I wanted to let you know about a new Sean Bean (Boromir) video/DVD release. It’s called “Troubles” and…
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I wanted to let you know about a new Sean Bean (Boromir) video/DVD release. It’s called “Troubles” and it was first shown on British tv in 1988. It’s being released commercially on video and DVD on 02 October 2001 in North America.
From Nona, who is also a published author! Check out her new book ‘The Cilla Rose Affair’
Calisuri here…reporting LIVE (well, not really LIVE right this minute) from DragonCon 2001 in Atlanta Georgia.
If you live in the southeast portion of the US, get your Ringer fan behind to Atlanta this weekend! We are showing a one hour presentation on the movies with exclusive images and ‘other things’ that we can’t show online! John Rhys-Davies (Gimli) being here isn’t too bad either!!! The big show is at 4pm on Saturday followed by JRD at 5pm. The Tolkien Track is up and running and has some exciting events this year. Check out Decipher’s talk on the LOTR card game at 11:30am on both Saturday and Sunday. And there is even something for the kiddies! The Kid Track will be addressing Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit at 1pm on Saturday. There is even a Tolkien LARP happening this weekend. So the moral of the story…get to Atlanta..and fast. And if you do get here, drop by our booth and watch the trailers, check out the shirts and hats, and just hang out! We’ll have our first day report online around midnight EST. [DragonCon]
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Get to WorldCon in Philadelphia! Believe it or not, TheOneRing.net staffers Blasm, Nob, and Pippin Took are giving a behind the scenes look at the movies on Sunday at 5pm. Its the same presentation we are showing at DragonCon, so you won’t want to miss the exclusive look at some great new stuff. [WorldCon]
If you live on the East Coast of the US…you have NO EXCUSE but to get to one of these events.
Spanish-speaking Ringers might enjoy this report from the monster Tolkien fiesta held by the Asociacion Tolkien Argentina. Great photos of all the usual convention goodies. [More]
Dan Timmons’ film company ‘Scripts and Scribes’ sent us a note to fill us in on the many interesting places and people that will feature in their ‘Legacy of “The Lord of the Rings”‘ documentary. We should have some clips to show you soon here on TORN.[More]
At Mythcon earlier this month Quickbeam and I met the director of this new documentary on Tolkien and his legacy. He’s sent us an note to tell us how this interesting project is developing. Soon there should be something available to see via the Web. Here, in fact.
“As of August 24, 2001, Scripts and Scribes has completed filming for the segments that will hopefully appear on our web site (www.scriptsandscribes.com) and on www.theonering.net. We are completing the editing for these documentary exerpts. As well, we are in the process of securing the necessary permissions to put our project on line.
The next major moment in the production will take place Sept.7-9. First, we are thrilled that internationally respected Tolkien artist, Ted Nasmith has agreed to help us with our project. And we are extremely fortunate and honoured that Tom Shippey, Verlyn Flieger, Joseph Pearce, and George Clark will come to Toronto, Canada, to be interviewed for our documentary. Tom, Verlyn, and Joseph should be well known to Tolkien fans. George, a long time friend and colleague, is my co-editor for _J.R.R. Tolkien and His Literary Resonances: Views of Middle-earth_ (Greenwood, 2000); see www.greenwood.com for a description of the book.
As well, we will do some intensive promotion of “The Legacy of _The Lord of the Rings_” during the Toronto International Film Festival, Sept. 6 -15/01
Lastly, we are prepared and booked to go to England for Sept. 21/01 to Sept. 23/01. We will be filming locations and interviews in London,Oxford, Birmingham, Sarehole, and the beautiful English architecture and landscape. We’ll visit all the key Tolkien landmarks: his house, college, pub (“The Bird and Baby”), and others. We’ll also attend Oxonmoot. All in all, it should be wonderful (and hectic!) trip.”
We got this fantastic report from Ringer Spy Healer2B, whose class in Auckland was visited by LOTR producer Barrie Osborne. For anyone wanting to know a little about one of the big names behind the LOTR films, read on! [More]
