John Rhys-DaviesThe folks from TheForce.net send this along: The ForceCast, The Official Podcast of the popular Star Wars websites TheForce.net and Rebelscum.com, features one-on-one interview with veteran film actor John Rhys-Davies. More..

Peter JacksonComic-Con, a world showcase of pop-culture, has been trying to land Peter Jackson for the last decade since it was announce that he would helm the three-film adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s “Lord of The Rings.” Jackson sent along video to the mega-show for both LOTR and King Kong but for the first time the now big-time director will make the show in person. Continue reading “Jackson, Taylor, Noble and TORn at Comic-Con”

Comic-ConIt is official, TheOneRing.net has been officially invited to present a panel at the 2009 edition of Comic-Con in San Diego on its first day of programming on Thursday, July 23 at 10:30 a.m. in room 7AB. That great news gets even better because we can announce that Weta’s own Richard Taylor is very likely to join in! Continue reading “TORn at Comic-Con with big surprise guest”

DragonCon 2008The 2009 DragonCon schedule promises to be interesting and fun and features John Noble, a list of speakers and even TheOneRing.net. The event takes place annually, this year September 4-7, in a series of hotels in downtown Atlanta, Georgia. You can read details about the convention here and all the details of the Tolkien programming right here. TORn is scheduled to present an unauthorized look at everything we know so far about the production of ‘The Hobbit’ films and then present for discussion many of the things still open for speculation just as official pre-production begins.

Sean AstinSean Astin is featured in “part two” of a new educational short film about NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope found here with various links for different formats to view the film. It is a fun bit of education and for the confused, there is no part one. Enjoy!