Author George R. R. Martin has urged fans to look out for two scripts from hit TV show Game Of Thrones which were stolen before a planned charity auction.

The writer, who penned the fantasy novel series A Song of Ice and Fire, which the hit HBO series is based on, planned to put scripts from two episodes of the show under the hammer at the sci-fi WorldCon event later this week.

But after he had the screenplays sent over for him to sign, he discovered both manuscripts had been stolen. [3 News] [Time]

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intheshire writes: Interestingly the ad place by 3foot7 on 12 august on NZ website trademe.co.nz originally called for elf extras:

“We are currently looking for slim men 17-30 years and between 165cm – 178 cm or 5’5” -5’8” AND slim women 17-30 years between 165cm – 173cm or 5’5” to 5’8” to play ELF extras,”

It’s now been changed and is asking for:

“We are currently looking for MEN based in the Wellington region aged 30 plus, medium – large build, 5’8″ – 6 foot (175cm – 183cm) Character faces, beards, missing teeth – all good”

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Dave from HeyUGuys writes: I had a good old natter with John Rhys Davies last week about a new movie and asked him about The Hobbit. Sounds like he’s had a change in heart. By no means anything certain but he’s basically asked PJ to put him in somewhere. Guess we’ll see if he does! More..

Black Belt Auntie writes: I haven’t seen any mention of the avalanche of commercials for the Science Channel’s new show Dark Matters, hosted by Denethor, er, John Noble, which starts later this month, I believe on August 31. Looks creepy! Trailer can be viewed here.

samdir discovered this little gem while on hobbitontours.com:

“Hobbiton Movie Set will be closed for all tours from Wednesday 05 October 2011 to Tuesday 08 November 2011 inclusive. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.”

Could this be a sign that the production is heading to the Hobbiton set for a month worth of filming? Stay tuned!