Just as George Lucas and Steven Spielberg morphed into moguls in the late 1970s, New Zealand native Peter Jackson is following the same career path. He’s acting as a guiding light on multiple movies he won’t actually direct, in hopes of expanding his Wellington-based movie studio into a Down Under powerhouse. Entertainment Weekly has already reported on the news that Jackson might helm a new version of The Hobbit; here’s an extended Q&A that fills out the details on everything he’s currently up to. [More]
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Lorien “Ramen” Carney, Community Relations Specialist for The Lord of the Rings Online writes: This week, we released new screenshots on Tuesday, including Rivendell, the Trollshaws, and a glimpse of a rainbow in LOTRO. Thursday brought a new point of interest, the famous Prancing Pony Inn of Bree. [More]
Andrew from adcbooks.co.uk sends this along: The next JRR Tolkien inspired Art Exhibition is being held for 4 days from Saturday 23rd September 2006 at The Redesdale Hall, High Street, Moreton in Marsh, Gloucestershire. The Exhibition will contain the largest ever display of the artwork (including new original pieces and new Limited Edition Prints) of the world renowned Tolkien Illustrator, Ted Nasmith who is in the UK for this exhibition and will be attending throughout. Ted Nasmith’s art can also be seen online at www.adcbooks.co.uk. [More]
September 22nd, as we all know, marks the birthday of Bilbo and Frodo Baggins. Be sure to raise a glass of ale in honor of the Halflings!
Today is Sala Baker’s Birthday! Sala was born on September 22nd, 1976 in Wellington, New Zealand. That makes him 30 years old today! Happy Birthday Sala!
Daniel Reeve, LOTR calligrapher and cartographer, writes: I have just released the first original Daniel Reeve font – Bilbo’s handwriting! It’s a TrueType font, available for purchase from my website, danielreeve.co.nz. This is the shire font as only Bilbo writes it, with all his quirks and flourishes – coming soon is Frodo’s version. In the future there will also be uncial fonts resembling those used for Rohan and Gondor, a Wizard font, as well as many others…Cheers!