Vivendi Universal Games (VU Games) announced today that Sean Astin, one of Hollywood’s most respected young actors, has joined the voice-over cast of its intense and gritty first-person action videogame Men of Valor(TM). [More]
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Sad news this morning as TORN learns that Peter Woodthorpe, who brough Gollum’s voice to life in the BBC radio presentation and animated version of The Lord of the Rings, has died. According to monkeyheaven.com Woodthorpe had not been too well for a while. He was 72.
Thanks to Cedric, who contacted us about a local craftsman making LOTR-style pipes in his area of Lincoln, NE. They’re featured on E-bay here. “They are styled after the Macqueen pipes, though they are longer in the stem by a few inches.”
TechTV is presenting the ‘GPhoria Awards’ tonight. This Oscars-for-video-games event has the ROTK game by EA nominated in a few categories. They are; Achievement in voice acting by a male performer (Both Sean Astin & Elijah Wood are nominated), Best Sound Design, Best Cinematic & Best Adaptation. [More] [Gaming Havens]
LadyGreenleaf writes: I watched a bit of the Antiques Roadshow UK just right now because there was nothing else to watch, and also because I love British accents and I wanted to listen to the people talk. I don’t usually watch the show, so I didn’t know exactly how it worked, but I have heard of it, and I knew enough to know what was going on. There was a man, who was the ‘expert’, and a lady, who was the guest, with a bunch of papers and a book.
The papers turned out to be letters from C.S. Lewis, that had apparantely been written to a family member of hers. There was a five-page handwritten one, and another one that was three pages long, but I didn’t see if it was handwritten or just typed. It was not shown exactly who they were addressed to, but both were ended with very kind, appreciative comments, which I didn’t understand clearly, followed by ‘Yours, CS Lewis’.
But that’s not the best part! They mentioned The Inklings, and the ‘Eagle and Child’, or ‘Bird and Baby’, so I knew that it must have something to do with Tolkien. And, of course, it did. The book turned out to be a copy of The Hobbit, and I just did a bit of research and although I couldn’t find the exact book, I did find a picture of the design that was on the cover (it’s the attachment), and I can tell you that it was hardcover, and a pale, sort of olive green colour, so maybe you know which one of the many it is. The man from the roadshow said that it didn’t have a dust jacket so it was quite dirty and the book itself didn’t excite him too much.
But what did excite him was a very good reason to get excited about! Inside the front cover was a postcard written by the author of the book himself!!! They even compared the script writing on the card to the one on the maps in the book, and you could clearly see that it was almost the exact same, the one on the maps a bit neater. The postcard was signed simply ‘JRRT’, and the man complimented the script, es pecially the ‘T’. After this, he said that the postcard from Tolkien was ‘very rare’, and that the letters from Lewis were ‘extremely rare’, and also that the postcard (or maybe the book and the postcard both, I’m not sure) would sell for 500 pounds. I live in Canada and have no idea how much that turns out to be in Canadian dollars, but the woman who owned the items looked quite surprised, and quite happy also, so my guess is it’s a lot.
All I know is that many people would be willing to pay many thousands of dollars to own something handwritten by JRR Tolkien. I was still in shock trying to figure out how that woman was able to get her hands on something so…. ‘precious’, to hear how much the letters by Lewis would sell for, but she was quite surprised by that too, so I’m guessing some other large amount of money. I tried to go on the Antiques Roadshow UK website when the show was over, to see if I could get all the details for you, but unfortunately there were none. I also do not know if this is a recent show, or if it is just a rerun shown in Canada. It was surprising nonetheless.
The Lord of the Rings – Event Exclusive Merchandise
Cards Inc. are please to announce that we will be attending The Fellowship Festival in celebration of The Lord of the Rings on the 28th – 30th of August at Alexanda Palace in London. Fans will have the opportunity to purchase products exclusively designed for the event. These products will only be available to purchase at The Fellowship Festival so book your tickets today to ensure that you don’t miss out.
Two exclusive edition collector plates will be available at the event ‘Gandalf the Grey’ and ‘Smeagol’. Both plates form part of the character plate series and are a must for those fans who wish to complete their collection.
There are also two lithographic artprints entitled ‘The Shire’ and ‘The Grey Havens’ available to buy, both of which have been produced in a limited edition of only 250 of each. Printed on high quality art paper, each print comes complete with a certificate of authenticity.
Fans will also have the opportunity to purchase exclusive merchandise featuring The Fellowship Festival including a baseball cap, T-shirt and mug. A full colour show brochure will also be available.
Look for more information about The Fellowship Festival or to purchase tickets on www.aaaevents.co.uk!
Mind you, TheOneRing.net will be giving away a pair of Silver Day Passes for the event (valued at £150 each) this friday, so stay tuned!
