Everyone loves the wickedly funny “Very Secret Diaries” as created by fan fic phenom Cassie Claire. This spoof of Fellowship characters has appeared in the award-winning indie documentary RINGERS: LORD OF THE FANS, in an outrageous sequence where Toy Biz Action Figures and character voices were filmed on a mini set! The original, authentic toys and props used in RINGERS are now offered on eBay! Now is your chance to own a piece of indie film history. Check out this sequence from the film (Quicktime required) and join the auction fun! [More]
Month: August 2006
Everyone loves the wickedly funny “Very Secret Diaries” as created by fan fic phenom Cassie Claire. This spoof of Fellowship characters has appeared in the award-winning indie documentary RINGERS: LORD OF THE FANS, in an outrageous sequence where Toy Biz Action Figures and character voices were filmed on a mini set!
The original, authentic toys and props used in RINGERS are now offered on eBay! Now is your chance to own a piece of indie film history.
Check out this sequence from the film (Quicktime required) and join the auctions!
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Large file [800kps]
The entire series of RINGERS eBay auctions are found here:
From AICN: Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. I know a lot of you are HALO geeks like me and like me you’ve probably been wanting to hear about the status of the HALO movie being produced at Universal and 20th Century Fox, Weta Workshop and Digital signed on to bring the special effects, and Peter Jackson onboard as executive producer. Well, the wait’s over. A director has been chosen, according to Microsoft, a man by the name of Neill Blomkamp. Before you start getting too worried that an untested director has been chosen to direct such a high profile movie, you should see his short film ALIVE IN JOBURG. [More]
John sends this along: Explore Tolkien’s Middle-earth in a 10-week on-line course hosted by the Centre for Lifelong Learning at Cardiff University. The course will examine Tolkien’s awareness of northern European mythologies and languages as well as other aspects of his scholarly background, by concentrating on The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit and The Silmarillion. The course will be run three times during the next academic year starting on:
2 October 2006
2 February 2007
23 April 2007
The course is open to students and to adult learners. Enrolments for all three dates of the course are now open.
For more information please visit the course website here
Frequently asked questions about the course
Pauliina writes: I’m a final-year psychotherapy student from Finland, currently working on my thesis “Going Home – Finding Myself Through Stories And Fantasies”. I’ve been a LOTR fan for 18 years, and the impact it has had on my life and the person I am is just enormous. Now I’d like to call out to you, dear fellow Ringers in the world, and invite you to share your stories with me by answering these questions… [More]
TORN Staffer Garfeimao sends along these photos taken by a professional photographer during Elf 2006. Take a look at the costume contest and musical performances! Those costumes are great!