There have been some additions to the fan art section. Thanks to Balin and Jincey for this weeks…
Continue ReadingThere have been some additions to the fan art section.
Thanks to Balin and Jincey for this weeks poll. It will be a two part poll, so expect something with a twist next week!
A new section will open soon. I can’t say what it is yet, but we look forward to launching it mid-week.
Have a great week everyone!
Thanks to ‘Jincey’ Chatroom Queen, for the idea!
With all the new travelers along the byways of middle earth, Barliman Butterbur has opened another establishment here at TheOneRing.net™ for all fair peoples, both big and little folk. Though many have patronized this wonderful inn since its opening, Barli feels a new name is in order for this particular tavern.
Barli, knowing the passions of his regulars, feels it would be appropriate for them to choose a new name. Thus, he has asked the staff of TheOneRing.net™ to devise a method of doing so.
And so, it is with great pleasure, we announce a space for write-in suggestions to name our tavern. We ask that your suggestion be of Hobbitish or Breeish origin. At the end of the week, all qualified suggestions will be posted for voting. The new name will be announced as soon as the votes are tallied.
Barliman and TheOneRing.net™ staff know this will be a challenge to all, and so they would like to offer a prize for the winning entry. A ‘Ringer’ suggested a brand new TheOneRing.net™ T-shirt, and this was roundly applauded by Barli and the staff.
So everybody! Don your thinking caps,and let the contest begin!
Dwane has published a heartfelt letter I recieved from a Stewart C. It seems that Stewart and PJ were old classmates. Stew would like to talk with you PJ. Go here to read the letter.
Xoanon passed this letter on to me. He says it isn’t news but more of a personal thing. So I’m posting it here. Mr. Jackson if you are reading this now, an old friend wishes to say ‘hi’ and maybe contact you. Read here:
I…read on one web site that Peter Jackson first read the books on a business trip to Auckland, and that he got interested because a kid he went to school with was often seen reading LOTR. I was the kid he was referring to… we went to school together and were
good mates (if you have difficulty believing that, ask him if he still has the tarantula he made out of his own hair and put in Miss ____’s top drawer). By the time I was 15, I had read LOTR 18 times (first time at 10 yrs old).
I suppose that I am, in a “round about” way,responsible for his interest in the books. I am really pleased to have known him. I would like to get in contact with him again, but I’m afraid that I would appear to be “toadying”. I really just want to let him know how glad I am for him.
This friend of Peter Jackson wished that he could get in touch with him, I do not wish to give out his email because he might get flooded with false claims, so, instead if you are rading this Mr. Jackson and are interested in contacting Stewart C. pls email me and I can get you into contact with him (that’s why I left out the teacher’s name, if anyone would know, it would be Mr. Jackson)
Here’s hoping an old friend and fan can get his wish fulfilled.
DD
Hollywood company New Line Cinema is showing signs of strengthening its commitment to the Lord of the Rings film project. Hot on the heels of a $100million cash injection for LOTR comes the news that New Line producer Barrie M Osborne (The Matrix, Face Off, China Moon) has bought a waterfront mansion in Wellington, near Karaka Bay where Peter Jackson and other ‘Wellywood’ film industry notables live. The implication is that Osborne, who will co-produce ‘The Lord of the Rings’ with Peter Jackson and New Zealander Tom Sanders, will be using the new house as his base while filming is underway. This may reflect a desire on the part of New Line to keep a closer watch on the project, or may simply be a practical necessity given the complexity of the shooting schedule. Filming is due to start next month and will continue simultaneously at different sites throughout the country.
Osborne’s million-dollar house may not be a mansion by Hollywood standards, being three storeys of stuccoed conrete under a waveform roof squeezed into the space between the harbour channel and the scrubby near-vertical hillside overlooking Cook Strait. Instead of vast rolling lawns, there is a modest few square metres of rockery plants that can withstand the frequent lashing salt gales. Hopefully Mr. Osborne can too.
