Air New Zealand has commissioned research that shows stressed out Americans would be better spending their money on a holiday to New Zealand than resorting to therapy to make them feel better. ANZ spokesman Richard Sims commented that the airline couldn’t afford to “sit back and wait for the next The Lord of the Rings to transport Americans by screen to New Zealand” [More] We at TORN say, “Why wait?” Red Carpet is still running LOTR locations tours, and you can read what other Ringers thought of them here.
Month: December 2006
linuxelf let us know about this one: Richard Taylor to appear on ‘Holmes’, on Saturday the 16th Dec at 07:30 PM, on the Prime channel. From the website; ‘Holmes talks to five New Zealanders who are building and leading dynamic and growing businesses, from Doug Bartlett, who invented the TV cart, to the House of Travel’s Chris Paulsen and Weta’s Richard Taylor.’ [More]
Don’t forget, at 8 p.m. EST tonight in the U.S., TNT will be showing “The Fellowship of the Ring!” Join fellow Rings fans in our chatroom during showtime! [About IRC chat]
Once you’ve joined the main chat room, type /join #moviechat to get in on the fun.
For those Faramir and David Wenham fans out there, Sideshow Collectibles has posted their Faramir, Son of Denethor 12-inch Figure for pre-order. The exclusive edition of this figure comes with Boromir’s Cloven Horn of Gondor. They expect the exclusive edition to sell out today, so if you want to guarantee getting that extra accessory, place your pre-order soon! [More Info]
Arevanye writes: Netflix has partnered with Martin Scorsese’s non-profit organization, The Film Foundation (TFF), to celebrate this holiday season with a unique program. Through this joint venture, TFF provided Netflix with holiday-themed artwork from some of Hollywood’s A-list stars, including Orlando Bloom, Leonardo DiCaprio, Peter Jackson, Martin Scorsese and Charlize Theron. The original celebrity designs will grace the outside of a select number of the iconic Netflix red envelopes which will be distributed to members this holiday season. Netflix will make a donation to TFF as part of the campaign. [More]
Thanks to the tonnes of Ringers who sent in this new comic from the guys at ‘Heart of the City’.