{"id":31077,"date":"2009-02-02T20:59:07","date_gmt":"2009-02-03T01:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=31077"},"modified":"2009-02-02T20:59:07","modified_gmt":"2009-02-03T01:59:07","slug":"fanfilm-the-hunt-for-gollum-online-may-3rd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2009\/02\/02\/31077-fanfilm-the-hunt-for-gollum-online-may-3rd\/","title":{"rendered":"FanFilm: &#8216;The Hunt For Gollum&#8217; Online May 3rd"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro\"><strong>Chris Bouchard<\/strong> writes: Just wanted to give you advanced notice that The Hunt For Gollum will be released on May 3rd 2009 for online free streaming in HD. Thanks for supporting this ambitious fan film!<\/p>\n<p>Press Release: 30th January 2009<br \/>\nIndependent Online Cinema presents: \u2018THE HUNT FOR GOLLUM\u2019<br \/>\nComing soon FREE on the 3RD MAY 2009<br \/>\nExclusive World Premiere on DAILYMOTION.COM and THE LONDON SCI-FI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The Hunt For Gollum\u2019 is a \u2018Lord Of The Rings\u2019 Fan Film made by fans for fans. Inspired by notes in the appendices from \u2018The Lord of the Rings\u2019 book, \u2018The Hunt For Gollum\u2019 follows Aragon as he sets out to find the creature Gollum and discover the truth about the Ring&#8230;<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u2018The Hunt For Gollum\u2019 will achieve a notable milestone for Fan Films when it becomes the first Fan Film to be simultaneously released online at Dailymotion.com and screened at the Sci-Fi London Film Festival on May 3rd this year. The first ever LOTR Fan Film with serious production values, Independent Online Cinema aims to bring a unique high quality HD cinema experience to the internet. The film is 40 minutes and a purely non-profit venture, with the download and festival screening being free for new and old fans alike.<\/p>\n<p><center><div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-31077 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2009\/02\/02\/31077-fanfilm-the-hunt-for-gollum-online-may-3rd\/banner1\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"90\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/banner1-150x90.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail no-lazyload\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2009\/02\/02\/31077-fanfilm-the-hunt-for-gollum-online-may-3rd\/orcs2c\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/orcs2c-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail no-lazyload\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2009\/02\/02\/31077-fanfilm-the-hunt-for-gollum-online-may-3rd\/strider_hero3\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/strider_hero3-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail no-lazyload\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2009\/02\/02\/31077-fanfilm-the-hunt-for-gollum-online-may-3rd\/th4g_logo_black2\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/th4g_logo_black2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail no-lazyload\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2009\/02\/02\/31077-fanfilm-the-hunt-for-gollum-online-may-3rd\/thbvalley_poster2\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/thbvalley_poster2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail no-lazyload\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Writer\/Director Chris Brouchard started the project over 2 years ago with a small dedicated number of talented cast and crew, which steadily built momentum as more and more enthusiastic filmmakers, volunteers and supporters took up the challenge to finally culminate in an amazing team effort that has had over a 100 volunteers contributing to the project, worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>Made with a minuscule budget, the high production values of the project would not have been possible without the commitment and resources of experienced prop makers, costume makers, prosthetics and make-up specialists, fight coordinators and special effects artists. However, this production has been open to everyone for collaboration, and as a result, the passion for this project has drawn together a diverse blend of working professionals, students and youth from every walk of life.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The Hunt For Gollum\u2019 has generated considerable online buzz amongst fans already and the filmmakers are therefore delighted to see their efforts have also started to get real world publicity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cepic fantasy story\u2026very professional\u201d SFX Magazine<br \/>\n\u201ccut above the standard fan film\u201d Metro Online<\/p>\n<p>For further information regarding the project, please contact:<br \/>\nPress at <a href=\"mailto:info@hunt4gollum.com\">info@hunt4gollum.com<\/a><br \/>\nAnd visit our website for more trailers, updates and fan reactions <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehuntforgollum.com\/\">here<\/a>.<br \/>\nA trailer can also be viewed at youtube.com <a href=\"http:\/\/uk.youtube.com\/watch?v=FnMHgwG9aAo\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chris Bouchard writes: Just wanted to give you advanced notice that The Hunt For Gollum will be released&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[16,14,197,162],"tags":[647],"class_list":["post-31077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events-conventions","category-events","category-fans","category-events-screenings","tag-the-hunt-for-gollum"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1tLoH-85f","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31077"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31077\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}