Merry writes: Happy Birthday, Bilbo Baggins! Wednesday, September 22, 7:00-8:00 pm. We’ll celebrate fantasy’s favorite hobbit adventurer with book discussion, cake, and more. Don’t miss this chance to meet other like minded teen Tolkien fans. 285 East Walnut Street Pasadena, CA 91101. [More]
Month: September 2004
Wellington-born actor Karl Urban has landed his biggest role to date as the star of a Hollywood movie adaptation of popular science fiction video game Doom. Entertainment magazine The Hollywood Reporter said Urban, who recently had supporting roles in The Bourne Supremacy, The Chronicles of Riddick and The Lord of the Rings, would star as John Grimm – leader of a special team that fights aliens. [More]
Sidsehow/Weta Collectibles has released another weapon set collectible for pre-sale, but this time, instead of a few weapons on one base, they have created on large weapon: Sauron’s Mace. The limited edition piece features a translucent lava rock translucent base and every detail possible from the Dark Lord’s weapon of choice. We have also posted a hi-res picture gallery of the piece in our Scrapbook. Check it out! [Click Here] [Mace Scrapbook]
Well, somebody’s spending up big money in West Auckland besides the Lion, Witch and Wardrobe people. LWW’s publicist wrote to tell us that this set is nothing to do with the Narnia films. Since I last wrote, they’ve built on some crenellations along the top of the walls, so it still looks like a set for something set in a historical or fantasy world. Interesting, but not really relevant I guess.
New Line has confirmed that Costa Botes’ documentaries, LOTR Behind the Scenes will not be shown anywhere unless or until they are attached to a special deluxe boxset of the LOTR DVDs due to come out in a year or two. A big disappointment for us, and a shame, because by showing how hard it really was to make these movies, they increase our respect for the people who made them and our appreciation of New Line’s courage in backing them as they did.
Many of TORN’s readers are interested in other fantasy film projects that are in the pipeline, including Phillip Pullman’s “His Dark Materials” trilogy. BridgeToTheStars.net has a terrific interview with the director Chris Weitz where he answers the fans’ questions about his treatment of the story. [More]