The meeting was as long as a Tolkien trilogy when it could’ve been a 10-minute short story. For…
Continue ReadingThe meeting was as long as a Tolkien trilogy when it could’ve been a 10-minute short story.
For those who like to skip straight to the last page, Wellington city councillor Mary Varnham will accompany Mayor Mark Blumsky to New York this month at a cost to ratepayers of about $14,250. [More]
The Official Christopher Lee Homepage has posted some real media clips of Christopher Lee (Saruman) answering various fan submitted quesitons. As we would expect, some folks have asked about Lord of the Rings filming and New Zealand. While he can’t mention anything about the movies specifically, he did say, “Peter Jackson is one of the most remarkable directors I have ever worked with in my entire career.” That sounds like good news for us fans and a great compliment for PJ! Follow the links in the Q&A forum of this site to find the Real Media clips. [More]
There’s been some new developments at the Assassin Films website Searching for the Hobbit. For a start, the website is now offering free access to everything including the ‘making of’ documentary downloads. Producer Mark Morgan said “At the moment because of the hype surrounding the LOTR films and all the upcoming merchandising, we felt that we did not want to be seen as yet another commercial entity capitalising on the author’s works. We have therefore made the site free so everybody has the opportunity to take part in and view the documentary in progress.”
Regular visitors to the site will remember that ”Searching for the Hobbit” is a documentary being made to celebrate the world of Tolkien fandom and Hobbit culture worldwide. Visitors to the site have the chance to download clips from interviews that the ‘Hobbit’ team have conducted with an ever-growing range of people whose lives and work have been influenced by JRRT.
This is such a huge subject to cover that they have decided to make another change to the website. What used to be the Inspiration Room has been renamed the Gallery and focuses on ‘Rings’-inspired artwork. A new Inspiration Room will be set up where visitors are invited to share their personal (and true!) stories with other Tolkien fans. Morgan hopes that people will talk about their own Search for the Hobbit. “When did you last visit Middle-earth?” he asks. So far this question has produced some beautiful stories from all kinds of people.
The very best stories might form the basis for further interviews when the ‘Search for the Hobbit’ continues.
Please post all stories to webmaster@assassinfilms.com
The Fan Art Gallery has been updated with some wonderfully creative and beautiful new pieces of work.
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Check out the full gallery. [More]
Many PC oriented folks are having trouble getting their brand-spanking new QuickTime LoTR trailer files to open and play. The files are in .bin format and need to be unstuffed using a program called StuffIt Expander. This program can be downloaded at Aladdin Systems. We hope this helps!
Just heard this at Barliman’s, and thanks to all who sent in an email on it too:
Pippin Took: E! channel is showing the trailer uncut all weekend on their “Coming Attractions” show. Woohoo!!
