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Live Webcast TORn TUESDAY With End Of Filming News & More
July 30, 2013 at 6:58 pm -Everyone gather round for our weekly live webcast TORnTUESDAY! We have some great footage from our livestream at San Diego Comic-Con and above all we have coverage of the final days of shooting THE HOBBIT films down in New Zealand. They just completed all their photography a couple of days ago. We will have lots…
Collecting The Precious – The Noble Collection The One Ring Sterling Edition Contest
July 30, 2013 at 5:41 pm -Our friends at The Noble Collection have created a Facebook Page to allow fans to stay in better touch with all the latest product updates. In celebration of this we’ve teamed up with The Noble Collection to give away FIVE of their The One Ring Sterling Silver Edition. This awesome collectible retails for $129 and…
Newly discovered spider named after Dominic Monaghan
July 30, 2013 at 10:13 am -Dr. Peter Jäger, expert consultant to the nature television show “Wild Things with Dominic Monaghan,” discovered a new spider and named it after “Lord of the Rings” actor Monaghan. As most readers of TORn will already know, Monaghan was Merry in Peter Jackson’s adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s novel and also stars on the TV show…
Why Tauriel?
July 30, 2013 at 8:25 am -In this thought piece, our newest feature writer Noah Smith outlines some of his hopes and concerns regarding the character Tauriel, and how in her best moments he hopes she’ll prove a tribute to some of most Tolkien’s vibrant heroines. NO two Tolkien fans are the same. Yes, we harbor a deep and abiding love…
Collecting The Precious – New Items from Badali Jewelry
July 30, 2013 at 5:30 am -Piggybacking on the great post earlier with the video of the Badali Jewelry booth during Comic-Con, we have news that a few of these new items are available for order. The Khuzdul Dwarven Battle Axe and the Baggins Cuff Links are two amazing items which were shown in the video, and which can be purchased right now. You can…
Collecting The Precious – Weta Workshop’s Azog the Defiler on Warg Pre-Order
July 30, 2013 at 4:11 am -Today is the day and he’s up for Pre-Order! Azog the Defiler on Warg is ready to be purchased by 500 fans of Middle-earth, who are looking to add this fantastic collectible to their collections. This massive piece comes in at 17 inches tall, 2 feet long, and 35lbs (with steel structure inside to help the piece stay sturdy)….
San Diego Comic Con: Badali Jewelry booth and merchandise tour
July 29, 2013 at 1:33 am -The coverage and content of Comic Con keeps on coming to those who didn’t make it and even for those who did but couldn’t be everywhere at once. We will continue to release videos from our night and day experiences and we are starting out with a tour of Badali Jewelry’s booth which they were…
TORn Message Boards Weekly Roundup – July 28, 2013
July 28, 2013 at 8:19 pm -Welcome to our collection of TORn’s hottest topic of the past week. If you’ve fallen behind on what’s happening on the Message Boards, here’s a great way to catch the highlights. Of if you’re new to TORn and want to enjoy some great conversations, just follow the links to some of our most popular discussions….
Happy Hobbit Goes to SDCC: A Taste of the Con
July 28, 2013 at 1:48 pm -Get a feel for what a day at San Diego Comic-Con is like, and meet the friendly staff of Weta and TORn while you take a look around at their merchandise! [Happy Hobbit Goes to SDCC: A Taste of the Con]
The AUJ SEE: Stop version madness and menu cheapness!
July 28, 2013 at 9:05 am -The extended edition for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is, by now, well on the way. In this opinion piece, Ringer TheHutt offers his thoughts on how why the designers and creators at Warner Bros. should be taking their cues from the acclaimed success of The Lord of the Rings EEs, and not from the…
Hall of Fire chat log: the hero and the heroic in The Lord of the Rings
July 28, 2013 at 8:30 am -Last weekend in The Hall of Fire, we discussed sources of heroism in The Lord of the Rings. Who acts heroically, and what is it that makes them heroic anyway? For those who couldn’t attend, here’s a log. And a reminder, next weekend (Saturday August 3 at 6pm EDT (New York time)) we’ll be discussing…
Fan-made animated Hobbit film in production!
July 27, 2013 at 8:15 pm -Our friends at Tolkien Brasil tell us that, somewhat in the vein of the fan film Born of Hope, Dutchman Johan Zanderbergen is currently working on an fan-made animated version of The Hobbit. Tolkien Brasil reports that “apparently the script is very faithful to the books and presents the childish tone that Tolkien’s work expresses,…
Hall of Fire tomorrow: aspects of heroism within the Fellowship
July 27, 2013 at 9:50 am -Last weekend in Hall of Fire we discussed the hero and the heroic in Lord of the Rings. The topic proved quite popular for everyone, so by request this weekend we’ll be honing in a little more to examine heroism among the Fellowship itself. ‘I wish it need not have happened in my time,’ said…
Kabam airs Kingdoms of Middle-earth ad
July 27, 2013 at 7:20 am -It seems that Kabam is getting serious about promoting its free-to-play Kingdoms of Middle-earth mobile app game. Our spies tell us that ads have been seen airing on the SyFy network — something apparently pretty much unheard of for this sort of game. Kabam itself describes Kingdoms as: The age-old feud between Elves and Dwarves…
Collecting The Precious – Weta Workshop Comic-Con 2013 Part 3
July 27, 2013 at 4:15 am -We’re proud to bring you part three of our coverage of the amazing items that Weta Workshop had at San Diego Comic-Con 2013. This update comes from the most recent newsletter that landed in many of our in-boxes, bringing information regarding the pre-order for the Azog on Warg statue, as well as details on when all…
Collecting The Precious – Gentle Giant Comic-Con 2013 Booth Tour
July 27, 2013 at 3:12 am -Gentle Giant brought a few of their Mini-Busts for The Hobbit Trilogy to this year’s San Diego Comic-Con. Fans got a chance to see their Azog, Goblin King with Scribe, Bilbo Baggins, Gollum, and the 2013 PGM Exclusive Dwalin Bust. It was pretty awesome getting a chance to check out all of these busts, but…
A Special Thanks to Peter Jackson and his Crew for The Hobbit
July 26, 2013 at 8:29 pm -Yesterday was the last day of principal photography for The Hobbit films. Peter Jackson live blogged the event, and earlier today we asked fans to send us videos of their thanks to PJ and the entire Crew. The response was overwhelming! (in fact, we will have a Part II video posted later) Enjoy!
Peter Jackson blogs final day of shooting on ‘The Hobbit,’ UPDATE: 771 days of Middle-earth shooting in the books
July 26, 2013 at 5:14 am -Peter Jackson has always been pretty open with fans about his process of making films. He answered 20 questions for anybody interested way back in 1998 on Aintitcoolnews back when film fans had just climbed out of the internet’s primordial ooze. He followed this up with a series of interactions with communities definitely including TheOneRing.net…
Thank You video to the Cast and Crew of The Hobbit
July 25, 2013 at 11:35 pm -UPDATE: Thanks for all the quick submissions! We’ve sent the video over to the production crew but you can still upload your own video to youtube and title it THANKS PJ We’re making a ”thank you” video for PJ and the cast and crew and we’d like you to take part! Simply email Justin an iPhone video…
Collecting The Precious – LEGO Comic-Con 2013 Booth Tour
July 25, 2013 at 11:04 pm -During Comic-Con 2013 the folks at LEGO unvelied a brand new set for fans of Middle-earth and it comes from The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. The new set is called Lake Town Chase and comes with several mini-figures like: Bard, Thorin, Bilbo, a guard, and The Master of Lake Town. This set launches in…