Given the number of artistic people who love The Lord of the Rings it’s no surprise that a sketching tour of New Zealand should prove popular. Organized by regular LOTR tour providers Red Carpet and LOTR artist Daniel Reeve, the tours will take people around the film locations. A master watercolourist, mapmaker and calligrapher for LOTR, Narnia, King Kong and many other films, Daniel will share his skills with the October tour, leading workshops and demonstrations on the amazing landscapes used in the film. Places still remain for the sketching tour, which runs from 13-25 October. Find out More.
Month: April 2008
Bakshi’s Back! The Animazing Gallery in New York City will be hosting the gallery show “Unfiltered – Recent Paintings by Ralph Bakshi” Thursday, April 17 – Saturday, April 19. Among the events are book signings by the artist for “Unfiltered: The Complete Ralph Bakshi” by M. Gibson and Chris McDonnell and screenings of “Heavy Traffic” and “Coonskin.” Check out the blog ralphspot.com for more or visit ralphbakshi.com. Thanks to diedye for the tip!
From Entertainment Weekly: Orlando Bloom, Shia LaBeouf, Julie Christie, Ethan Hawke, and Kevin Bacon are reportedly among the group of actors and directors taking part in the anthology feature New York, I Love You. The project, a collection of 12 shorts shot in each of New York’s five boroughs, is being compared to Paris, je t’aime, the French-language film that used a similar approach with Paris as the setting. Read More
Is being a reality show contestant in your future? Gaby writes in: Wife Swap, ABC’s hit primetime show, seeks J.R.R. Tolkien enthusasts! Potential families can live anywhere in the United States, but we ask that families applying for the show consist of two parents and have at least one child, age 7 or older, living at home. Specifically, I’m looking for families whose lives have been transformed by the world of Middle Earth! If you yearn to walk the streets of Bag End, I want to hear from you! Families featured on the show will receive a $20,000 honorarium. If you refer a family that is selected you receive $1,000. To submit for the show, email a family photo and description to: gaby.wifeswap@gmail.com
Have you ever wished for a place where you could be Aragorn or Galadriel (or *gasp* Sauron) for a day? Well, if you live in or near Layayette, NJ, your wish could come true! “For over a decade, a growing number of people have gathered at a Girl Scout camp in the New Jersey woods to play at being elves, dwarves and goblins for the weekend. The group, called LAIRE, or Live Action Interactive Role-playing Explorers, is one of hundreds devoted to “live-action role-playing,” or LARPing.” Thanks to Robin for alerting us to this story originally reported by Wired.com. Read More
Composer Howard Shore brought J.R.R. Tolkien’s literary imagination to vivid life with his Academy®- and Grammy® Award-winning score to Peter Jackson’s film adaptation of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. Shore crafted a fully-developed musical epic that related the classic tale with moving and intricately related themes for each of Middle-earth’s cultures and charted the One Ring’s journey with an exhilarating flourish. Continue reading “FOTR Complete Score Performed Live with Film – NORTH AMERICAN PREMIER!”