Thanks to message board member, irisgirl, for alerting us to a nod to Tolkien in, of all places, tattoos sported by this years’ olympians. Karine Sergerie, a member of the Canadian taekwondo team heading to the 2012 London Olympics, has a tattoo on her forearm which reads, “All we have to decide is what to do with the time given to us.” Seems even olympians can be Tolkien geeks like us. We’ll be cheering for you, Karine! …Read More
Month: July 2012
Reports are coming in about the party last night in Wellington intended to thank cast and crew for all their work on The Hobbit movies. According to this NZ Herald article, it was a very exclusive affair with Hobbit cast and crew, entertainers and helpers only at the soiree of 3,500 people. “It’s a private party for invited guests only so there’s no public red carpet or that,” said Peter Jackson’s assistant Matt Dravitzki. “It’s just a private gathering for people who worked on the film.”
All of us here at TheOneRing.net would like to add our heartfelt thanks and congratulations to everyone who worked both in front of, and behind the scenes, to get the Hobbit movies this far. Now, on to December! …Read More
Peter Jackson just revealed a gorgeous new Hobbit poster on his facebook page which will be available to fans at Comic-Con. Check it out (at right) and, as always, check US out next week for all the latest and greatest Hobbit/Comic-Con news. You won’t want to miss our exclusive coverage!
Early this week, Entertainment Weekly released a bunch of new still photos from the Hobbit. Their magazine feature hit the stands mid-week and is full of a big bunch of movie news. Filming has just wrapped. Comic-con is approaching rapidly.
That’s why, this Saturday July 7, Hall of Fire is taking an unscheduled break from our Fellowship of the Ring read-through to trawl through the very latest movie rumours and spoilers.
(We’ll be back with the next chapter of FOTR next weekend, promise!) Continue reading “Hall of Fire tomorrow: movie rumour round-up!”
Ian McKellen just ended his run of fifteen one-man shows throughout New Zealand. The shows were raising money to fund the restoration of the earthquake-damaged Isaac Theatre Royal in Christchurch. Reports say that McKellen’s shows raised $354,000 for the theatre’s reconstruction.
Alongside McKellen’s fundraising, a Flight of the Conchords concert raised an extra $100,000, and British actress Miriam Margolyes also raised $10,000 for the reconstruction. Actor and writer Richard O’Brien made a personal donation to the cause.
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You may remember the LoTR family tree project.
Now Emil Johansson (the creator) has added another neat feature — a complete timeline of the history of Middle-earth as far back as the awakening of the elves in Cuiviénen. When you click a date from the Second Age, the Third Age (including the War of the Ring) or the Fourth Age, it even locates the event for you on a Middle-earth map.
It’d be lovely to see this extended to the First Age with the map of Beleriand from Silmarillion at some point. But in the meantime, do go explore a little bit of ME’s rich history. This is some great work.