Ringer Unawen writes: Alan Lee at a private reception hosted by the Misty Mountain Smial, Denver chapter of the JRR Tolkien Society. Alan was gracious and granted us 90 minutes of his time prior to a booksigning at the Tattered Cover bookstore for the Lord of the Rings sketchbook. Pat (Altaira on TORN) set this up and kudos are definitely in order! We had a great time at the reception and at the booksigning, lots of “oohs and aahs” from the audience. He was very nice to all of us. [More]
Month: October 2005
The show has an exclusive nine-month run in Toronto Rehearsals began this month for the hotly anticipated The Lord of the Rings musical, scheduled to open in Toronto in March 2006. Based on JRR Tolkien’s fantasy trilogy, it has taken four years to bring it to the stage and promises to be a theatrical extravaganza of unparalleled ambition. A three-hour epic, peopled with hobbits, elves and Black Riders, it will feature a 65-strong cast of actors, musicians and dancers, and at C$27m (£13m) is reported to be the most expensive musical ever staged. [More]
Vicki writes: “Greatest Ever Movies” show seeks Lord of the Rings fan to talk about “Fellowship of the Ring” which has been voted number 1 as the British publics all time favourite Blockbuster film. We are looking for someone who has a LOR costume and someone who can speak a few words of Elvish. If you are interested email me at vicki.kisner@diverse.tv
Readers are reminded that Alan Lee, the acclaimed LOTR illustrator and Academy Award-winning conceptual designer for the film trilogy, will join us in the Hall of Fire (on the TORn IRC server) on Saturday November 5 at 6pm EST for a live question and answer session. Alan will be answering questions on his work illustrating Lord of the Rings, his involvement with Peter Jackson and WETA as a conceptual designer for the Lord of the Rings film Trilogy and his new book The Lord of the Rings sketchbook. [More]
Meghan, Online Community Manager for The Lord of the Rings Online writes: At long last, the team is unveiling one of their game systems. It’s been wondered, asked, and endlessly discussed; how can we work an MMORPG class system into Tolkien’s world, in which magic classes are clearly limited and magic itself is quite subtle? Answer: The Morale System. Chris “Hakai” Clay explains how pondering one of the major themes in Tolkien’s work, that of Hope, led to the creation of the Morale system. [More]
Meet Alan Lee tonight in Murray, UT at ‘Borders Books’ (132 E. Winchester). Alan will be signing copies of his latest book ‘The Lord of the Rings Sketchbook’ starting at 7pm. Alan is also keeping a travel blog of his book tour exclusively with TORN right here! [Alan Lee Travel Blog]
A BIG thank you to JPB for setting up the Blog for Alan’s book tour, you did a great job!!
More tour dates and locations are available here. [More]