Doug Jones Talks Hobbit

November 4th, 2009 by xoanon

Our friend Kristin from the Reelz Channel writes: We had a chance to grill Doug Jones about whether or not he is going to be in The Hobbit.

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Guillermo Del Toro On Making The Hobbit

November 4th, 2009 by DiveTwin | Source: Total Film | Discuss

From Total Film: Eighteen months ago, Guillermo del Toro had a 10-year-plan. His life was mapped out, and it had nothing to do with JRR Tolkien’s lovingly rendered cartography of Middle-earth.  “I was calmly laying out the next decade of my life when The Hobbit appeared,” he laughs. “I was preparing all these things and all of a sudden The Hobbit shows up and takes over my life.” Make no mistake: The Hobbit is his precious. Del Toro knows more than anyone that this diptych could – should – define his career.  And so the director has been busy building a world that not only honours JRR Tolkien’s book and Peter Jackson’s Lord Of The Rings trilogy but will emerge assuredly, triumphantly, his own. More..

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Comic-Con founder dies

November 4th, 2009 by MrCere

News is on the Associated Press wire today that the founder of the pop-culture showcase, the San Diego Comic-Con, Sheldon Dorf, has died at age 76. A spokesperson for Dorf’s family, friend Greg Koudoulian, says he died at a San Diego hospital as a result of kidney failure and problems caused by diabetes. At the official Comic-Con Website there is a message from the Board of Directors, Staff and volunteers of the Comic-Con organization as they “mourn the passing of our dear friend Shel”.

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UPDATE: Radio NZ Talks to ‘Queen of the Geeks’

November 3rd, 2009 by xoanon

The folks from Radio NZ write: Just letting you know that contrary to your article (’Radio NZ Talks to ‘Queen of the Geeks’’) the audio for the interview with Philippa Boyens will available indefinitely from here. There are now download links on the page, but please note that this is for personal use only. Most of the audio on the Radio NZ site is now available on this basis. The best way to link to these persistent pages is via the date encoded URL which can be obtained from the archive box on the left side of those pages.

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xkcd Comic Talks Rings

November 3rd, 2009 by xoanon

Ashley (and many others) write: Check out this Lord of the Rings Comic. Not sure if you had seen yet. More..

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New Trailer for ‘Siege of Mirkwood’ Plus Pre-Launch Offers!

November 3rd, 2009 by xoanon

Turbine has just announced the extension of pre-launch offers for The Lord of the Rings Online: Siege of Mirkwood, the upcoming digital expansion to the award-winning MMO, which is scheduled to launch on December 1st in North America. A media alert follows with more information. In addition, Turbine has released a new Siege of Mirkwood trailer, which can be accessed on Turbine’s YouTube Page

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Whedon Talks ‘Rings’….Sorta..

November 3rd, 2009 by xoanon

Elfie writes: Halcyon Pictures, the right owners to the Terminator franchise is facing financial difficulties and looking to sell off some of their assets. Firefly creator Joss Whedon, wrote a tongue-in-cheek letter to them, and in his plans for the franchise: Terminator of the Rings! You can read up on it straight from Whedons site here.

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WETA Newsletter

November 3rd, 2009 by xoanon

From the folks at WETA: John Howe’s incredibly dynamic and exquisitely detailed sculpture by Daniel Cockersell is now available for pre-order in faux bronze. The edition size for this fine art collectible is a mere 300, just like the first sculpture in the range, Smaug™ the Golden which opened for pre-order in August. Check it out here!

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‘Gandalf’ has read the Hobbit script

November 3rd, 2009 by Altaira | Discuss

Thanks to message board member Theodred for alerting us to this story from scifiwire.com: Ian McKellen, whom we expect will put on Gandalf’s gray robes in director Guillermo del Toro’s upcoming Hobbit movies, tells us he’s finally read the script for the films. And, no, he won’t tell us much about it, except that producer Peter Jackson (who co-wrote the script with longtime Lord of the Rings collaborators Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens, as well as del Toro) wrote it specifically for him.

“As Peter has said, they loved writing Gandalf [for The Hobbit] because they knew who they were writing him for,” McKellen told us exclusively in an interview last week while promoting AMC’s The Prisoner. “There are a lot of characters in The Hobbit, including, crucially, Bilbo, and they don’t know who’s going to play Bilbo. So it’s extremely attractive that this part has been written for me. The other Gandalf was written for, well, just as Gandalf. There’s lots for me to enjoy, in all sorts of ways. And I couldn’t be happier. But I’m sworn to secrecy. I’m not to say anything at all about the script.” More..

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Today in Middle-earth, November 3

November 3rd, 2009 by grammaboodawg | Discuss

The following event(s) took place in Middle-earth on November 3:

• Thorin learns news of Smaug’s death from the ravens (1341)
• Bard oversees the needs of the survivors (1341)
• Battle of Bywater, and Passing of Saruman. End of the War of the Ring (1419)

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