The Musical Spectacular “THE LORD OF THE RINGS” will complete its run at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London on 19 July, 2008 after 492 performances. The show has already played to an audience of over 446,000 in London since previews began on 9 May 2007. Due to the popularity of the London Production among international visitors, discussions are under way for the production to re-open in Germany in November 2009 with a German-speaking cast. “THE LORD OF THE RINGS” creative team is also developing a touring version to launch in New Zealand in 2009 before being presented in cities across Australia and the Far East. This new production will bring the show’s ground-breaking musical score and J.R.R. Tolkien’s beloved story to a global audience. Producer Kevin Wallace said today, “The show’s creative team has proven just how enchanting, exhilarating and powerfully entertaining The Lord of the Rings can be live on stage. We will continue to bring this incredible theatrical event to audiences in London until 19 July, and we look forward to presenting the show to new audiences abroad from 2009.” Continue reading “LOTR Musical Ends London Run”
Month: March 2008
Zack writes: There will be a screening of FOTR with a live symphony on April 24 2008 for one night only in Winnipeg Manitoba (Canada). It will be at the MTS Center (downtown Winnipeg), FOTR will be played on a 800 foot Hi Definition screen. The Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra will be performing Howard Shore’s score along with the movie live as well as over 100 singers for the choir and solos. There are 4 areas to sit, Floor, 1st level, 2nd level and 3rd level. The MTS Center is also a hockey rink so you can imagine that the floor seats is on the unfrozen ice and 1st-3rd levels are higher up in the stands. Continue reading “Watch FOTR with Live Music in Winnipeg”
deej sends along this link to an AP/CNN article claiming that there will be 2 Hobbit themed films from Warner Bros./New Line, and filming is set to begin next year. She writes, I was reading this article about the 7th Harry Potter film being split into 2 films, and came across this: “Another famous Tolkien tome, “The Hobbit,” is also being split into two live-action movies set for back-to-back shooting to begin next year.” Read the entire article here.
Shawn writes: There is a humorous new LOTR-themed Yahoo! Mail/messaging demo that Yahoo has put out on their site, take a look here.
Vanessa “Saffron” Price, Online Community Representative for Turbine, Inc. writes: Once the most-used pass in the North, the High Pass has long stood as a residence for goblins and giants. Fans of the The Hobbit will recognize this as the pass where Thorin and Company were forced to take shelter from stone-throwing giants outside Goblin-town. Exploring Middle-earth: High Pass
Martin writes: Guillermo del Toro is keeping up a pretty damn cool correspondence with the fans over at deltorofilms.com and on the forum of his Hellboy II Website, where he answers fan-questions on an almost daily basis. He also came to talk about the Hobbit a couple of times. Continue reading “Guillermo del Toro Answers Hobbit Questions”