Belladonna writes: Having had the privilege of attending the premiere screening of Ringers: Lord of the Fans at Slamdance in Park City yesterday, I wanted to let you all know that the first batch of photos is online. They are located here. There will be more coming in that same space, including from a second screening in Salt Lake later this week. Oh, and the movie was excellent!
Also check out Slamdance.com’s Spykam which posted several photos from Ringers events: Camped Out For Ringers & Ringers: Instant Cult Classic?
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Slamdance documentary “Ringers: Lord of the Fans” hopes to capitalize on the tremendous success of the recent “Lord of the Rings” movie trilogy by chronicling the original book’s impact on popular culture for the last 50 years and its dedicated fans dubbed “Ringers.” “It’s strange, it’s deep, it goes a lot of different directions,” said director Carlene Cordova, who co-wrote the movie along with Cliff Broadway. The two also produced the movie along with Tom Desanto, who produced the two “X-Men” movies. [More]
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From the Daily News of Washington, comes a story pointing out a dozen or so fantasy authors for fans of the genre. Many of these may long be familiar to Tolkien readers, but on the off chance some might not be, who doesn’t like discovering new authors? [More]
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Award-winning J.R.R. Tolkien scholars Tom Shippey and Douglas A. Anderson will participate in a panel on “The Lord of the Rings at Fifty” at Illinois Central College’s Performing Arts Center, East Peoria, at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 29.
The presentation, sponsored by the college’s English department, is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Professor Mike Foster.
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Sideshow/Weta Collectibles has had a few of their previously sold out statues come back into stock, due to customer cancellations and credit card declines. Less than 100 pieces of Gandalf on Shadowfax and the Balrog – Flame of Udun have been added back on their Minas Morgul Specials page. If you missed out on these statues before, this is probably the last time you will get them at retail value. [Click Here]
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Here is a list of ORC stories from the last week, tons of reviews, photos and more! Get your ORC fill before we start planning for ORC II!! [More]
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