The guys over at action-figure.com write: A-F reader Phil, passes on information on some additional Lord of the Rings gift sets that could be coming you way in 2005. These MAY be for the international market only. Take a look! Battle of Shelob’s Lair Gift Pack, The Burden of the Ring Bearers Gift Pack, The Return of the White Wizard (Gandalf) Gift Pack, The Battle of the Mines of Moria Gift Pack…and more! [More]
Month: January 2005
djdeathskiss writes: The new collection of ‘Foxtrot’ cartoons is due for release in the States this March, with the clever (and some may say apt) title “Orlando Bloom has Ruined Everything”. [Pre-Order ‘Orlando Bloom Has Ruined Everything’ on Amazon.com Today!]
A fresh hunt is underway in New Zealand for hobbits, dwarves, trolls and elves as auditions begin for the stage adaptation of The Hobbit, based on the book by JRR Tolkien. The world premiere of the stage show will be held on April 16 at Wellington’s Westpac St James Theatre, Hobbit Productions announced in a statement today. [More]
PARK CITY — History was made at Sundance’s kid-brother festival this past week. For the first time in Slamdance’s 11-year existence, eager movie watchers actually camped out overnight to buy tickets for the off-spin film event. And, yes, you guessed correctly: They were indeed “Lord of the Rings” fans. While addressing the sold-out audience before her movie’s world-premiere Friday at midnight, the director told the happy campers who braved the freezing Park City air, “I salute you.” Carlene Cordova’s documentary “Ringers: Lord of the Fans” spent the next couple of hours saluting J.R.R. Tolkien and the celebrated work he created 50 years ago — a phenomenon that has inspired hippies and cyber geeks, influenced artists in literature, movie and music industries, and entertained and entranced millions in multiple generations. [More]
Belladonna writes: Having had the privilege of attending the premiere screening of Ringers: Lord of the Fans at Slamdance in Park City yesterday, I wanted to let you all know that the first batch of photos is online. They are located here. There will be more coming in that same space, including from a second screening in Salt Lake later this week. Oh, and the movie was excellent!
Also check out Slamdance.com’s Spykam which posted several photos from Ringers events: Camped Out For Ringers & Ringers: Instant Cult Classic?
Slamdance documentary “Ringers: Lord of the Fans” hopes to capitalize on the tremendous success of the recent “Lord of the Rings” movie trilogy by chronicling the original book’s impact on popular culture for the last 50 years and its dedicated fans dubbed “Ringers.” “It’s strange, it’s deep, it goes a lot of different directions,” said director Carlene Cordova, who co-wrote the movie along with Cliff Broadway. The two also produced the movie along with Tom Desanto, who produced the two “X-Men” movies. [More]