Carlene Cordova, director of ‘Ringers: Lord of the Fans’ writes: Now that we’re a part of the official SONY family we’ll be getting a brand new website! The site should go live shortly before the release of the RINGERS DVD in November 2005. You’ll love the DVD! We’re including lots of deleted scenes, a short behind the scenes piece on how we made RINGERS, and much, much more! Please visit the new SONY teaser RINGERS Teaser site! Sign up for the newsletter while you’re there. Because it’s a new system you will need to re-register for the newsletter and the new message boards when they’re available. Last chance to buy RINGERS merchandise from the Cafe Press store. We’ll be closing it soon and opening a new and improved RINGERS online store with all new merchandise soon! [Sony’s ‘Ringers’ Site] [‘Ringers’ Store]
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Some names you know and some you don’t. But if the publicists and the stars have their way, it won’t stay that way for long. Mirvish Productions unveiled the cast of its much vaunted and tremendously complicated upcoming play ‘The Lord of the Rings’ on Monday. The show will incorporate not only singers, dancers and actors, but acrobats and magicians as well, all trying to bring J.R.R. Tolkien’s work to the stage. Those who’ve been lucky enough to make the grade are sure they can make you a true believer. [More]
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–July 25, 2005–Electronic Arts (Nasdaq:ERTS – News) today announced that it has been granted the rights to develop games based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic literary fiction, The Lord of the Rings. Since 2001, EA has developed games based exclusively on New Line’s Academy Award winning theatrical productions of The Lord of the Rings, as depicted by Peter Jackson. The expansion of the rights allows EA to introduce players to depths of the fiction never before explored in an EA game. The company also revealed today the first details of two new games in the blockbuster The Lord of the Rings series; The Lord of the Rings(TM), The Battle for Middle-earth(TM) II and The Lord of the Rings(TM) Tactics (working title). With the new games, fans will be able to step into a world that looks like the films, but experience characters, environments and battles that have been inspired by the books. [More]
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – The critics love “Lost.” ABC’s thriller-chiller took two Television Critics Assn. honors Saturday during the TV scribes’ 21st annual ceremony at the Beverly Hilton. “Lost,” the freshman sensation that helped turn around ABC’s fortunes last season, got the TCA nod for new program and achievement. J.J. Abrams, co-creator and executive producer of “Lost,” thanked the crowd effusively in accepting the trophies. “The support you have given ‘Lost,’ we can’t really quantify,” he said. “It’s unbelievable.” [More]
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A pub immortalised by Charles Dickens as a centre of hard-drinking iniquity in his novel Our Mutual Friend is at the centre of a row over late-night opening. Police and residents who live near The Grapes, in east London’s Limehouse district, are opposing an application for the pub to stay open until 2am because of fears that it will fuel crime. The dispute, which is before the local authority, has been given added impetus by the pub’s literary credentials and by the number of celebrities who live on its street. [More]
Ringer Celebriel just returned from an LOTR locations tour in New Zealand, this is her Day Eleven report: Today was a free day in Queenstown. This allowed us to try a variety of local excursions on our own. Queenstown is a totally unique place. It has a population of about 11,000, a small town really, but it is the adventure capital of New Zealand. The streets are filled day and night with young people, and it seems like every shop in downtown is a place to book an adventure trip of some kind or to buy outdoor clothing or gear, if it’s not a restaurant or café. A new Starbucks was under construction. [More]