The utopian visions of other worlds that make up the backdrops in Hollywood’s multimillion dollar feature film industry may seem futuristic or magical to moviegoers, but any time traveler worth his salt could tell you that these landscapes have more in common with Earth’s recent past than the far future. [More]
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What do you get when you mix a gaggle of Hobbits – a bevy of beautiful Elven Ladies – a horde of stalwart Dwarves – and a menagerie of mortal Men? Add in a couple of Orcish louts just for fun, sprinkle in some funny Kiwi accents, then give them free reign in a fabulous San Diego club so they can all relax, drink, and talk? Now just imagine what all this mischief will add up to? [More]
Over at Aint-it-Cool.com, Quint has reported that ROTK:EE will NOT be showing at Comic-Con, but instead a possible New Line lead panel about the ROTK:EE. We have yet to hear back from Ringer Spy HMS Surprise to see if they could provide us with an update. For my money, the AICN story sounds pretty logical. Afterall, ROTK EE (aka Christmas for Tolkien geeks) in July was just a little too good to be true! [More]
If any of you are space buffs, then you know about the ground-breaking sciene and space discoveries taking place right now with the Cassini mission to Saturn. If not, read this article from TIME, appropriately named ‘Lord of the Rings.’ [More]
Robyn writes: ‘Hetty Wainthropp Investigates’, the British television series that Dominic Monaghan starred in prior to LOTR, is finally being released on DVD. The complete first season will be released September 7 for Region 1 (U.S. and Canada), and can be ordered through amazon.com for $ 41.99. The release date for Region 2 (Europe) is October 11. [Pre-Order Region 1]
Thanks to Hobbitangel for the info! To my deep regret, I missed Charlie Ross’ The One Man Star Wars Trilogy at a previous Toronto Fringe Festival. I wasn’t about to make the same mistake now that Ross has decided to tackle J.R.R. Tolkien in The One Man Lord of the Rings. [More]