Thursday at Comic-Con, immediately following its about an unofficial and speculative (but informed) look at the forthcoming pair of films based on “The Hobbit,” TheOneRing.net, with a big assist from Weta, will launch a physical scavenger hunt for dragon’s gold at the San Diego Comic-Con. Prizes will be provided by Weta and include the book “The Art of the Fellowship of the Ring,” signed by Richard Taylor, Alan Lee, John Howe, Gino Acevedo and Daniel Falconer and 50 Weta Dollars. Read on for all the details! Continue reading “TheOneRing and Weta launch ‘Hunt for dragon’s treasure’ after panel Thursday at Comic-Con”
Month: July 2009
The folks over at Rottentomatos.com have produced a fun list of the most memorable movie wizards. Can you guess who is number one? The following ten appeared in the list, so we suggest making your own rankings and heading over to Rottentomatos for comparisons. Then, give us your thoughts on our message boards and help explain how Saruman didn’t make the cut. (Editor’s note: Tim the Enchanter was robbed!)
Wizard – film
Akiro – Conan the Barbarian
Dumbledore – Harry Potter
Gandalf – LOTR trilogy
High Aldwin – Willow
Lo-Pan – Big Trouble in Little China
Merlin – Excalibur
Miracle Max – The Princess Bride
Tim the Enchanter – Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Ulrich – Dragonslayer
Wizard of Oz – The Wizard of Oz
LOTR alumni Bret McKenzie’s HBO series “Flight of the Conchords,” has received several Emmy nominations for its second season including best comedy series and best writing for a comedy series. They dub themselves “formerly New Zealand’s fourth most popular guitar-based digi-bongo acapella-rap-funk-comedy folk duo” Continue reading “‘Flight of the Conchords’ gets Emmy love”
UPDATE: A source inside the production tells us they are not aware of any such announcement to take place at Comic-Con. We feel pretty comfortable saying this rumor isn’t valid.
It is probably typical internet rumor-mongering, but we keep getting whispered to that the lead for the two Hobbit films is cast and is heading to Comic-Con in San Diego. Continue reading “Is ‘the Hobbit’ a Dr.?”
Sean Bean of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Boromir fame, may have landed a role in another book adaptation by an “R.R.” author according to The excellent site WinterIsComing. Continue reading “Has Sean Bean landed a juicy role in HBO’s ‘A Game of Thrones’ ?”
Jerry Vanderstelt has let us know that he will be at Comic-Con and will have at his booth (#4719) “Galadriel’s Blessing” and “Terror over Osgiliath,” two new pieces that will both be available on the dealer’s floor. SideshowCollectibles will also be featuring his Return of the King framed lithograph. You can view all three here.
Vanderstelt said this: “I can tell you a little about these:
ROTK – as the first two, these are sized at 24 x 30 inches, 100 pound paper, aqueous coating, archival inks etc. Limited Edition (signed and numbered ) Collectors Edition ( Signed, numbered and remarqued -a little sketch on the left bottom of the litho of a random ROTK character ). Comes with Certificate of Authenticity.Licensed by New Line Cinema / Warner Bros.”