Would you like to run and jump and fight and talk with friends and compose songs in Middle-earth? Would you like to do it on your XBox 360? Long regarded at a PC-only venture, the stereotypical MMO (Massive, Multiplayer, Online games) may be expanding to a much large audience.
Turbine is the current producer of “Lord Of The Rings Online” and just celebrated its two-year anniversary. In a recent hour-long interview (story found here) the movers and shakers behind the game talked a fair amount about changing MMOs from the current model to fit all the ways people use new technology. They didn’t mention LOTRO, but there have been rumors and now GameDaily has this solid story, sent in by Ringer spy Robin, rings true. As for me, the idea of the excellent Turbine game delivered to my big-screen TV, well, I only hope it is true.
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Lith writes: The NCFellowship is very proud to announce a LOTR Trilogy Showing to benefit North Carolina Children’s Hospital. The showing will take place on Sunday, September 20, 2009 at the unique venue of the Raleighwood Cinema Grill in Raleigh, North Carolina. Tickets for the event are on sale now here. We hope that all Ringers in the region will join us for a return to Middle-earth and in support of a great cause!
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Peter Jackson has confirmed that The Hobbit, to be shot in Wellington next year, will be one continuous movie in two parts and not two self-contained films. When the project was announced in late 2007, the plan was for two films to be shot back-to-back. The first film would be based on The Hobbit in its entirety, or, some of the story would spill over into the second film which would also be based on author JRR Tolkien’s other writings to create a direct link to The Lord of the Rings. But Jackson, who is also an executive producer on the project, said The Hobbit would now take up all of both films. “We decided it would be a mistake to try to cram everything into one movie,” he hold British film magazine Empire. Hobbit: One tale in two parts
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Giulio writes: Howard Shore will be in Rome on June 25th & 26th for The Lord of the Rings Symphony concert. I am a big fan The Lord of the rings books, movies and music too and I have already bought tickets for the concert. This is the link for news and ticket information. Thank you for all, I follow you from the beginning!!!!
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North American Ringers, don’t despair! Tickets for the screening of FOTR with a 300 piece orchestra at The Radio City Music Hall in NYC are available online at: www.radiocity.com and www.ticketmaster.com
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Ian Collier from The Tolkien Society writes: I thought that you’d be interested in the news about this year’s Tolkien Society Seminar on the theme “Journeys & Destinations”: Call for Papers & Announcement – The seminar provides academics, students and independent scholars with a venue for interdisciplinary dialogue. This year the theme is “Journeys and Destinations” in Tolkien’s works. Participants are free to draw on any part of Tolkien’s oeuvre, or to follow a thematic line within one text, or one text in its variant forms (draft ms, published work, amended edition). Continue reading “Tolkien Society Call for Entries”
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LoriGreenleaf writes: A Tolkien Lecture is being held on Wednesday 13th May at Tremough Campus, Falmouth, Cornwall. Lord of the Rings author JRR Tolkien’s popular literature will be explored at the Tremough Campus, Falmouth,UK as part of a special Tolkien Day on Wednesday May 13th. Continue reading “Tolkien Lecture in Cornwall”
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