August 1, 2006 – On Friday, July 21, 2006, Universal Studios Home Entertainment offered a preview of the forthcoming King Kong (Deluxe Extended Edition) at the San Diego Comic-Con in southern California. The clip was introduced by none other than Peter Jackson himself, who spoke to fans via a pre-recorded message. Included below is a transcript of Jackson’s comments: “Much as I would love to come over to California for the summer but unfortunately I’ve just got so many things to do out here that I can’t do what I really want to be able to go shopping at Comic-Con one day – that’s what I want to do, shopping, buying toys…” [More]
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N Marion Hage writes: I write for Andwerve Literary Journal, a Los Angeles based publication. I’m an avowed Ring Nut and recently had the chance to interview Barbara Remington, who illustrated the first licensed version of The Hobbit and the three The Lord of the Rings books for Balentine. Barbara discusses the crazy atmosphere surrounding the Tolkien novels, how in haste to beat “Ace” to the punch, Balentine gave her the impossible task of illustrating a story she’d never seen, something they’d done once before when they asked her to illustrate The Hobbit. [More]
N Marion Hage writes: I write for Andwerve Literary Journal, a Los Angeles based publication. I’m an avowed Ring Nut and recently had the chance to interview Barbara Remington, who illustrated the first licensed version of The Hobbit and the three The Lord of the Rings books for Balentine.
Barbara discusses the crazy atmosphere surrounding the Tolkien novels, how in haste to beat “Ace” to the punch, Balentine gave her the impossible task of illustrating a story she’d never seen, something they’d done once before when they asked her to illustrate The Hobbit. Barbara is a devoted Tolkien fan and sought afterwards to get permission to publish a book of illustrations based on an informed knowledge of the story, but the Tolkien estate balked. Although she laments not having seen the books first, she takes it all in stride, explaining that no one had a clue what they were dealing with when Lord of the Rings came to America.
I’ve seen Barbara’s illustrations and they are indeed quite good. She is in my mind a precious treasure and part of Tolkien Lore. She laughed at Tolkien’s comments on “The Pumpkin Tree”, but didn’t take it personally, and understood fully why he was initially frustrated with Balentine for printing The Hobbit with a lion on the cover, when there was no lion in the book. Here is a link to the interview. [More]
Ramen, Community Relations Specialist for The Lord of the Rings Online writes: We’ve just posted a new Developer Diary introducing the LOTRO Raid system! Content Designer Jared “Amlug” Hall-Dugas takes you on a conceptual tour of LOTRO’s Raid system, including goals, design, and how raids fit into our overall game vision. Read about this highly anticipated system today, and make sure to sign up for beta for a chance to be among the first to test it! [More]
Anna, who won the talent contest at ELF 2006 on Saturday with her song “I Would Be A Wood Elf Myself” has emailed us with more information about her award winning tune. As she was walking around the convention on Sunday, several people said they’d be interested in a copy of the lyrics, so she put them on a website. Check out the link! [More]
Lisa writes: I was wondering if you knew that Hallmark has decided not to continue making ornaments for the Lord of the Rings. I was so excited a couple of years ago when they started and I now have Frodo and Gandalf hanging on my tree at Christmas time. I was looking forward to having Legolas or Aragorn this year, but they stopped making them! Went with Pirates instead. Do you think you could let people know and thousands of people around the world could e-mail them and request that they at least make the rest of the Fellowship?
Xoanon here, I assume they ended the run due to poor sales figures…maybe someone in the know can let us know more?