Archive for August, 2011

BBC: Scalpay linen for Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit

Monday, August 15th, 2011 Posted in Hobbit Cast News, Hobbit Movie, Make the Hobbit Happen, The Hobbit

Cloth made on the Western Isles of Scotland is to feature in the new film The Hobbit. Scalpay weaver Sheila Roderick has supplied about 100m (328ft) of linen for use in ... Read more..

Let it snow, let it snow, Wellington has snow!

Sunday, August 14th, 2011 Posted in Hobbit Movie, Locations Sets, Miscellaneous

White-out weather chaos moves north The snowfall in Wellington caused excitement and chaos throughout the city last night. Snow settled in the northern suburbs, including Churton Park, Newlands and Karori, and there ... Read more..

Andy Serkis Talks Hobbits and Apes

Sunday, August 14th, 2011 Posted in Andy Serkis, Hobbit Movie

elf writes: Andy Serkis chats to Edith Bowman on BBC radio 1 about Hobbit and planet of the apes. Read more..

TORn’s annual Los Angeles Bagginses Birthday Bash

Sunday, August 14th, 2011 Posted in Events, Fans, Meet Ups, Other Events

Southern California Tolkien fans are invited to join in the merriment of TORN’s Annual Baggins Birhday Bash, which will take place on Saturday, Sept 24 starting at noon in Griffith ... Read more..

Hall of Fire chatting The Hobbit now!

Saturday, August 13th, 2011 Posted in Barliman News, Barlimans, Hall of Fire

We're just about to start our live discussion of chapter 10 of the Hobbit -- A Warm Welcome -- in our Hall of Fire chat room. If you'd like to ... Read more..

Hall of Fire tomorrow — The Hobbit Chapter 10!

Saturday, August 13th, 2011 Posted in Barliman News, Barlimans, Hall of Fire

Tomorrow in Hall of Fire we'll return to our chapter-by-chapter discussion of the Hobbit with Chapter 10 -- A Warm welcome. Thanks to Bilbo, Thorin and company have escaped from the ... Read more..

Hobbit in 5 – Legendary Andy Serkis, Weta Race, James Nesbitt Date

Friday, August 12th, 2011 Posted in Characters, Hobbit Book, Hobbit Movie, James Nesbitt, New Zealand, Rumors Spy News, The Hobbit, TheOneRing.net Announcements, TheOneRing.net Community, TORN TV

On this episode of Hobbit in 5, we take a look at Andy Serkis the man the myth the legend, Weta Workshop sponsors the Great Race, James Nesbit takes us ... Read more..

Your Picks: Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books

Friday, August 12th, 2011 Posted in Books Publications, Fans, J.R.R. Tolkien, Lord of the Rings, LotR Books, Merchandise, Tolkien

From NPR.ORG More than 5,000 of you nominated. More than 60,000 of you voted. And now the results are in. The winners of NPR's Top 100 Science-Fiction and Fantasy survey ... Read more..

Andy Serkis: I hung out with chimps to prepare for Planet of the Apes

Friday, August 12th, 2011 Posted in Andy Serkis, Hobbit Movie, The Hobbit

Actor Andy Serkis talks to Metro about hanging out with chimpanzees in Rwanda, how The Hobbit is coming along, and why he's not surprised the London riots happened. More.. Read more..

Weta creates train for Tangiwai film

Friday, August 12th, 2011 Posted in New Zealand, WETA Workshop

Weta Workshop's mastery is to come to horrifying life in a TV drama depicting the 1953 Tangiwai train disaster. The frightening scene, when the train, with 285 people on board, plunges ... Read more..

Andy Serkis: ‘I don’t get respect for playing Gollum’

Friday, August 12th, 2011 Posted in Andy Serkis, Characters, Hobbit Book, Hobbit Movie, The Hobbit

Andy Serkis has admitted that he is frustrated performance-capture is not taken as seriously as conventional acting. The actor is currently reprising his role as Gollum in The Hobbit, the ... Read more..

A Cottage Just Right for Frodo

Friday, August 12th, 2011 Posted in Creations, Fans

“DO you have hairy feet?” asks Steve Michaels, proprietor of the Hobbit House, when a reporter calls about his pet project. “Bilbo Baggins gets off on hairy feet. Hobbits have ... Read more..