At Comic-Con 2011, MTV interviewed a few celebrities to test their Geek knowledge. As you will see in…
Continue ReadingAt Comic-Con 2011, MTV interviewed a few celebrities to test their Geek knowledge. As you will see in this video, most fail miserably, especially when it comes to the first question. Thank God for Twilight’s Taylor Lautner knew confidently answered the name of the character Elijah Wood portrayed in The Lord of the Rings! I think we can say we are particularly disappointed in Patrick Stewart, and pretty sure that Jon Favreau is a true geek! [MTV Post]
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This Sunday, at 2pm PST, the new Orthanc Environment from the artists at Weta Workshop will go up for Pre-Order. As, I told you the other day, Weta wants your help to name this piece. Starting today and running through August 5th at 5pm PST, we will be helping them collect name suggestions through the link below. The winners will be chosen by none other than Orthanc model makers David Tremont and Daniel Falconer! The winner of the contest not only gets their name chosen for Orthanc but they will also receive a collectors edition of Bag End, and two runners up will receive a very cool Sauron T-Shirt. Good Luck!!! [Orthanc Naming Competition]
Howard Shore on Houston Public Radio from Doug Adams on Vimeo.
QuackingTroll sends in this link to an interview with Howard Shore talking about his Houston shows and a little about The Hobbit.
TheOneRing.net is proud to announce a new feature on TheOneRing.net…TORn Tuesday! This LIVE event will be hosted by long-time staffer Clifford Broadway, aka Quickbeam, and will feature non-stop discussion about the words and works of J.R.R. Tolkien. Cliff will be interacting live with our Barliman’s chatroom and will, of course, discuss the latest happening related to Peter Jackson’s Hobbit films. Today is a dry run, we hope you enjoy it! Check out the broadcast in our LIVE event section now! [LIVE Event Area] (TORn Tuesday will take place from approx 5-7pm PT – See All Times)
New Zealand-based Park Road Post Production has selected SGO’s Mistika for the majority of the stereo and DI work onPeter Jackson‘s two-film adaptation ofJ.R.R. Tolkien‘s The Hobbit. Mistika now forms the backbone of Park Road’s stereo 3D infrastructure producing dailies for editorial, finishing and grading.
Mistika plays a major role in the workflow of all Park Road stereoscopic work, including rushes preparation, stereo adjustment, color grading and EDL conforms for screening. [Read More]
Sideshow Collectibles, makers of high-end The Lord of the Rings collectibles, is hosting a ‘Collect for Life’ auction to benefit Make-a-wish of Orange County. Their goal is to fund five wishes and they are raising money via paypal, txt, and one-of-a-kind auction items. The auction items from LOTR are: Witch-king of Angmar Statue LOTR Artist Proof, Fell Beast and Morgul Lord Statue ROTK Artist Proof, Gandalf the White on Shadowfax ROTK Artist Proof, and Legolas Greenleaf Statue LOTR signed by Orlando Bloom! So place your bids, or simply donate to the cause. Jump over to SideshowCollectibles.com for complete details. [Make-a-Wish Auction]
