Our official site sponsor, Sideshow/Weta Collectibles, is holding their first annual Sideshow Collectibles Film Festival competition from now until the end of Setember. The top prize in this competition, and the reason we are telling you about it, is an Artist Proof Original Balrog statue. (Yes, that means its a more valuable piece than the regular numbered editions that you see on eBay for $2000!) The basics of the contest: Take their collectibles, make a short 2-3 minute film, and submit it. [Click Here]
Category: Old Main News
Don’t forget about TheOneRing.net’s exclusive auction for a signed 5×10 Return of the King banner, now taking place at eBay.com! Only 4 days remain in the auction. [Click Here]
Celtic Band, ‘The Border Collies’ had plans to release a CD taking the songs within the text of the LOTR and setting them and arranging them in a Celtic style, using their own orginal songs and tunes. However HarperCollins, Tolkien’s UK publisher has clamped down a “moratorium” on ALL new projects. According to thebordercollies.com, ‘[HarperCollins] sound final and indefinite in their correspondence.’ So sadly they have delayed the release of that CD. [More]
The Hollywood Reporter says that Sean Bean is in talks to star in Touchstone Pictures/Imagine Entertainment’s highflying Hitchcockian thriller “Flight Plan,” opposite Jodie Foster and Peter Sarsgaard. “Flight” follows the in-air plight of a woman (Foster) whose daughter mysteriously disappears while on board a passenger jet. [More]
Ringer staffer Garfeimao sends along some extremely detailed photographs from the New Line Cinema costume display at Comic Con 2004. Garfeimao had special ‘behind the glass’ access to the costumes, and in some cases even ‘under the sleeve’ access! If you are a costumer or just an ethusiast, you’ll want to check out these pics. [Click Here]
Ringer Spy PennyQ sends along three articles from local newspapers in the UK. The first is about Orlando Bloom. [More] The second deals with Andy Serkis’ home. [More] The third also features Andy Serkis and his dream vacation spot he’d head to if he could this weekend. [More]