit Movie, Mikael Persbrandt, New Zealand, Peter Jackson

On this episode of Hobbit in 5, we talk about Peter Jackson's latest production diary videos, show off the new trailer for The Lord of the Rings: War in the ... Read more..

Myth and Middle-earth in Context Enrolment Begins

Friday, July 22nd, 2011 Posted in Lectures & Education

Dr Dimitra Fimi and the Enterprise Team at the Cardiff School of Education write: UWIC’s online MA-level course J.R.R. Tolkien: Myth and Middle-earth in Context will run again in the ... Read more..