Today is Viggo Mortensen’s Birthday. Viggo Peter Mortensen, Jr. (born October 20, 1958) is an American theater and movie actor, poet, musician, photographer and painter. He is known for his role as Aragorn in Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings film trilogy.
Month: October 2007
Daisy writes: Check out the update on Howard Shore’s website about the upcoming release of the Extended edition of the ROTK soundtrack: “Howard Shore’s complete Oscar-winning score for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, from the epic film trilogy The Lord of the Rings, will be available in a deluxe five-disc edition from Reprise/WMG Soundtracks on November 13, 2007.
This historic release contains 3 hours and 50 minutes of music on four CDs, comprising the full score of the 2003 film. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King — The Complete Recordings marks the third and final edition of the three complete recording releases of the film trilogy whose score has been honored with three Academy Awards, four Grammy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards. This deluxe set includes exclusive new artwork, packaging, liner notes written by Doug Adams, author of the forthcoming book The Music of the Lord of the Rings Films and features Annie Lennox performing the Oscar-winning song “Into the West.””
Here are the latest news headlines from the wonderful world of Weta:
Rayguns book opens for sale
Win YOUR head sculpted on a Weta statue
Weta’s design work in kids book featured on TV
Limited Edition Raygun prints released
Weta Bug visits the crazy worlds of conventions in Australia
Convention Costumes – how do they get made?
New testimonial from the Dr Grordbort’s universe
This weekend we’ll be at the Armageddon convention in Auckland, please drop by and say hello if you are attending. www.pulpexpo.com
No time to delay! Now that the new TORn is alive and well, we’ve got a great link for you to the MTV Movie Blog. Check out what Sam Raimi has to say about ‘The Hobbit’ movie and Peter Jackson!
Check out the entire text-based story! MTV Movie Blog
TheOneRing.net would like to welcome you to the brand new website! Before we review some of the new highlights, we owe you an explanation of just what happened and why we’ve been offline for the last few days.
While we wish we could say we had some exciting Hobbit Movie announcement as the reason we were offline, the real reason was nothing so glamorous.
Continue reading “Welcome to the New TORn”
BONITA SPRINGS, FL — The trustees of a million dollar movie trilogy have threatened to sue a local mom and pop eatery. Many people read the “Lord of the Rings” books or seen the films, but the owners of the Hobbit Grille have not done either. They say they’re ready to take on the Saul Zaentz Company, whose attorneys have promised to bury the deli if the owners don’t immediately drop the word “hobbit” from the name.”I just like the name,” explained Co-Owner Thomas Schillig.”What are they going to gain from it? They’re going to put me out of business,” said Chef Paul Mandell.