Quickbeam and MrCere give us the latest news on Peter Jackson’s screening of District 9 and his closed door internet journalist press conference. Those two guys are lucky! Take a look at the shirts behind them too…I want one of each MrCere!
Category: Events
More coverage from Comic-Con 2009…new TORN Podcast soon!
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The Hobbit Report: July, 2009
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From The Tolkien Society: Oxonmoot 2009, 25th – 27th September, Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford. A weekend of Talks and Papers, a fiendish quiz, an Art Show, Merry & Pippin’s Dance Workshop, a Dealers’Room, and Enyalië (act of remembrance at Tolkien’s grave). Oxonmoot is the special event of the Tolkien Society year held on a weekend close to Bilbo & Frodo’s birthdays. There is a range of activities such as academic talks & papers, workshops (see the Call for Papers below if you wish to offer something), new, second-hand and rare book dealers, an art show (with professional and amateur works), plus a quiet area where you can drink tea, fill up the corners and chat with old or new friends. Of course there is also a party including a masquerade (costume is optional) and entertainments. It is a great time for making new friends in the Society. On Sunday there is a wreath laying and short act of remembrance, Enyalië, at Tolkien’s grave. Continue reading “Oxonmoot 2009 News”
Folks from The Mythopoeic Society send along the list of 2009 Mythopoeic Award Winners. Take a look!
Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature
Carol Berg, Flesh and Spirit and Breath and Bone (Roc)
Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children’s Literature
Kristin Cashore, Graceling (Harcourt Children’s Books) Continue reading “2009 Mythopoeic Award Winners”
“District 9,” is making a real splash here at Comic-Con and Peter Jackson is here in an all-out promotional blitz for the film he produced with director Neill Blomkamp that stars unkown Sharlto Copley. Continue reading “Jackson: The process of casting ‘The Hobbit’”
From ifmagazine.com: While sitting on the panel at San Diego Comic Con for 9, Elijah Wood was asked about THE HOBBIT. While he says he didn’t have any idea if he is involved in the production. A visit to the set was not something he was missing out on.
“I definitely planning on visiting [set of THE HOBBIT]. Because there are so many people from LORD OF THE RINGS that are going to be a part of it,” Wood says. “While I am not a part of it, I will go down to see them. I’m so glad that Guillermo [del Toro] is doing it. He’s perfect. If it is not Pete, he should be the one.” More..