Archive for August, 2011

The Lord Of The Rings Symphony Album Coming Soon

Thursday, August 18th, 2011 Posted in Concerts, Events, Howard Shore, Merchandise, Movie Fellowship of the Ring, Movie Return of the King, Movie The Two Towers, Music

Howard Shore's classic score for The Lord Of The Rings film trilogy is being released on September 13th on Howe Records. Titled The Lord Of The Rings Symphony: Six Movements ... Read more..

DUELING REVIEWS of the LOTR Living Card Game!

Thursday, August 18th, 2011 Posted in Collectibles, Fans, Gaming, Headlines, Lord of the Rings, Merchandise, Miscellaneous, Other Merchandise, Toys

Quickbeam: Greetings Ringer fans! As promised on last week's TORn TUESDAYS (where we played the cards live on air using picture-in-picture closeup) here we review the intriguing new Living Card ... Read more..

Game Of Thrones scripts stolen before charity auction

Thursday, August 18th, 2011 Posted in LotR Cast News, Merchandise, Miscellaneous, Sean Bean, Television

Author George R. R. Martin has urged fans to look out for two scripts from hit TV show Game Of Thrones which were stolen before a planned charity auction. The writer, ... Read more..

TheOneRing.net Road-trip to DragonCon!

Wednesday, August 17th, 2011 Posted in Conventions, Creations, DragonCon, Events, Fans, Hobbit Movie, Lord of the Rings, Meet Ups, Other Events, The Hobbit, TheOneRing.net Announcements, TheOneRing.net Community, Tolkien, TORN TV

TheOneRing.net is planning a road trip to DragonCon 2011 in Atlanta GA, and we are looking for a few financial sponsors to make it happen! The plan is to leave ... Read more..

First Elves, Now Hobbit Extras Casting?

Tuesday, August 16th, 2011 Posted in Casting Rumors, Hobbit Movie, New Zealand

intheshire writes: Interestingly the ad place by 3foot7 on 12 august on NZ website trademe.co.nz originally called for elf extras: "We are currently looking for slim men 17-30 years and ... Read more..

Musings on why ‘The Hobbit’ movie is so anticipated and how it is the cinematic end to Middle-earth

Tuesday, August 16th, 2011 Posted in Casting Rumors, Hobbit Book, Hobbit Movie, J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, TheOneRing.net Community, Warner Bros.

Movies.com invites a TORn staffer to share his thoughts on "The Hobbit" every other Monday. What makes two films based on The Hobbit one of, if not the most highly anticipated ... Read more..

TORn Tuesday is Today! 5pm PST

Tuesday, August 16th, 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 updating us on the latest projects from Orlando Bloom, Elijah Wood and Dominic Monaghan as well as look into the ... Read more..

Could John Rhys-Davies be Returning to Middle-earth?

Tuesday, August 16th, 2011 Posted in Hobbit Movie, John Rhys-Davies, New Zealand, Rumors Spy News

Dave from HeyUGuys writes: I had a good old natter with John Rhys Davies last week about a new movie and asked him about The Hobbit. Sounds like he's had ... Read more..

John Noble to Host ‘Dark Matters’

Tuesday, August 16th, 2011 Posted in John Noble, Television

Black Belt Auntie writes: I haven't seen any mention of the avalanche of commercials for the Science Channel's new show Dark Matters, hosted by Denethor, er, John Noble, which starts ... Read more..

Hobbiton Set Primed for Shoot Soon?

Tuesday, August 16th, 2011 Posted in Hobbit Movie, Locations Sets, New Zealand, Rumors Spy News

samdir discovered this little gem while on hobbitontours.com: "Hobbiton Movie Set will be closed for all tours from Wednesday 05 October 2011 to Tuesday 08 November 2011 inclusive. We apologise for ... Read more..

TORn Message Boards Weekly Roundup – August 14, 2011

Tuesday, August 16th, 2011 Posted in Calendar, Characters, Hobbit Book, Hobbit Movie, Howard Shore, LotR Books, LotR Movies, Movie Fellowship of the Ring, Movie Return of the King, Movie The Two Towers, Music, The Hobbit

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..

Steve Hillard’s ‘Mirkwood’ Coming to a Screen Near You?

Monday, August 15th, 2011 Posted in Creations, Fans, J.R.R. Tolkien, Lord of the Rings, Miscellaneous, Tolkien, Tolkien Estate

More Tolkien on the big screen? This might not be what you had in mind, but... Remember Steve Hillard, the author of a controversial book 'Mirkwood' which features JRR Tolkien ... Read more..