As the movie release gets closer and closer, more and more people are going to want to talk about Tolkien. By pure luck, I moved to a town which has a Tolkien reading group every monday night! [More]
Month: August 2001
Check out the latest RealVideo from the official site, ‘Hobbiton Comes Alive’, the video features an exclusive look at the first days on the Hobbiton set, with some great behind the scenes shots, Gandalf in Bag End, Bilbo’s party, and Sam dancing with…Rosie? It’s all fantastic! [More]
“Harry Potter has been bumped by Frodo the Hobbit. In 20 minutes, The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring stole the title of the most anticipated film of 2001 from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. Yesterday, fewer than 100 members of the Sydney film community were subjected to a metal detector search before being allowed to view excerpts from Part I of the $300 million adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s famous fantasy novels.” [More]
Thanks to Wandmaker for the heads-up.
We often get emails and postings asking about the Christian element in LOTR – most of which would take a moderately-long essay to reply to in depth. Here’s a site that’s done a really good review of this topic. [More]
Thanks to James C. for the tip!
For clarity’s sake, Moriarty from AintItCool has made an explanation of his previous post which for a lot of people suggested that the Fellowship of the Ring was finished and locked safely away. In fact, the only thinig that is a done deal is the content of the film itself. [More]
From: Terry
I read in the swedish newspaper dagen snyheter that John Howe the Tolkien artist will visit the FantasyFestival in Stockholm on Saturday. [More] (Swedish link)