Ringer Spy Celebriel reports on Friday’s events at DragonCon in Atlanta: “An Evening in Bree,” which featured the fabulous music of Emerald Rose and an LOTR costume contest, was the highlight of the evening’s LOTR festivities.There were twenty entrants in the costume contest, which was judged by Donna Maloney, Amy Pace of West of the Moon, and members of Arms of Middle Earth. The Eye of Sauron won Best of Show, while Best Workmanship went to an elven costume with highly detailed leatherwork. Elfstone was judged Best Group while two hobbits costumed as Rosie Cotton won the Judges’ Choice awards. Gandalf won the prize for Best Look-Alike. Watch for Celebriel’s report on Saturday’s DragonCon parade and LOTR track programming, including Kiran Shah and Dork of the Rings. Questions? Feedback? Email her at dianeroone@aol.com.
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Adam let us know what the Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery Lord of the Rings concert was recently cancelled. The concert was due to take place next Saturday, September 9th. I have contacted the winery to ask for more information regarding the cancellation, more news as it arrives. Visit the winery concert webpage here. [More]
TORN Staffer MrCere writes: ATLANTA – Sleep is for babies. Food is for wimps. Rest is for later. DragonCon is on! Thursday felt like Friday in intensity and traffic and Friday felt like Saturday. D*Con is unmatched in its per-capita costumes and its per-costume crazyness.
TheOneRing.net was privledged to be back at the Con mixing with fans and helping to keep Tolkien fandom vibrant and relevant. While smaller than Comic-Con in San Diego it is much more concentrated between two main hotels with something for almost every interest in sci-fi, fantasy and even the rest of pop culture. [More]
While it’s easy to assume Ray Morton’s ‘King King – From Fay Wray to Peter Jackson’ is a quick cash-in on the second big screen update of the giant ape’s romp, to do so would be missing out on what is easily the most complete collection of Kong-related trivia assembled. Morton digs into them all, including the much maligned King Kong Lives. This is information that’s never been featured anywhere.
In chronological order, Morton begins the cinematic history of the oversized simian where he should: the 1933 classic that set a standard for special effects. With exhaustive text, Morton pulls out no stops to deliver the story behind the film, the people who made it, and how each individual effects shot was accomplished. Behind-the-scenes photos are uncommon, scattered throughout the book. For most of these films, the material simply isn’t available. [More]
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Theatregoers in Toronto will say their last goodbyes to Mr. Frodo this weekend as the musical version of The Lord of the Rings takes its final bow on Sunday. The Lord of the Rings may be the most expensive musical ever staged – with an estimated cost of $28 million – and was supposed to provide a big boost to Toronto’s tourism industry. But critics gave it mixed reviews, praising the special effects and sets but complaining the story was too long and confusing, and the box-office suffered. David Mirvish, producer and owner of the Princess of Wales theatre, said the show’s running costs alone were 50 per cent higher than its musical hit The Lion King, and the show would have had to sell out – which it did not – to recoup its production costs. [More]
MADRID (Reuters) – Swashbuckling Spanish hero Alatriste, as played by a Danish-American heartthrob, is ready to conquer the box office just as the best-selling novels where he first appeared have won the public’s affection. With a 24 million euro (16.15 million pounds) budget, Spain’s most expensive film to date stars Spanish-speaking New York actor Viggo Mortensen, best known as Aragorn in the “Lord of the Rings” series. Mortensen’s performance so impressed novelist Arturo Perez-Reverte, who created Alatriste, that he has incorporated his gestures into his latest novel. It tells the story of a dashing but down-to-earth captain who cuts, thrusts and sulks his way through three decades in the 17th century, when Spain was a world superpower. [More]