Irascian writes: Joe Letteri, visual effects supervisor on King Kong, will be speaking in The Starr Auditorium at The Tate Modern in London (UK) as part of a series of lectures on digital art. Joe’s lecture will be at 6.30pm on Monday, 25th September. He will be discussing the creation of the Visual FX for Peter Jackson’s King Kong. Joe will show how Weta built 1933 New York City, grew the lush jungles of Skull Island, and brought King Kong to life. Joe has received two academy awards for the visual effects on The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers in 2002, and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King in 2003. Tickets are £10 (£8 for children and senior citizens) and can be ordered from the Tate ticket office on 020 7887 8888 or online here.
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A chance to meet Lord of the Rings star Billy Boyd is being auctioned off for charity. Producers of A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Rosslyn Chapel are auctioning 35 pairs of tickets for Tuesday’s performance, which it is hoped Boyd will introduce, with the highest bidder meeting the Scots star. Nonsense Room Productions are staging an online auction of the tickets on their website www.nonsenseroom.co.uk, with proceeds going to the Children’s Hospice Association Scotland. [More]
Take a look at one of the new segments from the new LOTR DVD, due out August 29th! These new DVD’s will feature a ton of new behind the scenes footage! Take a look at SKULLS
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The Fellowship of the Ring
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Ramen, Community Relations Specialist for The Lord of the Rings Online writes: We’ve just posted a new Point of Interest on the official LOTRO site, Hobbiton’s famous Party Tree! Bilbo’s long-expected party may have passed, but Hobbiton’s Party Tree still provides a suitably festive location for gatherings of all sorts. [More]
Maureen writes: I did a quick check in the search feature and don’t see any announcement about several free—and excellent—lectures on features in our favorite books. Kreeft (pronounced Krayft) draws on the works of Lewis and Tolkien together, showing how much in accord they are. I think the fans might appreciate these—and some of Kreeft’s other commentaries. He has a great grasp of mythopeia. [More]
Udi writes: On 24th of August, the second annual Mythopia Convention will take place in Tel-Aviv, Israel. This convention is jointly organized by, the Israeli Tolkien Society, The Israeli His Dark Materials community and the Harry Potter for grownups community. [More]