A very rare set of proofs, Volumes 1, 2 and 3 of “Lord of the Rings” from 1953-1954, preceding the first edition, bound in wrappers and sent out by the publishers as early review copies, is set for auction by Bloomsbury Auctions on Wednesday, October 24 at 2:00pm EST. Bids will be accepted online by going to bloomsburyauctions.com. Continue reading “LOTR Proofs on Auction Block”
Month: October 2007
From Stuff.co.nz: Walter Cannel played a New York tramp and a Gondorian citizen in the films, Philip Eastwood was a hobbit and Laurie Penney was both a tramp and a hobbit. Organiser Paul Giles, 77 – a tramp at the head of a soup kitchen queue in King Kong – said the reunions had begun in 2002 with the help of his late wife, Marie. The informal gathering drew together people from throughout the country, all with fond memories of their show business experience. “There was a great atmosphere and the camaraderie was absolutely to the fore,” Mr Giles said. Continue reading “Peter Jackson’s bit-players re-unite”
From SunJournal.com: LEWISTON – A leading Tolkien scholar will give a lecture Thursday at Bates College following a three-day Tolkien Film Festival that will begin Monday. Thomas Shippey will give his talk, “Filming the Lord of the Rings: How Peter Jackson Coped with J.R.R. Tolkien,” at 7 p.m. in the Olin Arts Center on Russell Street. The public is invited to attend the talk, followed by a reception in the Olin lobby, free of charge. Continue reading “‘Lord of the Rings’ film festival, lecture at Bates College”
Well its been a few days with our new website, and some initial bugs are making themselves apparent. The most significant is how news is displayed for Ringers with Windows and IE 6 (Internet Explorer 6). We are working on that problem and hope to have a resolution soon. In the meantime, you may want to consider updating to Internet Explorer 7 or using Firefox.
Variety is reporting that Ryan Gosling has been replaced by Mark Wahlberg as one of the leads for Peter Jackson’s ‘The Lovely Bones’. The last minute swap culminated in a week long delay in principle photography (and may very well explain it). Gosling and Jackson reportedly parted ways due to ‘creative differences’. Filming commences today in Philadelphia, PA. From Variety: One day before shooting began, Mark Wahlberg stepped in to replace Ryan Gosling in “The Lovely Bones,” the Peter Jackson-directed adaptation of the Alice Sebold novel for DreamWorks. Continue reading “Gosling Leaves, Wahlberg Joins ‘Lovely Bones’”
Meghan S. Rodberg, Online Community Manager for Turbine, Inc. writes: The full release notes for The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar Book 11: Defenders of Eriador are now available on our Lorebook! You can view them here! Continue reading “LOTRO Book 11: Defenders of Eriador Release Notes Now Available!”