From: DonQuijote
Having lived in Berlin as an exchange student for a year, I like to keep up with my favorite Bundesliga(national footba–er, soccer, league) team, Hertha BSC Berlin. Imagine my surprise when I discovered an article about the Greek defenseman Kostas Konstantinidis (today’s evidently his birthday) entitled “1379 Seiten Mittelerde (1379 Pages of Middle Earth)”
Berlin– Kostas Konstantinidis has made some plans for the near future. To be exact, 1379 pages. Not all at once; Kostas just doesn’t have enough time for that! No, Kostas advances slowly but surely. His plans are facilitated by the fact that his reading material is already divided. It all begins with the “Fellowship.” Then Kostas should be approached by “Two Towers,” and finally the “Return of the King.” Insiders know: Kostas Konstantinidis is reading Tolkien’s “Lord of the Rings.” We don’t know if the legends of the Hobbit-world are included in his hand-baggage. But we know Kostas’ current destination quite well: Finland…where he will play in the defense of the Greek national team…On September 6th (at the latest), Frodo, Gandalf, and Sauron will play the leading roles in his imagination once more…For his 29th birthday, coach Röber could give him a movie ticket. On the 20th of December, Kostas’s current reading material comes to the big screen.”
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In J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, war comes to the world of the Hobbits first as a rumour, a distant echo of far-off fighting. Then suddenly the Shire, the cozy and comfortable land of the Hobbits, is engulfed in strife. For fans of Tolkien’s great fantasy, the marketing campaign surrounding director Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings film trilogy resembles warfare in Middle-earth, as once inaudible noises seem to be getting nearer and more ominous. [More]
Thanks to Pascale for the tip!
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From: Tom
I just recently became aware of a brief LOTR special on EXTRA that I suppose is part of an upcoming films preview. It will be airing on friday August, 31 7:00pm(EST) on the show EXTRA on NBC.
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The Internet Movie Database has a few new names on it’s LOTR Cast page. They say that young Taea Hartwell (The Frighteners) will play a child Hobbit, Peter Mackenzie (The In Crowd, Chill Factor) is set to play Elendil. I’ve also been getting news that Cameron Rhodes (Dark Knight [TV]) will play Farmer Maggot and not Ian Mune as previously thought…are ANY of these casting rumors true? Only time, and a little digging, will tell (I cannot beleive I’m posting casting rumors with a few months left until the film opens, SOMEONE send me a complete cast list!).
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I wanted to let you know about a new Sean Bean (Boromir) video/DVD release. It’s called “Troubles” and it was first shown on British tv in 1988. It’s being released commercially on video and DVD on 02 October 2001 in North America.
From Nona, who is also a published author! Check out her new book ‘The Cilla Rose Affair’
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Calisuri here…reporting LIVE (well, not really LIVE right this minute) from DragonCon 2001 in Atlanta Georgia.
If you live in the southeast portion of the US, get your Ringer fan behind to Atlanta this weekend! We are showing a one hour presentation on the movies with exclusive images and ‘other things’ that we can’t show online! John Rhys-Davies (Gimli) being here isn’t too bad either!!! The big show is at 4pm on Saturday followed by JRD at 5pm. The Tolkien Track is up and running and has some exciting events this year. Check out Decipher’s talk on the LOTR card game at 11:30am on both Saturday and Sunday. And there is even something for the kiddies! The Kid Track will be addressing Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit at 1pm on Saturday. There is even a Tolkien LARP happening this weekend. So the moral of the story…get to Atlanta..and fast. And if you do get here, drop by our booth and watch the trailers, check out the shirts and hats, and just hang out! We’ll have our first day report online around midnight EST. [DragonCon]
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Get to WorldCon in Philadelphia! Believe it or not, TheOneRing.net staffers Blasm, Nob, and Pippin Took are giving a behind the scenes look at the movies on Sunday at 5pm. Its the same presentation we are showing at DragonCon, so you won’t want to miss the exclusive look at some great new stuff. [WorldCon]
If you live on the East Coast of the US…you have NO EXCUSE but to get to one of these events.
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