Ethan Gilsdorf writes: Fandom Unites to Help Haiti Heal this Saturday, January 23, in a Live Fundraising Webcast Benefiting Haiti Relief veterans and Partners In Health
Saturday, January 23 at 2pm ET is when fans of all kinds will be coming together to raise money for the victims of the Haiti earthquake. Rooted in the Harry Potter community, the Helping Haiti Heal live fundraising webcast will take placevia Livestream (http://www.thehpalliance.org/haiti), and bring together Harry Potter fans and fans of other blockbuster books, movies, and TV series such as “Heroes,” “True Blood,” “Mad Men,” “The Wire,” and “Firefly” for this effort.The four-hour event includes entertainment, performance, interviews, news and more. Continue reading “Geek relief for Haiti”
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Variety had a sit-down with New Line chief Toby Emmerich about the state of the modest, smaller and newly profitable New Line film studio and its new existence under the Warner Bros. umbrella. The conversation turned of course to “The Hobbit.” We learn, among other things that executive Michael Disco will oversee the two movies for the studio. Variety also spoke with Warner’s Alan Horn who, according to the article, “… won’t predict when the first of the two “Hobbit” films will be out, but says the most probable scenario would be a release in the fourth quarter of 2012.”
It concludes with, “It’s a big bet for us. But it’s one we think will pay off given the success of ‘Lord of the Rings,'” says Emmerich. “This is one of the few movies it feels like people are waiting for.”
We know a few people who are indeed waiting for these films. In fact that “2012” date that just got thrown around may start a riot. Remember fans, biting your nails and tearing out you hair will not make things happen faster, nor will turning over cars or looting – the latter two reactions only lead to jail time. Read the whole story here.
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Site friend Sohaib was kind enough to write and remind us that a recent segment with the OneRing.net is available for a listen on that crazy World Wide Web. Sohaib takes listeners with him as he looks back on “The Lord of The Rings,” franchise a decade later. Enjoy!
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Thanks to Ringer Ryan who sent in a rather interesting find. We have not been able to verify the following statement from Ryan is correct, but we thought with Andy Serkis replacing David Tennant in the upcoming ‘Burke and Hare,’ it might just be the smallest of hints who could be cast as Bilbo Baggins. Here’s what Ryan sent us:
‘Simon Pegg wrote on Twitter yesterday “Looks like David Tennant will be visiting Middle Earth”…
He has since…I think…Deleted this post…’
We do know that David Tennant has dropped out of ‘Burke and Hare’ from another Simon Pegg tweet, that has since been removed, but reported on by the MTV Movie Blog. You can read more about that through the following link. [Read More]
Ah, the wonders of casting rumors! What do you think? Would David Tennant make a good Bilbo? Click on the discuss link below and let your voice be heard!
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Kay Miller from Mint Brook Teas sent us the news that their Hobbit Tea website is now online and accepting orders! Take a look at www.hobbittea.com and place your orders! I hope to have a few samples for giveaway (and taste testing of course!). Kay writes: “If you would like to read more about our company you can go to mintbrookmeadows.com. We are a small company and do not have the cash flow for a lot of advertisement. However, we are VERY excited about promoting the Hobbit tea in whatever way we can!”
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Our next episode of ‘TheOneRing.net Radio Show’ will air on January 24th at 2pm ET. Guests include author J.W. Braun (‘The Lord of the Films: The Unofficial Guide to Tolkien’s Middle-Earth on the Big Screen’). We’ll be taking phone calls, text messages and more! Click on the image above to view the radio show page.
J.W. Braun was born in the area where Dungeons and Dragons was invented and became fascinated by fantasy before he had a handle on reality. After reading The Lord of the Rings as a child in the 1980s, he became convinced that the books would one day become blockbuster films and began watching for news of potential projects. As the would-be blockbusters began to come to fruition, he followed the reports from the project from beginning to end, savouring every moment.
Order ‘The Lord of the Films: The Unofficial Guide to Tolkien’s Middle-Earth on the Big Screen’ on Amazon.com (Kindle version)
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