An old TORn friend writes in:
“According to George R.R. Martin’s “Not a Blog” the latest Calendar of paintings of locations from his “Song of Ice and Fire” fantasy series will be illustrated by none other than LOTR illustrator Ted Nasmith. According to Martin’s website, the calendar will be debuting from publisher Bantam Spectra at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con in July.
For fans of Westros and other “Ice and Fire” environs, this series is currently in production with HBO starring Sean Bean. (But you already knew that…) I’m sure that Ted Nasmith isn’t the last LOTR alum to hop onboard this blockbuster fantasy series!
For those paying attention Linuxelf has been building up quite a library on YouTube, all well worth attention. But one of the three newest ones is pretty near and dear to TheOneRing.net. Maybe some have seen this footage but certainly many of us have not.
There is also a haka for LOTR cast and crew here, and a report on Oscar buzz for “Fellowship of the Ring,” here. Thanks LE!
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Sideshow Collectibles is continuing their Fantacular 2010 celebration with a special St. Patrick’s Day giveaway. To enter all you have to do is send a St. Patrick’s Day card and you will automatically entered to win their popular Legolas Premium Format Figure. Follow the link to share your St. Patrick’s Day greetings today! [Send a Card] And if you didn’t know, Sideshow is hosting a day long chat with every single department at their website. If the chat’s end up like other ones, you’ll get some news on upcoming products and have great odds in winning free stuff! It doesn’t officially start until 9AM PT Today. [Sideshow Chat]
ComingSoon.net is reporting that Hugo Weaving, aka Elrond from The Lord of the Rings films, is in talks to play the villain Red Skull in the upcoming ‘Captain America‘ movie. If Hugo takes the role, he would be reuniting with director Joe Johnston (Wolfman). The film is expected to be released July 2011. What does this mean for Hugo’s involvement in the upcoming ‘Hobbit’ films? Your guess is as good as ours, but with the continuing rumblings that the first Hobbit film will not be released until Dec 2012, this may have no effect at all on his availability. There is a lively discussion taking place on the message boards thanks to Ringer Alex. [ComingSoon.net Article]
Linuxelf sends along more video from years gone by, the first is a Jed Brophy ‘Sharku / Snaga’ Interview, then Ian Brodie and finally Brett Mckenzie on the ‘Figwit’ phenomenon (look it up). Continue reading “More Archived YouTube Videos”
