Isabel writes: DC Ringers (The Fellowship of the Beltway) are getting a big group together to go to a Lord of the Rings Movie Festival on Sunday April 29th at the Arlington (VA) Cinema n’ Drafthouse. Tickets are only $8 in advance which includes the films, and contests for Costumes, LOTR Trivia, and Gollum Impersonation Skills. For more information about the event click here.
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Today is Lawrence Makoare’s Birthday! Lawrence was born on March 20th, 1968 in Auckland, New Zealand. That makes him 39 years old today! Happy Birthday Lawrence!
Ashlee & Rachel Scott, Executive Producers – M.A.R.S. Productions write: M.A.R.S. Productions presents: Middle Earth Idols Part One & Two. We’re glad the LOTR fans at ORC enjoyed our film so much and thanks for all the emails. The films are now available for everyone to view at www.marsproductions.net . Thank you for your patience! Thanks to Creation and TORn for hosting our premiere and thanks to our judges Kiran Shah, Daniel & Gareth Reeve, Michael Regina, Dean Haglund, Grant Wilson and Alexis Cruz for generously donating their time and talents. Also, to Emerald Rose for lending their music to our films. Special thanks to Andy Serkis for hanging around to watch Gollum’s encore performance with us at ORC. Our celebrity guest judges tell us they’ve been receiving fan mail about their performances in our film. Thanks to everyone for sending your support their way. We know they love hearing from all of you! Enjoy the films!! More to follow soon!
Download them now!
Middle Earth Idols: Part One (Windows Media File 58:32) [Mirror]
Middle Earth Idols: Part Two (Windows Media File 39:56) [Mirror]
MrCere writes: BOSTON – Turbine wants non-gamers, like you dear TheOneRing.net reader, to try its game real, real bad. And why not? The beta testing of the “Lord of the Rings Online” game has been a strong success; the media attention has been coming fast and furious from places like the New York Times and the BBC news. And if visiting Middle-earth isn’t the first choice of fantasy realms you always wished you could visit, it is at least in the conversation. [More]
From wetanz.com: Weta Workshop will create the physical effects and miniatures necessary to fully realise the Peter Jackson produced film ‘The Dam Busters’. The film is based on the book The Dam Busters by Paul Brickhill and the 1955 Associated British Picture Corporation motion picture and will be directed by Christian Rivers. The Wingnut Films production will be produced by Jan Blenkin, Carolynne Cunningham and Peter Jackson, with Sir David Frost and Ken Kamins serving as Executive Producers. “This is one of the most remarkable true stories to come out of World War II”, said Peter. “When Michael Anderson made his thrilling version of this story in 1955, many details of the dams raid were still a closely guarded secret. It has since been declassified by the British Government, making the dynamics of the story and the people involved even more intriguing.” [More]
Take an early look on our ‘DVD Tuesday’ feature…every Monday! Check out some TV on DVD goodies like ‘Batman Beyond – S3’, ‘Deadliest Catch – S1’ & ‘Justice League Unlimited – S2’. There are a few compilations out tomorrow; ‘Family Favorites 4 Movie Collection’ & ‘W.C. Fields Comedy Collection, Vol. 2’. The big releases of the week are ‘Rocky Balboa’, ‘Eragon’ & ‘Blood Diamond (Two-Disc Special Edition)’. Personally I’m interested in ‘Comedy Central Roast of William Shatner’ & ‘Newsradio – S5’! Check out the whole list here! [More]