Lord Of The Rings prequel made by a fanatic using her £25,000 life savings scores 500,000 views on the internet. She didn’t have Peter Jackson’s £200million budget, eight years of filming time or the spectacular scenery of New Zealand to work with. But Kate Madison could match his boundless passion – and with it managed to make her own Lord Of The Rings film.
The amateur actress was so inspired by the blockbuster Rings trilogy created by Jackson she wrote, directed and produced a prequel based on material from the original JRR Tolkien books. Her hour-long movie Born Of Hope, made on a budget of just £25,000, is already a success, with more than 500,000 people viewing it for free on the internet. More..
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Folks from The Puzzle Hub write: Hi there, We’ve made this up for Tolkien fans to test their knowledge with if you could post a link on your website news feed. More..
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Alan Heritage, Manager for West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village, writes: I wanted to let you know about an event for fans of all ages called Ring Quest which happens at West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village in Suffolk every February. This is the ninth year that the event has run and this year it will be February 13 to 21, when many schools are on half term holiday in England. Continue reading “Ring Quest in Suffolk”
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Michiel from the Dutch Tolkien community website DeHobbit.net writes: Episode five of our “L” comic is now online. The Fellowstrip is a comic series created by DeHobbit.net staffer Philippe Collin. New episodes are published every Sunday. More..
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Michiel from DeHobbit.net A new “Fellowstrip” comic has been posted on my website DeHobbit.net. Since the last two weeks we are running a Lord of the Rings based comic series made by our staffer and cartoonist Philippe Collin. The comic is called “The Fellowstrip” and new installments are published every Sunday. People on the TORn message board seem to like them. I’ve added a translator to the website so international reader can now better enjoy it. The comic itself is already written in English so LOTR fans worldwide can enjoy it. The direct link to this weeks Fellowstrip is here.
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NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Dailymotion today announced that “Born of Hope,” a professionally-produced feature-length film based on the Tolkien Trilogy, Lord of the Rings, will be screened on the popular global video entertainment site beginning December 1, 2009. This exclusive follows the high successful launch of another Lord of the Rings fan film, The Hunt for Gollum, in May of 2009.
“Born of Hope” tells a Tolkien-inspired original prequel story with a host of characters never before seen on screen. The 70 minute prequel is the story of Aragorn’s parents, Arathorn and Gilraen, along with the characters who sacrificed everything to keep Aragorn safe. More..
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