Chris/Kit writes: The Chilrden’s Theatre Company of Minneapolis has opened its production of The Hobbit. It runs April 26-June 19. CTC is one of the best children’s companies in the U.S. No reviews have appeared yet, but I would look for them in the Minneapolis Star Tribune and the St. Paul Pioneer Press, both of which have websites. The cast includes two superb local actors, Nathan Christopher and Richard Ooms in the roles of Bilbo and Gandalf.
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Garfeimao writes: On Friday, April 29, the awards ceremony for the Newport Beach Film Festival was held. Ringers: Lord of the Fans took home one of the awards, for Best Documentary: Feature Length, early on in the evening. The Festival website should be updated in the next day or so to reflect all the awards, because there were many! [More]
TaffyCat writes: Today (April 30th), at 3:00 pm in the Community Room of the Bloomington, Illinois Public Library, author David Salo will speak on the Elvish languages in the Lord of the Rings and various aspects of his involvement with the movies. David served as a linguistic consultant and wrote dialogue and songs in Elvish for the Lord of the Rings movies. [More]
The Science Fiction Writers of America have announced the nominees for the Nebula Awards, which cover works published in 2003 and 2004. The script for The Return of the King was nominated for best adapted screenplay. The Nebulas will be awarded in Chicago tonight (Saturday, April 30th). [More]
Ruth writes: I am writing about the John Howe weekend in Kitchener, Ontario. The Chapters bookstore was filled with dedicated fans wanting to chat with the famous illustrator. I happened to arrive an hour and a half prior to the book signing and there was already a long line up. It was fasinating chatting with LOTR fans. One of the men in line with me came on behalf of his wife. She couldn’t make it due to work schedule and he came in her place. [More]
One of the stars of the blockbuster Lord of the Rings trilogy of films is set to swap hobbits for habits — by directing a film in Norwich about a city drug addict. Andy Sirkis(SIC), who portrayed Gollum in the hit movies will get behind the camera to film Addict, based on the autobiography of former drug addict and vagrant Stephen Smith, who lived on the streets of Norwich during the winter of 1978/79. Sirkis(SIC), who will be appearing in the re-make of King Kong later this year, is set to direct the movie, and filming is due to take place in Norwich in August. [More]