Fans of PBS’s ‘Antiques Roadshow‘ will want to catch the upcoming El Paso episode, just filmed yesterday in the historic Texas City. From the El Paso Times:
A book by J.R.R. Tolkien and an Andy Warhol pop art collection were among the most expensive items appraised at Saturday’s PBS “Antiques Roadshow” at the Judson F. Williams Convention Center.
“The most expensive item appraised (Saturday) was a first edition of ‘The Hobbit’ with original dust jacket and the signature of J.R.R. Tolkien,” said Judy Matthews, for the “Antiques Roadshow.” “It was appraised at between $80,000 and $100,000.”
This is the most in-depth interview we’ve seen to date with James Nesbitt regarding The Hobbit and living in Wellington, NZ.
The Hobbit bring Nesbitt to NZ (Sunday Star Times)
Nesbitt is playing dwarf Bofur, one of the 12 companions of hobbit Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman), though further details about the production are secret. Nesbitt will say only that his latest project is “an incredible experience. It is a massive, massive project. You can’t believe it when you go down to the studios. I mean, there are all these different stages, there are hundreds of people involved and yet it feels like a family”.
Follow the link for the complete interview [click here]
We’re about to begin sifting through the latest news and rumours from the Hobbit movie set. Come join us and indulge in some good old-fashioned speculation!
Thanks to everyone who came along! Next weekend we’ll be doing The Hobbit: Chapter 7: Queer Lodgings.
With the up and coming Blu-ray release of the Extended Edition versions of The Lord of the Rings trilogy (quite exciting!!), here’s the original preview for the DVD release of the Extended Edition to bring us back to why we love these versions of the films. Don’t forget you can still purchase tickets for The Two Towers: Extended Edition and The Return of the King:Extended Edition through the following link. And of course, if you haven’t already placed your pre-order for the Blu-ray set…what are you waiting for?! [EE Screening Tickets] [Pre-Order Blu-Ray]
On this episode of Hobbit in 5, we talk about the Fellowship of the Ring extended edition screening, Sean Bean is okay after being stabbed with a piece of glass, NZ was rocked again by two earthquakes, and show you some Ringer fan creations! For our character study, we’ll look at Radagast the Brown.
Thanks to our executive producers: John A. Smith, Mark Ernst, Scott Bulger, Tony Borgersen, Bryce Nargi, and Vegard Ovland.
Tina Stevenson, Community Manager for Warinthenorth.com dropped me a line to let me know about this cool event the dev team has cooked up for you guys.
Tina writes: “We’re have a big part of our team sit down from 2-6 PDT today to watch the ‘Fellowship of the Ring: extended edition’ all together. Luckily, being a game studio means we all have tvs, computers, and dvd players right at our desk. We’ll be chatting along on Facebook with a heavy bent of just fans being fans together.
The main reason we set this up is because the theatrical re-release didn’t come to our part of town, so not many of us got to go… I know it is that way for International fans, and a lot of other folks as well.”
Be sure to head on over to their Facebook page for the details…happy viewing!
Fans of PBS’s ‘Antiques Roadshow‘ will want to catch the upcoming El Paso episode, just filmed yesterday in the historic Texas City. From the El Paso Times:
This is the most in-depth interview we’ve seen to date with 
Tina Stevenson, Community Manager for