Not-for-profit fan film “The Hunt For Gollum,” is making its world premiere online today. The 40-minute production, made by fans, for fans, is free to watch at www.thehuntforgollum.com. A quick glance at the film makes it clear it that Peter Jackson’s “Lord Of The Rings,” trilogy was a big influence on this production. Congrats to the filmmakers!

The producers of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – Live to Projection are pleased to announce that two free Pre-concert Discussions will precede the London premieres of this epic work. Composer Howard Shore and Doug Adams (author of the upcoming book The Music of the Lord of the Rings Films) will discuss Shore’s work on The Lord of the Rings, in an engaging look at the project’s history and its myriad of compositional details.

Free Pre-concert Discussions with Howard Shore and Doug Adams The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Royal Albert Hall Tuesday, April 14 & Wednesday, April 15 6:15 to 6:45 p.m.

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It is that time again – time for Ringer Diedye’s Flashback feature on TheOneRing.net! This week’s flashback details the events that took place in the Tolkien universe between August 23rd and August 30th. This is a weekly feature that Diedye posts in the forum, so if there is ever a time we don’t post it on the homepage of TORn, make sure to check the Main board in our forums. Click on the link below to transported in time!
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Garfeimao sends along word that Guillermo Del Toro’s ‘Hellboy II: The Golden Army’ will have it’s World Premiere at the Los Angeles Film Festival as it’s Closing Gala event at the end of June. The full schedule goes live next week, there are loads of other cool events at the festival this year. GDT’s “Hellboy II” To Premiere at LA Film Fest

Doug Adams likes his life, he says so on his professional and personal blog and its obvious when you speak to him. Chances are if you appreciate the “Lord of the Rings” films’ soundtracks, you would like his life too. He will soon be the published author – instead of the hard working unpublished author he has been for several years – of the landmark “The Music of the Lord of the Rings Films,” which is an in-depth study of the Howard Shore magnum opus that accompanies Peter Jackson’s film trilogy. Read the rest of this entry »

Lhunsarniel writes: I just wanted to share that Billy Boyd’s latest film, “On a Clear Day” opens this weekend in selected Landmark theaters, namely Westside Pavilion in West Los Angeles. [More]

TORONTO — Though theater critics were tepid in their reviews of the stage version of J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Rings,” the granddaughter of the legendary English author praised it for staying true to his classic tale. In town Thursday night for the lavish world premiere at the Princess of Wales Theatre, Rachel Tolkien said she admired the opulent sets and Finnish music, and felt the 3 1/2-hour spectacle was a lovely retelling of her grandfather’s Middle-earth saga. “The set is incredible, the costumes are beautiful,” said Tolkien, 35. “The Hobbit” was first read to her when she was 6. “Everything to me that is the most important, and the most moving in the book, they’ve gotten on the stage. I think it’s an amazing feat to have made ‘The Lord of the Rings’ in 3½ hours.” [More]

TORONTO — Memo to producers of would-be blockbusters: Keep your outrageous production costs to yourselves. One would have thought that “Waterworld” was enough to teach everyone this basic lesson. Now we have “The Lord of the Rings,” the theatrical juggernaut that had its world premiere here Thursday, flaunting its $23-million price tag. Well, much as the theater may deplore its beer-budget conditions, a colossal bankroll is no guarantee of such legendary status — or, for that matter, a measly standing ovation, which noticeably failed to ignite after the reviewed performance Tuesday. [More]

TORONTO — Attention, Ontario: Resume breathing. That show you’ve been counting on to bring in tourists? It just might do the trick. The most expensive stage show ever (more than $23 million U.S.), the musical version of “The Lord of the Rings” began its world premiere engagement at the Princess of Wales Theatre right on schedule. Seven weeks ago, technical glitches made the first preview clock in at 5 hours. These days “LOTR” runs 3 hours and 50 minutes, with two intermissions and a song after the curtain call. It may not be the 3 hours, 30 minutes that producer Kevin Wallace envisioned, but it doesn’t feel overlong. [More]

The team behind the stage version of Lord Of The Rings have been slogging through a journey almost as epic as the one they are depicting through Middle Earth. More than four years in the making and at a cost of $25m (£14.3m), it has become the world’s most expensive theatre show to date. And its global future as an enterprise hangs on its opening night in Toronto, Canada, on Thursday. [More]