Inon Zur, the composer who just recently recorded the War in the North soundtrack at Abbey Road, is appearing at the Wizard World Anaheim Comic Con this weekend. He will be appearing on Sunday, May 1st at noon. drop by and tell him TheOneRing.net sent you! More.. WarinTheNorth.com
Month: April 2011
On this episode of Hobbit in 5 we discuss Rob Kazinsky’s departure from The Hobbit, Ted Nasmith, illustrator of J. R. R. Tolkien’s works, AMC theaters screening of the Lord of The Rings extended edition, Hugo Weaving recently spotted in Wellington, Peter Jackson’s Easter break message, and this weeks character study is Gollum!
April 29th, 2011 – Episode 15
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Rebekah has her own Facebook page now! Go check it out and “like” her!
Texas Ringers take note! The Houston Symphony is performing live to a screening The Fellowship of the Ring:
Join us for an exciting, brand-new journey into the realm of Middle Earth. Over 250 musicians and singers will perform the movie soundtrack live as you watch the full-length film of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. See it from the beginning as Frodo and Sam, with the help of the Fellowship, undertake the perilous quest of taking the Ring of Power to the land of Mordor. Relive your journey into Middle Earth with this extraordinary pairing of film and live music. Friday, July 22, 7:30 PM and Saturday, July 23, 7:30 PM. Tickets from $25.
Visit HoustonSymphony.org for more details and tell them TheOneRing.net set you! [Click here]
Back when the Lord of the Rings films were arriving in theaters each December for three successive years, TheOneRing.net helped organized and supported line party lines around the world.
Things change a lot in a decade, but we want to get in touch with all the line leaders. If you served as a line leader, please get in touch with us at: TORnLineParty@Gmail.com. Put your city in the subject line to help us sort quickly and feel free to remind us inside the email of your efforts and any details you see fit. Thanks!
As you know the digital effects wizards at Weta Workshop are not just a company that makes some of the most fantastic images, props, costumes, etc that you see on-screen. They also make collectibles based on some of the stories they help produce. During The Lord of the Rings trilogy their statues, busts, weapons, medallions and environments were integral parts of collecting from those films. In 2005 this line of collectibles came to an end leaving Tolkien collectors with a very impressive collection representing these films.
Well, two years ago Weta came back to making product from The Lord of the Rings trilogy with more environments, a new shield line, swords, and prop replica pieces. One big difference: Weta is now making these pieces under their own collectibles company – Weta Workshop. These new items, allow collectors to continue to build on the previous The Lord of the Rings collection. That’s great news for us!
Continue reading “Collecting The Precious: Weta Collectibles”
John Farrell’s blog on Forbes has a delightful new video interview with Sir Christopher Lee, the first of a series planned over the next few weeks. His initial interview included a discussion on new media and Lee’s early entrance into hosting a website with help from his son-in-law.
What caught my eye was an initial statement by Farrell on his blog. He mentioned that Lee was “getting ready to reprise his role as Saruman in Peter Jackson’s two-part production of The Hobbit”.
While there is nothing on the video discussing The Hobbit nor is the statement itself a confirmation, the fact that Farrell recently spoke with Lee and chose this particular phrasing of words (without hedging) suggests this was part of their conversation and that Lee directly stated this. It could be a case of an over-zealous Tolkien fan reading too much into that statement but TORN followers may want to scour any future videos for tidbits of information.
Is this a backwards confirmation that Sir Christopher Lee will return as Saruman? Talk about it on our message boards here!