We are happy to finally announce that the 5 lucky winners of TORn & WaterTower Music’s “Hobbit Day” mathom are Iván,Tammy, Connor,Reagan V &Meaghan M.
You can expect an email from our friends at WaterTower Music with the code to download your very own digital copy of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey soundtrack. Congratulations and we hope Howard Shore’s wondrous music brings you many enjoyable moments.
Many thanks also to the few hundred fans who entered this giveaway. If you don’t already have the soundtrack, consider purchasing the Standard Edition from iTunesor Amazon, or better yet, the Special Edition from iTunesor Amazon.
Following the success of last years World Premiere Party which we co-hosted with Red Carpet Tours, Julie, Vic and Raewyn are holding the Desolation of Smaug Premiere Costume Party in Wellington.
Conversation with Smaug by JRR Tolkien. Here’s a nice feature from Gawainthestout over on Hard Hobbit To Break discussing seven things he learned from reading The Hobbit.
I have been reading Tolkien for as long as I’ve been able to. That is to say, that when, in fourth grade I became capable of reading and understanding the Hobbit, I did. And I have been reading the Hobbit (and the Lord of the Rings) annually ever since. It’s fair to say that the lessons taught in the Hobbit were as formative to me as a human being as those taught from my Sunday School’s Bibles or Slater Elementary’s textbooks. “What lessons?” I hear you ask. “It’s just a silly story. It’s not a parable or fable.” How wrong you are. Continue reading “Seven things I learned reading The Hobbit”
We’d heard and reported the rumours that the next Hobbit trailer was coming soon — probably next week, and probably attached to Gravity. Looks like those guess and rumours could be on the money!
The Hollywood Reporter has announced that ‘Hobbit’/’Sherlock’ star Martin Freeman has been cast in the FX network adaptation of the Coen brothers film ‘Fargo’. Martin will star as Lester Nygaard, the character portrayed by William H. Macy in the film version. The article describes Lester as “… an insurance salesman who has seen better days. Henpecked by his wife, his life is changed forever when a mysterious stranger comes to town.”
Production on the 10-part miniseries, which also stars Billy Bob Thornton, is set to begin this October in Canada, with a Spring 2014 release.
What a busy man Andy Serkis is! His new film studio, The Imaginarium, specializes in Performance Capture Technology, and they have all kinds of projects on the go. Recently, Serkis and his team at The Imaginarium bought the film rights to a new book called The Bone Season. On Monday, TheOneRing.net will be bringing you an exclusive interview with Serkis, where he tells us more about this book, his interest in bringing it to the big screen, what else he’s working on, and how Gollum remains a part of his life. He’ll even have something to say on the question of whether or not we might get another glimpse of our favourite performance capture character, before The Hobbit movies are over…
TORn staffer greendragon (’tis I!) had the good fortune to read a preview copy of The Bone Season this summer. It’s a real page turner. Author Samantha Shannon has created a detailed, complex world, which offers enough depth and richness that there will be plenty to explore in future books; this first novel is the beginning of a planned series. Even the minor flaws I found in the writing style didn’t stop it being impossible for me to put the book down – if the secret of a good story is keeping you wanting to know what happens next, then Shannon has certainly cracked that! Set on earth – but an earth of the future, run by a race quite different from humans – The Bone Season is a tale of action, fantasy, suspense, intrigue and yes, even romance. If you’re looking for the next series in which to lose yourself, this is definitely one to try; I suspect it will be the next big literary hit.
You can order a copy of The Bone Season by clicking here. Don’t forget to check back at TORn on Monday 30th, for our exclusive Q&A with Andy Serkis!
We are happy to finally announce that the 5 lucky winners of TORn & WaterTower Music’s “Hobbit Day” mathom are Iván, Tammy, Connor, Reagan V & Meaghan M.
Following the success of last years World Premiere Party which we co-hosted with Red Carpet Tours, Julie, Vic and Raewyn are holding the Desolation of Smaug Premiere Costume Party in Wellington.
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The Hollywood Reporter has announced that ‘Hobbit’/’Sherlock’ star Martin Freeman has been cast in the FX network adaptation of the Coen brothers film ‘Fargo’. Martin will star as Lester Nygaard, the character portrayed by William H. Macy in the film version. The article describes Lester as “… an insurance salesman who has seen better days. Henpecked by his wife, his life is changed forever when a mysterious stranger comes to town.”