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Nona from The Compleat Sean Bean sends along the great scans from Vanity Fair article we reported about a while back.

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From: The 10th Nazgul

I discovered a newspaper article from the April 29th issue of the “Cincinnati Enquirer” featuring plans for a stage adaptation of “The Fellowship of the Ring”. It is being performed September 20-29 by Cincinnati’s acclaimed Ovation Theatre Group at the Jarson-Kaplan stage in the Aronoff Theater. The story will be told with “puppets, music, stage combat, lighting and sound effects.”

The Ovation Group also has a website with info about the play : www.cincinnatiovation.com/fellowship.

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In a surprise move reported in NZ’s ‘Sunday Star Times,’ it was revealed today that New Line plans to premiere LOTR in London, as a tribute Tolkien’s homeland. Further details are expected in about a week.

There may be a further premiere in NY before the general release date, and another in NZ’s Embassy Theatre in Wellington, a few days before general release on December 19. Some of the stars including Elijah Wood and Liv Tyler will most likely be there.

Tyler was back in Wellington to re-record dialogue, as Sean Astin and Elijah have done too. Someone I know spotted her at a dance party they were at, so it seems that Liv’s still the same fun-loving party girl.

Meanwhile, the Wellington City Council is working on plans to have a street party and special screenings. They’ve allocated $50,000 towards a free public event.

What WON’T be free are tickets to the premiere, unless you’re good friends with somebody like one of the actors. Tickets are available for $250. Don’t, I repeat DON’T, email me and ask how to get on their list.

DO email me (tehanu@theonering.net) and get on our TheOneRing.net list of people interested in attending a Tolkien fan event in Wellington on Dec. 19th. If we get the numbers behind us, we can pull off the kind of glamour party that you’ll never forget.

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I’m pleased to report that TORN will have full representation again for Comic-Con International, held each year in San Diego, California. This is, “America’s biggest comic book and pop culture event,” and TheOneRing.net will be on board with a one-hour presentation for Thursday, July 19, from 6:00 – 7:00 pm. This blurb will appear in the convention’s program publication:

TheOneRing.net is excited to take you one step closer to the Lord of the Rings movies at Comic-Con! TORN will offer a one hour presentation highlighting locations, cast, crew, movie information, and rumors. Come meet some of TheOneRing.net staff and take a bite out of Tolkien fandom!

Our staffers at this con will be yours truly and the illustrious Quickbeam of GreenBooks fame. We look forward to meeting and greeting you TORNados and the rest of the folks at the Con. If you miss us at the presentation, we’re sure to be near the LOTR New Line action too.

To read more about Comic-Con or find out how to get there link here. You may not find TORN on the internet program yet as we just finalized this plan, but don’t doubt we’ll be there! Drop me a line if you have any questions or you think you’ll come see the show.

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From the Comic-Con website

Saturday – 12:00 New Line Cinema Presents Lord of the Rings – It’s among the most ambitious feature film projects in recent memory, Peter Jackson’s big screen adaptation of the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Shrouded in secrecy, this film is at the center of everyone’s radar but little has been seen until now. New Line Cinema will present an exclusive look at Lord of the Rings made especially for Comic-Con.

Woohoo! I just may see some of you there!!

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This is a small overview of the “Lord of the Rings International Brochure” that can currently be purchased at the Official New Line Shop. Nothing is better then actually touching and feeling this brochure, but I’m going to try and duplicate that effect using scans of each page.

According to the New Line store only 2500 of these were printed, which means this is going to be a big time collectors item. It was originally printed in the Spring of 1999 (when TORn was born!).

“The cover is a die-cut cardboard that opens from the middle, revealing an initial Vellum page, which is followed by seven heavyweight cardboard pages. Each page has an exquisite image of the film as well as a few notes about to novel, the director, or plans for the movie. Since the brochure was designed before production began, the images were chosen by Peter Jackson to be the first publicly seen images from the film trilogy and were finished specifically for this item.” – New Line Shop

So lets see it! If you click on the image, another window will open up and you’ll probably have to scroll to see the full image for the interior pages. Each image is about 2000 pixels wide and about 350k. So those of you with a modem, it might be a little slow in loading. Enjoy!