For a man who sold computer hardware before working with Oscar award winning producer Barrie Osborne on “The Lord of the Rings” and finally floating a $40 million company with him, Madhu Sudhanan sure has come a long way. Sudhanan stumbled upon his visual effects and computer graphics career quite by accident after he did a course in 2D and 3D and animation. [More]
Day: May 17, 2005
Cate Blanchett’s one-year-old son has been burned in an accident in a hotel in Morocco. Blanchett and Roman were flown back to London in a private jet for hospital treatment, London’s Daily Mirror newspaper reported. “Roman had an accident and he’s being treated for a minor burn,” publicist Lisa Kasteler told the newspaper. “He’s not on a drip. He’s still being treated and Cate is with him.” [More]
Everyone at TORN wishes little Roman a speedy recovery!
Olog-Hai writes: For all TORners in the UK, here’s an update on my ongoing tour promoting my book ‘The Science of Middle-earth’, which started life (of course) on Green Books (where it still continues). Today (May 17th) I will be at Cafe Scientifique, Stockton on Tees. Follow this link for more dates and times! [More]
A world-first motel has been created in a hillside at Waitomo. Inspired by the Lord of the Rings trilogy, two hobbit motel rooms are the latest to be built at Woodlyn Park. The park’s motel also has a Bristol Freighter plane and train carriages for people to stay in. The hobbit units come complete with round leadlight windows and a round door. They are dug out of a hillside and sheep graze on their grass roofs. [More]