Now that the Joke is over, its time to get serious. The only way we are going to reach our goal of having a live-action version of ‘The Hobbit’ from Peter Jackson and his team, is by keeping after the studios who own the rights: New Line Cinema and MGM/UA. Our first wave of letter writing and postcards are directed at just these people. The addresses, several cards and letters to download and further instructions can be found over at TheHobbitFilm.com! [More]
Month: April 2004
Ringer Spy Isembard Took writes: Hi there, thought you guys might be interested in an article from The Washington Post. There’s a feature article in the Travel section on New Zealand which talks quite a bit about LOTR links, called “The Best Place On Any Earth”. [More]
John Rhys-Davies, who played Gimli in Peter Jackson’s “Lord of Rings” saga, has been tapped to co-star in NBC’s drama pilot “Revelations,” which centers on a group’s efforts to forestall the apocalypse. [More] Kudos to Jess for the link!
Dozens of Ringers emailed us with directions to a list of the ten best movie monsters (according to film experts). The 1933 King Kong came in first while Shelob can be found on the sixth spot! [More]
Peter Jackson has poured cold water on remarks made by Peter Hillary, son of mountaineer Sir Edmund Hillary, that the film director is planning a movie about his father’s famous ascent of Mount Everest. [More]
Ringer Spy Andrea sent in a scan from the promotional poster for Return of the King, urging people to go see it in cinema’s again. The poster is all over buses in the UK and was featured in the latest issue of Empire Magazine. Check it out here!