Archive for October, 2011

Hobbit in 5 goes to New York Comic Con – Alan Tudyk, Four Tanks and a Healer, Cosplay!

Tuesday, October 18th, 2011 Posted in Conventions, Events, Fans, Hobbit Movie, Locations Sets, New Zealand, NYCC, Rumors Spy News, The Hobbit, TORN TV

"Hobbit in 5" host Simone Boyce hits the big apple for a jam-packed weekend at NYCC. Check out the cosplay cuties, an interview with Alan Tudyk about "Firefly" and "Four ... Read more..

Labour vows to repeal Hobbit law

Tuesday, October 18th, 2011 Posted in Hobbit Movie, New Zealand

A Labour-led government would change the law around film workers, even if it meant losing the The Hobbit films overseas, as part of a major policy release around employment relations. ... Read more..

Lord of the Rings Online Users Notified of Possible Forum Breach

Tuesday, October 18th, 2011 Posted in Gaming

While security-related incidents haven't been as common in recent months as they were earlier this year, when we learned about games and game-related websites being hacked on what felt like ... Read more..

Lego Hobbit tie-in incoming

Tuesday, October 18th, 2011 Posted in Gaming

From eurogamer.net: Lego Batman 2 and a videogame based on Peter Jackson's impending The Hobbit movie are among Warner Bros Interactive's plans for 2012, the publisher has revealed. WBI's president ... Read more..

HarperCollins pre-empts Hobbit anniversary

Tuesday, October 18th, 2011 Posted in Books Publications, Hobbit Book, Merchandise, The Hobbit

HarperCollins is starting its celebrations for the 75th anniversary of The Hobbit ahead of time, with the publication of a collection of Tolkien's artwork and a "cute" pocket-sized edition of ... Read more..

TORn Message Boards Weekly Roundup – October 16 2011

Monday, October 17th, 2011 Posted in Calendar, Fans, Hobbit Movie, Lord of the Rings, Miscellaneous, New Zealand, Production, The Hobbit, TheOneRing.net Community

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..

TORn TUESDAYS Live with Quickbeam at a Special Time Tomorrow!

Monday, October 17th, 2011 Posted in Barlimans, Fans, Gaming, Green Books, Merchandise, Miscellaneous, New Zealand, The Hobbit, TheOneRing.net Announcements, TheOneRing.net Community, TORn TUESDAYS Live!

*Programming Change to 4:30pm PDT* Tomorrow's installment of "TORn TUESDAYS live with Quickbeam" (our weekly streaming video call-in show) will feature a special guest producer from 4 TANKS AND A ... Read more..

New Photos from New York Comic-Con

Monday, October 17th, 2011 Posted in Conventions, Events, NYCC, TheOneRing.net Announcements, TheOneRing.net Community

Check out the first batch of pictures from this past weekend's New York Comic-Con. Did you attend? Send us your pics today! Visit our Facebook page, ‘Like’ us if you haven’t ... Read more..

FOTR Concert Review: San Diego

Monday, October 17th, 2011 Posted in Concerts, Events, Lord of the Rings, LotR Movies, Movie Fellowship of the Ring

Big Fan writes: It was stupendous. It was, for me, a dream come true. To hear it live was exhilirating, to watch the musicians was inspiring. I always ... Read more..

The Lord of the Rings Maps: The Real History

Monday, October 17th, 2011 Posted in Lord of the Rings, Merchandise, Other Merchandise, Tolkien

Lydia writes: TheOneRing.net very kindly posted a press release I submitted on June 20, 2010 entitled 'British artist, who drew the maps for J.R.R. Tolkien's 'The Lord of the Rings' ... Read more..

UPDATE – Drone Camera being used for The Hobbit

Monday, October 17th, 2011 Posted in Crew News, Director news, Director Rumors, Hobbit Movie, Locations Sets, Lord of the Rings, Make the Hobbit Happen, Miscellaneous, Peter Jackson, Production, The Hobbit

When you think of The Lord of the Rings films, you can't help but remember the sweeping landscape shots - filmed using expert coordination of helicopters across the rugged New ... Read more..

Glenorchy going green

Sunday, October 16th, 2011 Posted in Hobbit Movie, Locations Sets, New Zealand, The Hobbit

The green world of a hobbit means a 10,000 litre water tank will have to be placed near Glenorchy for the irrigation of the temporary grasses and plants on ... Read more..