Fans of great movies such as “Wilde” and “V for Vendetta” can never forget the remarkable performances of writer, actor, and host Stephen Fry. The tech-savvy thespian is also the UK’s most popular personality on TWITTER, commanding a stunning 3,000,000 followers — all of whom rely on Mr. Fry for his constant flow of erudite humor and humanist compassion. Ringer fans around the world and all of us at TheOneRing.net send *Happy Birthday* wishes across the miles to New Zealand, where no doubt PJ and Co. have celebrated Mr. Fry’s natal day with appropriate zeal! Chocolate Fish Cafe for dessert, anyone?
Read more about his character, the Master of Lake-town, and others from the upcoming HOBBIT films on our Characters page.
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Local news coverage of Richard Taylor, speaking about the new Weta shop in Auckland’s Sky Tower, setup in time for the rugby world cup. [TVOne]
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Quickbeam: Greetings Ringer fans! As promised on last week’s TORn TUESDAYS (where we played the cards live on air using picture-in-picture closeup) here we review the intriguing new Living Card Game set in Tolkien’s mythological world; fresh from the familiar folks of Fantasy Flight Games (ah, sweet alliteration). Joining me on the balcony tonight is long-time Green Books contributor Ostadan (“Lore and Letters”) who, like me, shares a passion for both gaming and JRRT. I am Quickbeam, host of TORn Tuesdays and co-creator of RINGERS. Shall we begin at the beginning?
Continue reading “DUELING REVIEWS of the LOTR Living Card Game!”
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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]
Continue reading “Game Of Thrones scripts stolen before charity auction”
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More Tolkien on the big screen? This might not be what you had in mind, but… Remember Steve Hillard, the author of a controversial book ‘Mirkwood‘ which features JRR Tolkien as a fictional character? Well, after a series of legal wranglings, his lawsuit was settled with the Tolkien Estate, and it looks like he has decided to adapt ‘Mirkwood‘ for the screen.
Here’s the exclusive story from The Hollywood Reporter:
Author Steve Hillard has signed a deal with EMO Films to develop and secure financing for a film version of his novel Mirkwood, which centers around a fictional version of The Lord of the Rings authorJ.R.R. Tolkien.
Emo’s Joel Eisenberg and Timothy Owens will executive produce the project.
“The adaptation of Mirkwood will follow the template of the novel,” said Hillard, “but will delve considerably deeper into Tolkien’s little-known back story, such as his original plans to become a codebreaker in World War II up through the writing of his enduring works.”
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White-out weather chaos moves north
The snowfall in Wellington caused excitement and chaos throughout the city last night.
Snow settled in the northern suburbs, including Churton Park, Newlands and Karori, and there was flooding in Kilbirnie.
The final of the Ford National Hockey League was called off mid-game because of the weather.
English actor Stephen Fry, who is in Wellington filming The Hobbit, was among hundreds of people who took to Twitter.”It’s been an exciting day here in Wellington. Snow. That’s unusual … NZ is same latitude as Melbourne so it’s rare,” Fry tweeted. [Read More]
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