Tim Richardson, Director of “The Dork of the Rings” sends this along:
‘DORK’ WORLD PREMIERE THIS AUGUST
Details are still being worked out, but as it looks right now we will be having the World Premiere of THE DORK OF THE RINGS at GenCon in Indianapolis at 10:00 p.m. on Friday, August 11. GenCon runs from August 10-13 and we’ll have additional screenings, seminars and appearance throughout the event. Their website is www.gencon.com and please continue to visit our website www.dorkoftherings.com for updates. We’ll let everyone know if the premiere time changes for any reason via our website and newsletters.
LOTR ACTOR KIRAN SHAH VIDEO ARRIVES
We now have the footage of LORD OF THE RINGS actor/scale double Kiran Shah, filmed by his nephew Kit. Kiran was gracious enough to do a funny introduction for us to precede the film and he also did some amusing bits for our DORKERS documentary. A very special thanks to Kit and Kiran for being a part of our exciting project. Kiran will be appearing next at The Gathering of the Fellowship in Toronto this July and Dragon*Con in Atlanta in September.
DORK FAN FILM WINNER!
We are proud to announce that the fan film by Mars Productions is the winner of our Dork Fan Film Contest. The young creators of this remarkable film, Ashlee Scott (17) and Rachel Scott (15) have won copies of DORKS GONE WILD! and THE DORK OF THE RINGS. They also get a cameo in THE DORK OF THE RINGS and they’ll appear in DORKERS with excerpts of their fan film. You can view their 12 minute fan film and behind-the-scenes featurette on our website at here.
‘DORKERS’ IN TORONTO & NEW YORK
Check out our next two big previews at these conventions:
GATHERING OF THE FELLOWSHIP – July 1- 4, 2006 in Toronto
We’ll be having the Canadian and East Coast premieres of our dorkumentary DORKERS at these huge events! Featuring RINGERS filmmaker Cliff Broadway and LORD OF THE RINGS stuntman/scale double Kiran Shah.
The actor who has been heavily involved in computer generated graphics in movies has transferred his knowledge for use in a new game for the Playstation 3. Andy Serkis was the actor behind Gollum in the Lord of the Rings movie, as well as being the human face behind King Kong. He is now working on his video game debut, which will come in the PS3 title Heavenly Sword, in which he will play an evil king. [
From Cinescape: Sean Bean will play a serial killer in the upcoming remake of THE HITCHER for Rogue Pictures. The remake of the 1986 horror film also stars Sophia Bush. The script for the film was penned by Eric Bernt and follows a young couple driving across the country who become prey for a serial killer. The killer blames all of his murders on the young man. No word yet who is playing Sophia Bush’s male interest in the film, but with shooting set to begin this month we should find out soon.