The Hobbit Grille is taking orders and the two guys who run the place are willing to do anything to avoid turning a customer’s request down. Tom Schillig and Paul “Head Hobbit” Mandell bought the restaurant that was once Uncle G’s Deli just south of Bonita Beach Road on Old 41 in early April. “I always wanted a sub shop and the name hobbit has always been on my mind for it,” said Schillig who named the restaurant based on another shop he used to visit on trips to see his sister at her university. [More]
Month: July 2007
The University of California Press is pleased to announce the publication of: ‘The Frodo Franchise: “The Lord of the Rings” and Modern Hollywood’ Kristin Thompson is an Honorary Fellow at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Her many books include “Film Art: An Introduction” and “Film History: An Introduction” (both with David Bordwell) and “Storytelling in the New Hollywood”. [More]
From an ape to a genius is quite a leap, but that’s exactly what Andy Serkis, also known for playing Gollum in “The Lord of the Rings,” is doing. It’s a tribute to the actor’s genius that, after supplying the body movements and facial expressions of King Kong, he is playing Albert Einstein in a new film, “Einstein and Eddington.” [More]
Katie writes: I received an advertisement in the mail today about a Lord of the Rings concert performed by the Cleveland Orchestra and the Blossom Festival Chorus at the 2007 Blossom Festival in Cleveland, Ohio on July 21 at 9:00PM. Prices for reserved pavilion seats start at $26 and general admission lawn tickets are $22. Gates open early at 6:30PM for picnicking. Tickets can be purchased by calling (216)231-1111 or (800)686-1141, or online at their website: clevelandorchestra.com. Also, if I have understood the letter correctly, it says that Howard Shore will be conducting! Again, this may or may not be correct. Either way, it sounds like something you wouldn’t want to miss. 🙂 More information can be found at their website.
New Line had good reason to be nervous in 1999 when entrusting its 11-hour, $281-million “Lord of the Rings” franchise to Peter Jackson. It was 1996’s “The Frighteners,” a ruder awakening than most for guys like Jackson, who dream of doing blockbusters that people will lose sleep to see early. Transitional splinters are rites of passage for directors with no-budget roots who reach high for Hollywood branches (Bryan Singer had “Apt Pupil,” and Sam Raimi had “The Quick and the Dead.”) Of course, just like Raimi’s “Spider-Man” and Singer’s “X-Men,” Jackson’s “The Fellowship of the Ring” earned more money in a few hours than the smaller titles did in several months. [More]
Hollywood heavyweights Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh have joined the fight to protect a historic Seatoun chapel from demolition. It is understood the film-making pair are even considering buying the Our Lady of the Star of the Sea Chapel, estimated to be worth $10 million, to save it for the community. They have been joined by other Seatoun residents, including Dame Pat Evison, concerned that a large residential development would replace the chapel. [More]