http://www.theonering.net/torwp Forged by and for fans of J.R.R. Tolkien Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:42:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Good new for Wellington Hobbit fans and GDT fans, from the Noldor Blog again: Del Toro will be signing copies of his new book The Strain at Unity Books. The man seems to be everywhere these days! Read MoreShare This http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2009/07/03/32664-gdt-booksigning-at-unity-books/ One of the gentle souls in the movie business is Guillermo del Toro, and I always look forward to my interviews with him. This is a longer version of my latest story on Del Toro, which is scheduled to run Thursday on the cover of the Los Angeles Times Calender ... http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2009/07/01/32660-prepare-for-the-guillermo-del-toro-decade-the-hobbit-director-is-just-getting-started/ Mauro writes: I was listening to a Basta de Todo interview with the great Spanish actor/comedian/writer Santiago Segura, who performed in many movies and is a personal friend of both Guillermo del Toro and Alex de la Iglesia, featured in a lot of movies of both filmmakers. He performed starring ... http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2009/07/01/32657-another-possible-del-toro-regular-in-the-hobbit/ Liv Rundgren Tyler (born July 1, 1977) is an American actress and model. She is the daughter of Aerosmith's lead singer, Steven Tyler and Bebe Buell, model and singer. Tyler began a career in modeling at the age of 14, but after less than a year she decided to focus ... http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2009/07/01/32655-happy-birthday-liv-tyler-6/ stormcrow20 writes: Sir Christopher Lee is once again collaborating with Tim Burton in the director's adaptation of Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland". Mr. Lee will be portraying the Jabberwock. Check out the link for more casting information, as well as a small assortment of photos of the main players. More..Share ... http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2009/06/30/32650-sir-christopher-lee-follows-the-white-rabbit/ Alf Seegert writes: This week my board game BRIDGE TROLL is being released by Z-Man Games (it was released in Germany last week). I'm a huge Tolkien fan, as is the artist Ryan Laukat, and my hope is that the troll-theme of the game might appeal to other Tolkien-fans as ... http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2009/06/30/32648-are-you-ready-for-bridge-troll/ Lord of the Rings Online, the only MMO based on the literary works of J.R.R. Tolkien, is a subscription-driven online title, but it'll soon be heading into a market filled with free-to-play games. CDC Games, which has more than 160 million users and 13 million active users in China, ... http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2009/06/30/32646-lord-of-the-rings-online-to-rule-china/ Message board members Earl and Theodred alerted us to a recent video interview with Mike Mignola at collider.com. In addition to saying how much he's looking forward to Comic-Con, Mike made some brief, but very interesting comments about the week and a half he recently spent in New Zeeland working on ... http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2009/06/29/32635-mike-mignola-on-comic-con-and-hobbit-hints/ Do you recall the thrill of watching the LOTR trailers for the first time? Did you choose the movies you went to see in the theater based on the probability that the LOTR trailers would be playing with them?  Or, did you download them and play them over and over because they were so good? ... http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2009/06/29/32630-lotr-trailers-selected-35th-best-by-ifc/ The following event(s) took place in Middle-earth on Lithe, Midsummer's Day: Gandalf, the Dwarves and their Burglar leave Rivendell for the Lonely Mountain (1341) Aragorn and Arwen – A promise is born (1380) Gandalf meets Radagast the Brown (1418) The Wedding of Elessar and Arwen (1419) Frodo resigns office of mayor, and Will Whitfoot is ... http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2009/06/29/29116-today-in-middle-earth-lithe-midsummers-day/