Archive for July, 2011

TORn Message Boards Weekly Roundup – July 10 2011

Sunday, July 10th, 2011 Posted in Calendar, Hobbit Movie, Lord of the Rings, LotR Books, LotR Movies, Original TORn, The Hobbit, The Two Towers, 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 the ... Read more..

Local News Coverage – Peter Jackson’s Video Blog Update

Sunday, July 10th, 2011 Posted in Crew News, Director news, Director Rumors, Hobbit Book, Hobbit Cast News, Hobbit Movie, J.R.R. Tolkien, Locations Sets, Miscellaneous, New Zealand, Peter Jackson, Production, Television, The Hobbit, Tolkien

Check out this clip from local coverage of Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit new video blog posted on Peter Jackson's Facebook page. [TV3 News] Read more..

Transcript of Production Diary #2

Saturday, July 9th, 2011 Posted in Andy Serkis, Director news, James Nesbitt, Locations Sets, Mark Hadlow, Martin Freeman, Peter Jackson, Richard Armitage, Rumors Spy News, Sylvester McCoy, The Hobbit

So what, you may ask, could be better than having the screen caps of PJ's production diary #2 below to ponder over to your heart's content? Having the screen caps ... Read more..

Hobbit in 5 – Peter Jackson photos, Richard Armitage, Elijah Wood and Lee Pace

Saturday, July 9th, 2011 Posted in Hobbit Movie, The Hobbit, TORN TV

In this weeks episode of H5 Peter Jackson releases yet another Hobbit production/costum photo, Richard Armitage talks about Thorin Oakenshield, Elijah Wood discusses possible UK shoots and this weeks Character ... Read more..

Warner Bros Releases New The Lord of the Rings: War in the North – Movie Touchpoints Trailer

Saturday, July 9th, 2011 Posted in Gaming, Lord of the Rings, Movie Fellowship of the Ring, Movie Return of the King, Movie The Two Towers

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment today releases a new trailer for The Lord of the Rings: War in the North, showing the intersection of the story in The Lord of the ... Read more..

Edited Dwarves Photoshoot

Saturday, July 9th, 2011 Posted in Hobbit Movie, The Hobbit

Paul sends along this photo of all 5 revealed dwarves..thanks Paul! Read more..

‘Rise of the Planet of the Apes’: Will Andy Serkis Score Acting Nom Without Appearing on Screen?

Saturday, July 9th, 2011 Posted in Andy Serkis

The Rise of the Planet of the Apes, with its photoreal visual effects, is sure to be a major factor in this year's visual effects Oscar race. The bigger awards ... Read more..

On geek girls and Lord of the Rings

Saturday, July 9th, 2011 Posted in Fans, Lord of the Rings, LotR Books

Starr Keshet writes: I once knew this really cool geek girl who adamantly refused to watch Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings. 

She also repeatedly turned up her nose at ... Read more..

Hall of Fire Hobbit chat now!

Saturday, July 9th, 2011 Posted in Barliman News, Barlimans, Hall of Fire

We're about to kick-off our weekly Hall of Fire chat on irc.theonering.net. This weekend we're back on our chapter-by-chapter read-through of the Hobbit and looking at chapter 8 -- Flies ... Read more..

Frame by Frame: Production Video Number 2

Saturday, July 9th, 2011 Posted in Casting Rumors, Director news, Headlines, Hobbit Cast News, Hobbit Movie, Hugo Weaving, Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Peter Jackson, PJ New Line, Studios, The Hobbit, Warner Bros., WETA Cave, WETA Digital, WETA Workshop

With Peter Jackson's release of the second production video from The Hobbit on Facebook, we found ourselves with a lot of new visuals from the upcoming films. Among the highlights ... Read more..

New Production Video up on PJ’s Facebook Page

Friday, July 8th, 2011 Posted in Andy Serkis, Director news, Headlines, Hobbit Cast News, Hobbit Movie, Ian McKellen, Locations Sets, Martin Freeman, Peter Jackson, The Hobbit

The wait is over! A second production video was just posted on Peter Jackson's Facebook page. This one provides lots of goodies including Andy Serkis in his mo-cap suit as ... Read more..

Behold Gloin & Oin!

Friday, July 8th, 2011 Posted in Characters, Headlines, Hobbit Book, Hobbit Movie, John Callen, Peter Hambleton, The Hobbit

John Callen as Oin and Peter Hambleton as Gloin in Warner Bros. Pictures' The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - 2012 From Yahoo! Movies: Distant cousins of Thorin Oakenshield, these two doughty ... Read more..