Things are moving in the Hobbit world; there are rumors afoot of castings, contracts, scripts and even start dates. It’s all very exciting and if you were at TORn’s panels at DragonCon this year, you were prepared for it!
Yes, TheOneRing.net was present again this year at one of the world’s biggest fan-based convention. Staffers from TORn ran a table over the course of the weekend, where we had the great pleasure of chatting to fans, meeting regular TORn visitors, catching up with old friends and faithful supporters, and introducing newbies to the joys of the website. Over the four days of the convention we gave out freebies, distributed candy to those brave enough to answer Tolkien trivia, sold t-shirts to help keep the website attending conventions and events, and provided the fun of the ‘Don’t you know you’re [sic] Sam?’ photo opportunity! Apologies Samwise fans, but we decapitated Sam in a hobbit standee, so folks could pose with their head in his place; and all kinds of aliens, cartoon characters, heroes and villains stepped up over the weekend to
offer to ‘share the load…’ For images from the weekend click here. Lots more written details after the break! Continue reading “The official ‘DragonCon 2010’ report (and photos!)”
- Casting Rumors
- Characters
- Collectibles
- Conventions
- Director news
- Director Rumors
- DragonCon
- Events
- Fans
- Guillermo Del Toro
- Hobbit Book
- Hobbit Cast News
- Hobbit Movie
- Lectures & Education
- Locations Sets
- Martin Freeman
- Meet Ups
- Merchandise
- MGM
- Peter Jackson
- Rumors Spy News
- Sean Astin
- Sideshow Collectibles
- Studios
- The Hobbit
- WETA Workshop
Author J.W. Braun writes: Gen Con 2010 in Indianapolis has come and gone. The convention, billed as “the best four days of gaming” brought gamers from around the world to Indianapolis, USA from August 5 – 8, 2010. 
See collectors’ own photos of Smaug the Golden: Smaug the Golden is now shipping in the US (and will be shortly in the rest of the world – see bottom of this email). The Weta Collectors on the forum (our most discerning customers) have some 
