Archive for August, 2011

The Great Location Race with Ian Brodie

Thursday, August 25th, 2011 Posted in Events, Fans, Locations Sets, Lord of the Rings, LotR Movies, LotR Production, Movie Fellowship of the Ring, Movie Return of the King, Movie The Two Towers, New Zealand

The Lord of the Rings Location Race took place 13th August 2011 at the WETA Cave in Wellington. Author Ian Brodie was there to judge the photos of the locations ... Read more..

Meet WETA Tech Heads at Kiwi PyCon 2011

Thursday, August 25th, 2011 Posted in Conventions, Events, New Zealand, WETA Digital

Kiwi PyCon 2011, New Zealand's conference dedicated to the Python programming language, is on this weekend at Te Whaea in Wellington. With a great lineup of speakers from Weta Digital, ... Read more..

TV Watch: Richard Taylor on TVNZ’s ‘Good Morning’

Thursday, August 25th, 2011 Posted in Richard Taylor, Television

Santino sends along this links to Richard Taylor interview on TVNZ's "Good Morning" today. Take a look! More.. Read more..

Sylvester McCoy added as DragonCon guest

Thursday, August 25th, 2011 Posted in Character Q&A, Conventions, DragonCon, Events, Hobbit Book, Hobbit Cast News, Hobbit Movie, Hobbit Movie FAQ, LotR Movies, Rumours Spy News, Sylvester McCoy, The Hobbit, TheOneRing.net Announcements

Sylvester McCoy, Radagast the Brown in the two upcoming films based on J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit, has been added as a guest to the annual celebration of popular culture known ... Read more..

Happy Birthday to the Master of Lake-town: STEPHEN FRY!

Wednesday, August 24th, 2011 Posted in Barlimans, Fans, Headlines, Hobbit Cast News, Hobbit Movie, Miscellaneous, The Hobbit, Uncategorized

Fans of great movies such as "Wilde" and "V for Vendetta" can never forget the remarkable performances of writer, actor, and host Stephen Fry. The tech-savvy thespian is also the ... Read more..

Peeder Jigson’s Video Diary – Naming The Dwarves

Wednesday, August 24th, 2011 Posted in Characters, Fool, Hobbit Book, Hobbit Movie, Peter Jackson, The Hobbit

Peeder Jigson's Video Diary - Naming The Dwarves - watch more funny videos They're clearly a top notch production...they forgot Mungo! Read more..

SF in SF to Screen Indie Documentary, Ringers: Lord of the Fans

Wednesday, August 24th, 2011 Posted in Dominic Monaghan, DVDs, Events, Fans, Film Screenings, Lord of the Rings, LotR Movies, Meet Ups, Merchandise, Other Events, TheOneRing.net Announcements, TheOneRing.net Community

The group SF in SF presents a special charity fund-raiser screening tomorrow night (Aug. 25th) of the award-winning feature documentary RINGERS: LORD OF THE FANS. The evening will feature a discussion featuring ... Read more..

The Hobbit Filming resumes

Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011 Posted in Casting Rumors, Director news, Director Rumors, Evangeline Lilly, Headlines, Hobbit Cast News, Hobbit Movie, Peter Jackson, Production, Rumours Spy News, The Hobbit

In relation to the post below "Evangeline Lilly, precious son in Wellington for ‘The Hobbit’,  the [Stuff] website also reported this juicy and exciting tidbit "Jackson's spokesman would not reveal which ... Read more..

TORn Tuesday is Today! 5pm PST

Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011 Posted in Barliman News, Barlimans, Events, Fans, Hobbit Movie, Lord of the Rings, LotR Movies, Meet Ups, Movie Fellowship of the Ring, Movie Return of the King, Movie The Two Towers, Other Events, Television, The Hobbit, TheOneRing.net Community, Tolkien

Join in the fun with TORn Tuesday! LIVE at 5pm Quickbeam will be announcing some exciting things happening at TheOneRing.net and talk with Tolkien and Dreamworks Animation artists about dragons and fantasy! ... Read more..

Collecting The Precious – Weta: The Collector’s Guide Contest Winners

Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011 Posted in Books Publications, Lord of the Rings, LotR Books, LotR Movies, Merchandise, Movie Fellowship of the Ring, Movie Return of the King, Movie The Two Towers, WETA Cave, Weta Collectibles, WETA Digital, WETA Workshop

Last Friday we announced a contest in conjuction with the folks at Weta for three copies of their amazing Collector's Guide. As I said in the article this book came out ... Read more..

LA TIMES: ‘The Hobbit’: Peter Jackson and the one true Bilbo Baggins

Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011 Posted in Casting Rumors, Director news, Hobbit Cast News, Hobbit Movie, Martin Freeman, Peter Jackson, The Hobbit

From the Hero Complex LA Times blog: How good is Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins? Oscar-winning filmmaker Peter Jackson says there is “simply nobody else” who could star in ”The Hobbit” epic that will ... Read more..

Dominion Post: Hobbiton Visitors Sworn to Secrecy

Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011 Posted in Hobbit Book, Hobbit Movie, Locations Sets, Lord of the Rings, LotR Movies, New Zealand, Production, The Hobbit, Tours

From the Dominion Post: The skeleton that remained of the set has been a very popular tourist attraction. We also know that it has since been rebuilt for The Hobbit - ... Read more..