Lee sends this in: The World Series of Video Games, operated by Games Media Properties of New York, will be making a stop at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre this Friday for a three-day showcase of high-stakes online competition that will see an army of futuristic soldiers on the hunt, guitar heroes vamping it up, and orcs, trolls and dwarves working together to slay dragons…A collection of cult movie and TV stars such as Hayden Christensen from Star Wars, Battlestar Galactica’s Tricia Helfer and Sean Astin, who starred as a hobbit in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, will all be in attendance in the Fan Expo Canada area, also included in the $15 WSVG entrance fee. [More]
Month: August 2007
Meghan S. Rodberg, Online Community Manager for The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar, writes: Don’t forget, Book 10: The City of the Kings goes live on Monday, August 20th! Our servers will be down from 7:00AM – 2:00PM to apply the update. Players can pre-patch their games by downloading our new downloadable update (from Book 9 to Book 10) – more info here (please note that this updater is for the North American/Oceania client only and will not patch the EU client!).
United Artists closed its $500 million deal with Merrill Lynch late Thursday morning in the wake of news that Goldman Sachs had backed away from committing to a $1 billion fund for MGM. Goldman Sachs was one of five banks considering underwriting the MGM fund. Move was Hollywood’s first brush with the widening credit crunch. However, MGM CEO Harry Sloan said Goldman Sachs’ move — or any delay in the franchise fund — would not impact the movies it has in the works, including “The Hobbit,” a co-production with New Line, or the next installment with the Bond franchise, which it is cofinancing with Sony. “No MGM property will wait for a film (finance) slate,” Sloan said. [More]
Hi all, Xoanon here. I’ve been reading Kristin Thompson’s ‘The Frodo Franchise: The Lord of the Rings and Modern Hollywood’ and loving every page of it! It seems like years ago we spoke about this book, and now it is finally out there for the fans to read! Learn about the early days of ‘TheOneRing.net’ (and the LOTR internet zeitgeist), and all other manner of geeky goodness! [More]
From the Geek Gods at WETA: Thanks to everyone who visited the WETA stand at Comic Con. Attached are are few highlights from the Weta crew.
The Rayguns statue gathered alot of attention, and creator of Dr Grordbort’s world, Greg Broadmore, was on hand to answer media and fan enquiries. The show exclusive, the Miniature ManMelter, completely sold out, and a little birdy tells me they are going for three times the original price on Ebay!
Here are this weeks updates for your news stations:
Long time TORn friends Emerald Rose have announced the upcoming release of their newest cd ‘Con Suite’ just in time for DragonCon! Stepping back from their Celtic roots, the group has prepared a genre-busting set of light-hearted tunes that cover subjects from Harry Potter to Star Trek to Dungeons and Dragons. ‘Chocolate Frog’, a happy ditty about a Potter wannabee, is available for free listens and downloads here.
Fans can find a trio of videos, including the ‘Never Split the Party’ brickfilm (Lego’s characters) by Larry Morris, which is causing a stir on YouTube.com, here. Tolkien fans will find a few characters and situations in the video that they recognize! Emerald Rose will be performing songs from the new cd at their concerts at DragonCon.