Hayes writes: The Arlington Cinema Drafthouse just added Rings Fest 2010 to their calendar. All Three Lord of…
Continue ReadingHayes writes: The Arlington Cinema Drafthouse just added Rings Fest 2010 to their calendar. All Three Lord of the Ring Movies + Games and Contests – FOR ONE LOW PRICE!
When: Sunday, April 25th, 2010 from 12PM to 10PM
Where: Arlington Cinema & Drafthouse
Price: $8
Watch for your favorite Movie or stay for ALL THREE. Enjoy Lord of the Rings again on the BIG SCREEN! The Festival is open all day, please feel free to come at any time. Continue reading “Arlington Cinema Drafthouse Goes Geek”
TheOneRing.net has received rock-solid information from an absolutely reliable source that the MGM financial situation is indeed what is behind the delays of the start of “The Hobbit.”
The venerable film studio behind James Bond and about 4,000 other titles is reported to be in about $3.7 billion in debt but holds the distribution rights for two “Hobbit” films that are under contract to be made by Warners Bros. The two studios have an agreement in place to produce and distribute the film but financial difficulties for MGM, including the potential sale of the studio and its holdings, including rights to the films based on the book by J.R.R. Tolkien, has delayed the films.
The source inside the production has told TheOneRing.net that all of the wrangling with MGM is indeed a significant part of possibly pushing the films back.
“At this stage we are all working and hoping for the best case scenario. Without a doubt, the MGM situation carries great importance.” Continue reading “Source says the MGM situation of ‘great importance’ to two potential ‘Hobbit’ films”
Mythcon 41 will be held July 9-12 2010 at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX. Message board member N.E. Brigand has posted that early registration ends tomorrow, February 15. Early registration rates are $60 for Mythopoeic Society members, $70 for non-members and $55 for students (the conference is free for children under age 12). The theme of Mythcon 41 will be “War in Heaven.” But, according to N.E. Brigand: “the conference invariably touches on more than the main theme, including for instance, the works of the guests of honor, who this time will be fantasy author, Tim Powers (Three Days to Never), and Tolkien scholar, Janet Brennan Croft (War and the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien).” Go to http://www.mythsoc.org/mythcon/41/ to register.
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Russell Nelson from Leicester Square TV sends this in: LSQTV sat down for an intimate one on one chat with the charming and phenomenally talented John Rhys-Davies last weekend whilst he was meeting UK fans at Collectormania London.
He talks about not only the magic of Tolkien and his experience of making the films, but also about whether or not he’d be interested in returning to the franchise for the upcoming Hobbit films. Continue reading “Video: John Rhys-Davies Talks Tolkien”
A note from Vivienne Wilkes, one of the many organizers of the Middle-earth Weekend, with details of next year’s event. This will be held as usual at:
Sarehole Mill in Birmingham, England
and will be open from 11.00am until 5.00pm on
Saturday and Sunday
15th and 16th May 2010.
Vivienne is not taking an active role in the organization this year since she is instead following in the footsteps of Rosie Cotton. Rosie’s husband Sam Gamgee as, you will recall, became Mayor of Michael Delving in the years following the Hobbits’ adventures in ‘The Lord of the Rings’. By strange coincidence Viv is married to this year’s Lord Mayor of Birmingham. Of course a major difference is Michael Wilkes will be Lord Mayor for one year only whereas Sam was Mayor for many, many years. Continue reading “Middle-earth Weekend and Staffordshire Hoard”
