If you were not aware, Karl Urban (Eomer) will be reincarnating the role of Dr. “Bones” McCoy in director J.J. Abrams’ upcoming Star Trek film. The ‘Deadbolt’ has an interview with Karl discussing his other project, the ‘Comanche Moon’ Mini-series, as well as the Star Trek film. [Read More]
Month: December 2007
On behalf of the staff of TheOneRing.net, we’d like to wish you all peace, health and love this holiday season. You may notice that our site has ‘re-skinned’ in time for the holiday with a ‘Letters from Father Christmas’ theme – inspired by the artwork of J.R.R. Tolkien. If you weren’t aware, starting in the early 1920s Tolkien responded to his children’s letters to Father Christmas with notes and drawings. He introduced the chores of packing the many packages, the mishaps of weather and the mischief of his faithful helper, North Polar Bear, to his sons and daughter. These letters are lovely reproduced in ‘Letters from Father Christmas,’ a wonderful little book published by Houghton Mifflin. Consider picking it up sometime if you have not already! [Purchase at Amazon]
On the Media has a segment today on Tintin, offering a great primer on Georges Remi and his work with Tintin. The joint venture of between Spielburg and Jackson to make a series of movies about the comic.
More than any other collectible company, Sideshow Collectibles seems to really want their collectors to know everything about the pieces they release. To that end, Sideshow Collectibles has posted a ‘Backstage Pass’ video highlighting the recently revealed ‘Gandalf vs Saruman: The Treachery of Saruman‘ polystone diorama. Besides showing some more detail shots of the piece, we also learn that this particular diorama is the largest diorama Sideshow has produced. Check out the video yourself at SideshowCollectibles.com. [Gandalf vs. Saruman]
File this under ‘we really don’t want to toot our own horn, but a lot of people are emailing about it.’ Entertainment Weekly has named TheOneRing.net among the top fansites in their yearly ‘Best and Worst of 2007’ edition, on newsstands now. TheOneRing.net is deeply and humbly honored to be among those listed. We know, as I’m sure you do, that the success of TheOneRing.net is built on the passion and persistence of the entirety of Tolkien fandom. We owe everything that we’ve done, are doing, and will do to the genius of J.R.R. Tolkien and his devoted readers. So thank you (yes, you reading this!) for your support through the years, and we hope that you will continue along this journey with us as we move into a new ‘age.’ [Top 20 Fansites] [TORn’s Listing]
TORn Forum member Diedye sends us a link to an article at Portfolio.com which furthers the idea that Peter Jackson will not be directing ‘The Hobbit’ films. The article describes the series of events that brought about the resolution between PJ and New Line, as well as listing the projects and committments Peter Jackson has over the next few years. [Read Full Article]
Side Rant: Our current poll (located on the right side of this page) seems to imply that nearly 90% of fandom out there would like Peter Jackson to direct AND are are willing to wait a little bit for it to happen. While yes, the poll is not scientific, it is a good measure of the general will of Tolkien fandom. As someone in that 90%, I can only hope the flexibility exists for PJ to direct the next installments of the best fantasy film series in history!