Ian Collier from the Tolkien Society writes: The Wellinghall Smial (greater Toronto, Ontario area) will be celebrating Tolkien Reading Day on March 24th, 2007. We will be at The Pickle Barrel at Yorkdale Mall (Toronto) at 1.00 pm for lunch, readings, discussion and laughs. All Ents and Entings are welcome. For more discussion about the event check out our forum at wellinghallsmial.blogspot.com.
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New Line’s option to make The Hobbit expires in 2009; maybe they don’t think Peter Jackson can get the movie made in time. The company is also already turning its attention to another mega-budgeted fantasy franchise, the His Dark Materials trilogy. But the studio’s motivations became more clear in January, when New Line co-CEO Robert Shaye couldn’t refrain from a retort.
“I do not want to make a movie with somebody who is suing me. It will never happen during my watch,” he said, and then referred to Jackson as “misinformed” and “myopic.” [More]
The Non-Disclosure Agreement for the Lord of the Rings Online (LOTRO) beta test has been lifted, and with the game set for release soon it may be useful to you to peruse some hands-on previews of the title. Hexus.net offers A Day in the Life of a Hobbit, and Tobold’s MMORPG blog has similar hobbit-related impressions. Tobold also has a comparison between LORTRO and World of Warcraft for those who might be thinking about making the jump. More hands-on info is available from Warcry, Kill Ten Rats, and Gamers With Jobs. [More]
Dominic Monaghan is/was (depending where you live) a guest on ‘The Ellen Degeneres Show’ today to promote ‘Lost’. The second half of the latest season picked up with a bang last week, and promises to continue with more! ‘Lost’ is on ABC at 10PM. Watch this space for the clip from ‘Ellen’.
A ton of interesting new films are out on DVD this week. Take an early look on our ‘DVD Tuesday’ feature…every Monday! Some very cool TV on DVD like ‘All in the Family – S6’, ‘Beauty and the Beast – S1’, ‘Conan O’Brien 10th Anniv Special’ & the entire series of the great American sitcom ‘Men Behaving Badly’. The big releases of the week are ‘The Departed’ & ‘School for Scoundrels’. Personally I’m interested in ‘Hercules and the Captive Women/Hercules, Prisoner of Evil’ & ‘Marie Antoinette’! Check out the whole list here! [More]
In the 33 years since Lord of the Rings author J.R.R. Tolkien passed away, his youngest son Christopher has relentlessly plugged away at deciphering and organizing his father’s voluminous notes into further tales of Middle Earth. On April 17, the release of The Children of Húrin — begun by the elder Tolkien in 1918 — will bring those tales to a close. [More]