diedye sends along word that Guillermo del Toro will be a guest on ABC’s ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!‘ tomorrow (Friday, June 27th) and then as a repeat on Thursday July 3rd. He is no doubt there to talk about ‘Hellboy II: The Golden Army’, but Jimmy will undoubtedly ask him about ‘The Hobbit’. ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ airs on ABC weeknights at 12:05AM/11:05PMc.
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Sideshow Collectibles has launched a giveaway for the exclusive editions of their Frodo and Sam sixth-scale figures. Jump on over to SideshowCollectibles.com to particpate – the contest ends on Monday. [Enter]
A reminder that “The Lord of the Rings – The Fellowship of the Ring” will be shown this coming Monday, June 30, by the Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts and Sciences as part of their “Great to be Nominated” series. Since we first reported this story here the participants in the discussion panel have been finalized and what a panel it will be! From VFX World.com:
“Following the screening, producer Barrie Osborne, executive producer Mark Ordesky, film editor John Gilbert, supervising sound editor Ethan Van der Ryn, Oscar-winning visual effects supervisor Jim Rygiel and U.S. casting director Victoria Burrows will participate in a discussion about the film.”
Check out vfxworld.com for more information. Thanks to message board member diedye for the reminder. Oh, and if any of you are lucky enough to be there, be sure to send a report to us at spymaster@theonering.net!
This week’s LOTR movie news is kinda sparse, so I thought I’d add in some Tolkien stuff. I tried to concentrate on mostly on things related to LOTR, with a smattering of some personal (but public) info on Tolkien & family. Continue reading “Tolkien Flashback – June 14th-June 20th”
This summer the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds will be showcasing the weapons and armour from some of the biggest Hollywood blockbusters of recent years including The Lord of the Rings and the Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe (the second installment, Prince Caspian opens in the UK 26 June). Continue reading “Royal Armouries Goes To The Movies”
Rohan from GameTrailers TV sends us a heads up that they will have an exclusive trailer of the upcoming ‘The Lord of the Rings: Conquest’ game:
Friday night, Saturday morning, 1AM PDT weR’re having the exclusive game debut of Lord of the Rings: Conquest. Along with the first trailer, we’ve interviewed the game developer, Pandemic Studios, about how they created the game and even constructed an alternate LOTR universe where evil conquers over good! Being a LOTR fan and a gamer – I have to say, it’s a great episode.
Tune into GameTrailers TV this Saturday at 1AM PDT on the Spike Network. [View the Teaser for the Show]