Not-for-profit fan film “The Hunt For Gollum,” is making its world premiere online today. The 40-minute production, made by fans, for fans, is free to watch at www.thehuntforgollum.com. A quick glance at the film makes it clear it that Peter Jackson’s “Lord Of The Rings,” trilogy was a big influence on this production. Congrats to the filmmakers!
Category: Events
For those of you who may not be aware, each year at Comic-Con, collectible companies release specific items just for folks attending the show. This year, Sideshow is releasing seven exclusives, one of which is a special Lord of the Rings item titled ‘Mount Doom’ – The Sam and Frodo Diorama. While we only have a teaser pic (see right) – one can deduce the diorama will feature one of the most dramatic sequences in Return of the King, when Sam struggles to carry Frodo up the side of Mount Doom. If you are attending Comic-Con, you’ll need to participate in Sideshow’s Priority Pre-Order on May 21st to snag one of these collectibles. If you are NOT attending Comic-Con, you will have a shot of approximately 10% of the edition size on May 22nd. For complete details, check out SideshowCollectibles.com. [Comic-Con Exclusives]
Ian Collier of The Tolkien Society writes: I thought that you’d be interested in the news about this year’s Middle-earth weekend (formerly the Tolkien Weekend) event at Sarehole Mill. Like TORN the event is celebrating its 10th anniversary so this one should be extra special. Continue reading “Tolkien Society Also Celebrates 10th Anniversary”
alduya writes: On April 25 an organization called Invisible Children held an event in 100 cities in 10 countries called The Rescue. The goal is to get the child soldiers kidnapped by the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda rescued. As such the event involved people “abducting” themselves and waiting to be “rescued” by a mogul (a politician or celebrity) endorsing the cause. Billy Boyd was the rescuer in Edinburgh. There’s a video of his speech here and more information can be found at http://www.invisiblechildren.com and http://nightof.therescue.invisiblechildren.com.
During my association with TheOneRing.net I have often felt very fortunate to know great people and be in great places. Sometimes I have been lucky enough to have my camera along.
Out of that vast TORn photo library that includes digital images, and old scratched negitives, I put a few images together with some music from Arjan Kiel, (with thanks to fan film ‘Born of Hope,’) to pay tribute to the whole community of TheOneRing.net.
Click on the small triangle to play and to see the best fullscreen version, click on the box at the far right.
We’ve received official word that trailers for Neill Blomkamp’s ‘District 9’, which is produced by Peter Jackson, will play before screenings of ‘X-Men Origins: Wolverine’ when it opens on May 1st. ‘Wolverine’ co-stars Dominic Monaghan as ‘Chris Bradley AKA Bolt’. District 9 Official Site – Wolverine Official Site