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Here you can find transcripts of all the LotR films, Middle
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Let's talk about "The Hobbit" |
| On December 18th, 2007, Peter Jackson, New Line Cinema and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc announced that they have agreed to make two movies based on the book "The Hobbit" by J.R.R. Tolkien. This is exciting news for fans of Middle Earth. Come discuss it with us in our new Hobbit Movie Discussion Forum. |
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GDT Talks about The Hobbit |
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Aug 22, 2008 - 5:51 AM - by mik
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GDT talks to Guardian.co.uk and gives some hints away about 'the bridging film'.
Click here to watch.
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The Hobbit one of the top 12 titles booksellers must have in stock |
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Aug 09, 2008 - 1:15 PM - by LadyEowynKenobi
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The Telegraph.co.uk is reporting that The Hobbit comes in 3rd of the top 12 titles booksellers must have in stock.
A research by BookScan of 1.8 million titles shows that only twelve of these have appeared in the top 5,000 selling books every week for the last decade, making them the most consistent sellers.
Click on the link above for details in the article.
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Illustrator Pauline Baynes dies |
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Aug 07, 2008 - 4:28 PM - by Elwen
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Pauline Baynes, the illustrator who collaborated with Tolkien in various books, has died aged 85. She is best known for her illustration of CS Lewis' Narnia Tales, but she was also a friend of JRR Tolkien, providing drawings for Farmer Giles of Ham, The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, Smith of Wootton Major and, after the author's death, Leaf by Niggle and Bilbo's Last Song.
Read Brian Sibley's obituary in the UK Independent, and his blog entry with illustrations is here.
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Figwit Gains Emmy Nomination |
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Jul 19, 2008 - 1:58 AM - by Tigger
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The announcement of yesterday's Prime Time Emmy Award Nominations had a pleasant surprise for LOTR Alumni Bret McKenzie. McKenzie and the rest of the writing team of The Flight of the Conchords are among the nominees for Writing For A Comedy Series.
The 60th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards will be presented in September.
The Flight of the Conchords airs on HBO in the United States and on The Movie Network in Canada.
The complete list of the Nominees for The 60th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards can be found here
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Christopher Lee not returnin to Middle Earth? |
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Jul 14, 2008 - 4:56 AM - by LadyEowynKenobi
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Folks over at Cinematical found this interview from the much beloved Chris Lee:Meinich was the only one who asked Lee about his involvement in The Hobbit. Lee's answer came as quite a surprise -- first, he's adamant that he won't be appearing in The Hobbit, because as we all know, Saruman isn't in the book. This comes as no surprise -- Lee is a Tolkien purist (thank goodness!) and he won't allow himself to be shoehorned in, even if Peter Jackson and Guillermo del Toro were interested in doing so.
But what about the much discussed second film, which would likely deal with the Council of Wizards? That's a location problem. Lee isn't interested in filming in New Zealand again because it is simply too far away, for too long of a time. You ... [Read More]
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Good To Have World Premiere At Toronto Film Festival |
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Jul 03, 2008 - 3:31 AM - by Tigger
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The Toronto International Film Festival announced six films added to this year's lineup that will be having their World or North American Premieres at the Festival. One of the five is Good, starring Viggo Mortensen and Jason Issacs and set during the early days of the rise of the Nazis to power. It explores how a "good man" can be turned into something quite different by the choices he makes.
The 2008 Toronto International Film Festival will be held during September 4th to the 13th.
More information can be found in the following links...
The Official Announcement/Press Release
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