Robert writes to tell us of an event in Turin where Richard Taylor will be speaking, on November 3 [More]

Robert writes, ” The two-time Oscar winner will be in my country very soon. In fact, Taylor will be the special guest of Virtuality, an event dedicated to the special effects and to the 3D movies, which will occur in Turin between the 3 and 5 of november. Taylor will describe his work and answer the questions arriving from the audience, even by web surfers, who can connect at Virtuality Conference, on Monday Nov 3rd, starting from 10.30 Italian time.

“Other guests of the event are, among others, Digital Domain’s Scott Ross, Pixel Liberation Front’s Colin Green, PDI’s Luca Prasso, ILM’s Indira Guerrieri and Proxima’s Paolo Zeccara.”

Wellington City Council has a calendar of events online so you can see all the fun that’s happening around December 1st. Our Return of the Ringers party is in there as well as the Folklore Festival of medieval goings-on. [More] There’s still tix for TORN’s party on the 30th, and tix to the Howard Shore concert go on sale this Monday at Ticketek People going on Red Carpet’s Rohan tour should note that this tour doesn’t get to Wellington in time to make the concert. Both tours – if you haven’t received information about reserving your spot on the grandstand, go here for important information.

After a three day ‘Trilogy Tuesday’ exposé, the dust has settled. We fans have had our chance to vent. New Line has spoken and Tolkien fandom marches on. In our final report, we try to put the matter of ‘Trilogy Tuesday’ into perspective and provide some ‘solutions.’ [More]