Ringer Celebriel just returned from an LOTR locations tour in New Zealand, this is her Day Nine report: Leaving Wanaka, we followed the road over the Crown Range for a view of Arrowtown and the Remarkables. The view from the Crown Range looking down on Arrowtown and the valley was spectacular, an amazing mixture of fog, light, snow and muted colors early on a New Zealand winter morning. [More]
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From gamesradar.msn.co.uk Electronic Arts’ fantasy series takes a tactical path to handheld. The quest, the trilogy and the marketing hype may finally be over but JRR just keeps on Tolkien with the announcement of PSP title Lord of the Rings Tactics. We’ve managed to get our hands on the Sony-only handheld game already and found that with its legions of battles it felt much like Square’s Final Fantasy Tactics, but with a WiFi multiplayer element. It also offers you the chance to play on the side of good, with the friendly Fellowship, or to edge towards the dark side and take command of Sauron’s orc and troll troops. And just to even things up, EA has added a brand new ending to allow the forces of evil to finally triumph over the puny humans. Lord of the Rings Tactics will appear on PSP towards the end of the year. [More] [Get the PSP]
Andy Serkis (“The Lord of the Rings” trilogy, upcoming King Kong) and Stephen Fry have joined the cast of Stormbreaker, says The Hollywood Reporter. Directed by Geoffrey Sax from a screenplay by Anthony Horowitz and based on the first of Horowitz’s series of novels about a reluctant teenage spy, the cast also includes Sarah Bolger, Damian Lewis, Ewan McGregor, Bill Nighy, Sophie Okonedo, Missi Pyle, Alicia Silverstone and Ashley Walters. [More]
Ringer Celebriel just returned from an LOTR locations tour in New Zealand, this is her Day Eight report: After a hearty homemade breakfast at Oliver’s we headed out to our major site for the day, Bonspiel Station at Poolburn in the Ida Valley of Central Otago, where a number of Rohan sites for The Two Towers were filmed, passing by the gold mining town of Ophir on our way. Bonspiel Station is owned by Sue Falconer and her family (her husband Keith sadly passed away last year). The site was found by helicopter location scouts. (The term “bonspiel,” by the way, means “good game” or “good play” as used by the Scots, and the term is also for a curling tournament.) [More]
Jennifer writes: I just wanted to say “thank you” for all your hard work & give you an update on VeggieTales Lord of the Beans. More info regarding the adaptation is here. There are also two trailers online here. I must say that as both a VeggieTales & LOTR fan, I am looking forward to the tale of Toto Baggypants, Uncle Billboy and the fellowship of Randalf, Ear-a-Corn, Leg-O-Lamb, and Grumpy. Especially to see the army of Sforks 🙂 Oh and also the Silly Songs with Elves.
Today is Sarah McLeod (Rosie Cotton)’s Birthday! Sarah was born on July 18th, 1971 in Putaruru, New Zealand. That makes her 34 years old today! Happy Birthday Sarah!!