Rosamunde Brownlocks writes: Folks who went to The Gathering of the Fellowship in Toronto (July 1-4, 2006) might be interested in photos taken of the participants and the guests. I’ve attached some sample photographs for the TORN scrapbook; for links to the complete photo albums, you can go here. Photos from the Sunday night banquet and costume contest are still to come.
For a complete list of photo albums from The Gathering as they’re added (as well as photo albums from ORC 2006 and other events), see my info page, underneath the photos. [More]
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Codemasters has today confirmed that the number of sign-ups to take part in the European beta tests of Lord of the Rings: Shadows of Angmar is approaching the 100,000 mark. Currently in development for PC by MMO veterans Turbine, the game is being published by Codies’ online gaming division in Europe, and by Midway in North America. As a result of the impending magic figure, Codemasters has announced that the 100,000th user to register for the beta will receive a 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings collected works and, when it it’s launched, a special edition of The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar. Runners-up (the four sign-ups either side of 100,000) will also receive a limited edition of the game. To register for the beta, and possibly be the 100,000th sign-up, go to http://lotro-europe.com/beta.
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The director of the highest-grossing movie of all time has visited Wellington on a trip believed to be connected to a new film project. Titanic director James Cameron is in preproduction for a science fiction epic Avatar, scheduled for release in 2008, with mounting speculation that Weta Digital might provide the special effects. A spokesman for director Peter Jackson confirmed the visit but said last night it was “for nothing business-related with Peter”. “I’m not aware of any connection between Avatar and Weta Digital.” The spokesman also dismissed as “pure coincidence” that Cameron and Oscar-winning actor Denzel Washington were in the city about the same time late last month. [More]
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Leslie from artinsights sends this along: Reston, VA – Famed cinema artist John Alvin, who has created art for over 130 movie campaigns including E.T., Star Wars, and Young Frankenstein, has just released the first limited editions created for a new exclusive collection representing images from the Lord of the Rings trilogy. This is the first time ever this classic film phenomenon has been captured in fine art limited edtions. They are available at ArtInsights Animation and Film Art Gallery, and can be seen on their website at www.artinsights.com. [More]
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TheOneRing.net was pleased to have Jeffrey Steefel, executive producer of Turbine’s new MMORPG in chat today for a Q&A session. The room was packed and we had no way of getting to all the questions! Jeffrey has agreed to answer some of the questions that were missed due to time constraints and we’ll post this as soon as possible. For now, we’ve posted a log of the chat for you to read [here.]
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Moviegoers who saw Walt Disney Pictures’ “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” over the weekend also discovered an unexpected bit of treasure. Buried beneath the usual movie trailers, just as “Dead Man’s Chest” started, Disney unveiled a new, computer-animated logo that the Burbank-based studio spent a year designing…The execs tapped Disney producer Baker Bloodworth and director Mike Gabriel, both Oscar nominated in 2004 for the animated short film “Lorenzo.” Gabriel devised three different treatments, created animatic storyboards, showed Aviv and Cook the frames and re-worked the designs until everyone was on board. Academy Award-winning studio Weta Digital in New Zealand was chosen to animate the story and add visual effects. “We chose to go to the world’s best (visual effects) studio, where they specialize in live action/real-life simulation,” Aviv said. [More]
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