The Lord of the Rings

By xoanon www.TheRadioCityLOTRconcert.com There is only one Lord of the Rings. Come share in the power. Tickets are now on sale for the highly anticipated The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, which will be presented live to film at Radio City Music Hall for two performances only, on Friday, October 8t...

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By xoanon NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Dailymotion today announced that “Born of Hope,” a professionally-produced feature-length film based on the Tolkien Trilogy, Lord of the Rings, will be screened on the popular global video entertainment site beginning December 1, 2009. This exclusive fol...

By xoanon From booksblog.dallasnews.com (via Gary L): Saturday evening, Nov. 21, 2009, lovers of two of the most popular writers of all time–C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien, known popularly for the Narnia series and Lord of the Rings–may spend an evening with Peter Kreeft of Boston. The dinner opens at 6:30 p....

By xoanon Press Release: For fans of Tolkien this Christmas is going to be special. For the first time in six years you can enjoy a seriously professional Lord of the Rings inspired feature film – and not only that, you can watch it for free! Born of Hope is a genuine attempt to tell a new [...]

By xoanon Sir Ian Mckellen and Kevin Spacey have been honoured for their contribution to the arts at a glitzy ceremony in London. The Lord of the Rings star walked away with a trophy for his hard work in showbusiness at the annual Variety Club Awards on Sunday. Spacey, who serves as artistic director fo...

By xoanon Charles Ross, creator of the hugely successful One Man Star Wars Trilogy, performs a very special SNEAK PREVIEW of his worldwide hit One Man Lord of the Rings in Sydney. Recreating the entire enchanting world of Middle-earth, armed with nothing more than a pair of elbow pads and his outrag...

By xoanon From www.mirror.co.uk (who tend to exaggerate every fact): Lord of the Rings star Sir Ian McKellen was upset on live TV after he was confused with another movie wizard. The actor – who played Gandalf in the hit films – was on US TV’s The View when host Whoopi Goldberg asked: “Are you coming back [...]

By xoanon Turbine has just announced the extension of pre-launch offers for The Lord of the Rings Online: Siege of Mirkwood, the upcoming digital expansion to the award-winning MMO, which is scheduled to launch on December 1st in North America. A media alert follows with more information. In addit...

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By Calisuri Barrie Osborne, part of the Oscar-winning team behind the Lord of the Rings films, says the new production ‘will educate people about the true meaning of Islam.’ Producer Barrie Osborne cast Keanu Reeves as the messiah in The Matrix and helped defeat the dark lord Sauron in his record-bre...

By xoanon Mel writes: We have just had confirmation that there will be a special debut performance of One Man Lord of the Rings on Thursday 12th November while Charlie Ross is in Sydney for the final performance of One Man Star Wars. ONE NIGHT ONLY – One Man Lord of the Rings See Charles Ross perform a [...]

By xoanon Peter Robert Jackson, CNZM (born 31 October 1961) is a New Zealand filmmaker, producer and screenwriter, best known for The Lord of the Rings trilogy adapted from the novel by J. R. R. Tolkien. He is also known for his 2005 remake of King Kong and as the producer of the critically acclaimed film D...

By Altaira Thanks to many of you who sent in this story from Empireonline.com. I’m sure we’ll all miss John as part of The Hobbit cast. From Empireonline.com: John Rhys-Davies was, of course, Gimli the dwarf in The Lord of the Rings, and gave the series many of its funniest and most memorable moments. And wh...

By xoanon A theatrical legend is in the Capital City looking to inspire the future of the entertainment world. Sir Ian McKellen, who is most notably known for his role as Gandalf in Lord of the Rings and Magneto mag-neat-oh from X-Men, spoke with FSU theatre students Tuesday afternoon sharing his jo...

By xoanon The influence the Welsh language had on books by JRR Tolkien is to form part of a major new festival in Powys to honour the author. The Festival in the Shire will celebrate themes inspired by Tolkien, whose novels included Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. Fans of the writer, leading academics...

By Altaira J.R.R. Tolkien was the fifth top earning dead celebrity on Forbes’ list, earning $50 Million last year. From Forbes.com: The creator of hobbits and Middle Earth languages left a lasting legacy for his fans and family with The Lord of the Rings franchise. The Tolkien estate and publisher Harpe...

By xoanon Jack M writes: On Sunday 25th of October, Radio NZ broadcast an extended interview with Philippa Boyens; An extended interview with Philippa Boyens, an integral member of the trio of filmmakers who put New Zealand on the map with the Lord of the Rings trilogy and King Kong. Philippa talks a...

By Altaira Forum member batik thought this trilogy screening at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in Austin, TX, might be of interest: “this all-day event is an annual Alamo tradition as old as the ancients…or whenever RETURN OF THE KING came out. Each year we must gather to recount the epic quest of the ho...

By MrCere Trevor Hogg at Flickeringmyth.com has put together a comprehensive and well written profile of director Peter Jackson (Lord of the Rings trilogy). For those new to his cinematic career, this is a look at Jackson’s work from the very beginning. Read the first part here and part two here.

By xoanon Turbine has just released a new batch of screenshots for The Lord of the Rings Online: Siege of Mirkwood, the upcoming digital expansion to the award-winning MMO, which is scheduled to launch on December 1st in North America. The images depict the new Gathburz region deep in the forests of...

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By xoanon Viggo Peter Mortensen, Jr. (born October 20, 1958) is a Danish-American actor, poet, musician, photographer, and painter. His film roles include Aragorn in Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, Frank T. Hopkins in Hidalgo, David Shaw in A Perfect Murder, Tom Stall in David Cr...

By xoanon Howard Leslie Shore (born October 18, 1946) is a Canadian composer, orchestrator, conductor and music producer. He was the first band leader on Saturday Night Live. He composed the scores for The Lord of the Rings film trilogy and the scores to most of David Cronenberg’s films. He is also a pr...

By xoanon Turbine has just released the first video trailer for The Lord of the Rings Online: Siege of Mirkwood, the upcoming digital expansion to the award-winning MMO, which is scheduled to launch on December 1, 2009 in North America. Siege of Mirkwood will expand the online world of Middle-eart...

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By xoanon From the folks at Weta: 10 years since filming began on The Lord Of The Rings! How do we celebrate that? Listen to the Anniversary Podcast! – Daniel Falconer has recorded a very special podcast episode, walking around the workshop, asking the crew who were here back then to share some of the...

By xoanon Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson’s new movie The Lovely Bones has been chosen for this year’s Royal Film Performance. Jackson said he is “honoured” it has been selected, adding its making has been “an extraordinary journey”. The world charity gala is due to take place in late Novemb...

By xoanon Chapter Cinema, Cardiff is proud to present a special FREE screening of the Lord of the Rings fan film, The Hunt For Gollum on Saturday 24th October at 6pm, together with woods shocker, Blair Thumb. To claim your free ticket call in to Chapter, Market Road, Canton, Cardiff, CF5 1QE, or ring 0...

By xoanon GRAND RAPIDS SYMPHONY OPENS OCTOBER 15 LORD OF THE RINGS REHEARSAL TO PUBLIC GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. Oct. 8, 2009 The Grand Rapids Symphony has opened for sale to the public the final rehearsal of Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring. The final rehearsal will take place Thursday, October 15,...

By xoanon The folks from Turbine have sent along a new batch of screenshots depict Dol Guldur, the fortress of the Ringwraiths from their forthcoming game ‘The Lord of the Rings Online: Siege of Mirkwood’. Siege of Mirkwood, the new digital expansion for LOTRO, will launch on December 1st in North A...

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By xoanon Akron Symphony Opens Pops Season With Music of Vampires, Wizards, and Jedi Knights, October 25. Concert to include music from Star Wars, Star Trek, Harry Potter, The Lord of the Rings, Twilight, and more. Akron—The Akron Symphony begins its 2009-2010 Pops season with the music of Vampire...

By xoanon Geoff Boucher writes: This week we’re taking a look at four major trilogies from this decade that are looking to add a fourth film despite substantial challenges — not least among those challenges the skepticism of moviegoers who may wonder if some of these Hollywood vehicles are runnin...

By Altaira As part of its “Clash of the Gods” series, the History Channel is airing an episode tonight on what it calls “The greatest myth of modern times:” J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings. Similar to the other episodes in the series, this episode features an impressive array of experts on Tolkien and m...

By xoanon From Wired.com: Take a look at how the craftsmen at Weta Workshops created swords for the ‘Lord of the Rings’ trilogy. Video courtesy Weta Workshop.

By xoanon From the folks at Turbine: It’s been a busy week for The Lord of the Rings Online™! Here’s a roundup of all the happenings: The Lord of the Rings Online™: Siege of Mirkwood™ Launch date Announced! The word is out! The Lord of the Rings Online™: Siege of Mirkwood™ will launch on December [...]

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By Altaira In an interview with MTV last night, Howard Shore confirmed that he has begun composing for “The Hobbit:” Last night, MTV’s Kurt Loder sat down with “The Lord of the Rings” composer Howard Shore and Pippin the Hobbit actor Billy Boyd at The Paley Center for Media. Kurt was there to moderate a...

By xoanon DALLAS, Sept. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Blockbuster Inc. has released a new list of the most loved movies according to the experts – the fans who watch them. The movies receiving the most love from viewers include all three films in the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy directed by Peter Jackson...

By maegwen Join us this Saturday for the Lord of the Rings Extended Edition Movie Marathon in TORn's IRC chat room beginning 10 a.m. EASTERN (New York). For those of you who haven't taken part before, it is GREAT fun. We gather in the IRC channel with our DVDs ready to go and begin watching when the moderator...

By xoanon The official site to the LOTR Radio City Music Hall Concerts, theradiocitylotrconcert.com has updated with a ton of events added! Take a look! theradiocitylotrconcert.com

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By xoanon Joe Scalora from the publicity department at Del Rey Books writes: Suvudu.com, our science fiction/fantasy/geek culture blog launched a contest last week featuring a ton of prizes to celebrate the Lord of the Rings Concert at Radio City, including a pair of tickets! More..

By xoanon WESTWOOD, MA – September 29, 2009– Turbine, Inc. announced today that The Lord of the Rings Online™: Siege of Mirkwood™, the new digital expansion to the 2008 MMO of the Year will launch on December 1st in North America. Turbine also unveiled The Lord of the Rings Online (LOTRO) Adventurer’...

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By xoanon BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — Music of Middle-earth will soon be brought to life by 300 musicians, singers and choruses in an October concert at Radio City Music Hall. In preparation for the concert, Howard Shore, an Oscar, Grammy and Golden Globe winner, rehearsed his The Lord of the Rings score wit...

By xoanon The Paley Center for Media Presents in association with New York Comic Con: Shore on the Score: The Music of Lord of the Rings: Thursday, October 1, 2009, at 6:30 pm. In anticipation of composer Howard Shore’s live performances of the full score of The Fellowship of the Ring at Radio City Mus...

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By xoanon From MTV: In just a few short weeks, New Yorkers will get a rare treat. Howard Shore’s Oscar-winning score for “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring” will be performed live at Radio City Music Hall by more than 300 musicians while the movie plays on a 60-foot screen above them. The [......

By Altaira Thanks to our friend Corey Olsen at The Tolkien Professor for alerting us that The History Channel will air an episode on J.R.R. Tolkien and The Lord of the Rings as part of its “Clash of the Gods” series. Corey and Michael Drout are among Tolkien scholars who are interviewed as part of the progr...

By xoanon On Oct. 9 and 10, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring hits Radio City Music Hall in a multimedia extravaganza. Howard Shore’s Oscar-winning score will be performed synchronized with the hit film, showcased on a 60-foot screen. Conductor Ludwig Wicki will oversee 300 musicians...

By xoanon For the record, there’s nothing wrong with “The Road” star Viggo Mortensen not knowing much about the plans that Peter Jackson and Guillermo del Toro have in place for their two-part big screen telling of J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Hobbit.” Aragorn, his “Lord of the Rings” character, doesn’t act...

By xoanon SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain (AFP) – British actor Ian McKellen was Wednesday honoured with a lifetime achievement award at the San Sebastian film festival in Spain. The 70-year-old “Lord of the Rings” star received the festival’s Donostia Award, which goes to “a great film personality in reco...

By xoanon EJCasting.Com is pleased to present an evening with world-renowned writer BRIAN SIBLEY on Thursday 24 September 2009 at 7:00pm in The Library at TEATROS PRIVATE MEMBERS CLUB, 93 – 107 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, WC1. BRIAN SIBLEY adapted J R R Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings for BBC Radio in wh...

By xoanon Are you ready to geek out? On October 9th and 10th, more than 300 musicians will gather onstage at Radio City Musical to perform composer Howard Shore’s award-winning score to The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring live to Peter Jackson’s film. The ensemble is as epic as the movie,...

By xoanon Sala BakerSala Baker (born September 22, 1976) is an actor and stuntman from Wellington, New Zealand. Originally hired as one of several stunt performers for The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, he ended up landing the part of Sauron, the trilogy’s title role. In addition, he also played sev...

By xoanon The Lord of the Rings Academy Award-winning composer Howard Shore had no trouble conjuring up music for great halls, evil times, or any of the scenes depicted in Peter Jackson’s epic adaptations of J.R.R. Tolkien’s three novels about the great war for the “one ring to rule them all.” More..

By Calisuri It goes without saying, there are MANY types of LOTR Fans out there. Some show their enthusiasm through fan art, others through fan fiction. Then there are those that show it through hardcore gansta rap! First off, if you are offended by significantly offensive language, or spoofing of LOT...

By Altaira Jan alerted us to an ongoing poll at film.com: The Best Male Performance of the ’00s. It’s down to the ‘Elite 8,’ two of whom are non other than Elijah Wood, for his role as Frodo Baggins in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings vs. Johnny Depp, for his role as [...]

 New Zealand the heads up since it doesn't seem to be very well publicized. Charles Ross who does both a “One Man Star Wars” and a “One Man Lord of the Rings” will be performing his Lord of the Rings Show at the Birchmere in Alexandria, VA on Saturday June 20th.

 New Zealand Discussions! Do not only discuss Lord of the Rings or The Hobbit in the internet. At Ring*Con it is possible to discuss live and in person. These panels and lectures about different topics will be held by fans, Tolkien experts and others. ...

 New Zealand Guillermo is currently in New Zealand to direct The Hobbit , the prequel to The Lord of the Rings trilogy. He is one of the hottest directors in Hollywood, after directing an array of visionary movies such as The Devil's Backbone, the Oscar winning ...

 New Zealand The preliminary patch notes for The Lord of the Rings Online: Volume II: Book 7: Leaves of Lórien are live in the lorebook! Please note these are intended to accompany the release of Book 7 on Bullroarer, our public test server and are subject to ...

By Elven What did you think about the – because obviously your work on The Hobbit came quite a long time before the films reached the big screen, as far of the Lord of the Rings trilogy is concerned – What was your take on Peter Jacksons vision of Tolkien’s seminal work.

By Altaira The Children of Húrin from Amazon: The first complete book by J.R.R. Tolkien in three decades–since the publication of The Silmarillion in 1977–The Children of Húrin reunites fans of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings with Elves and Men, dragons and Dwarves, Eagles and Orcs. Presented for t...

By xoanon Share This Claudia Riiff Finseth contacted us a while ago offering her articles on Tolkien, here is her second article ‘The Magic of Faerie Stories’. Riiff Finseth is a freelance writer and author. Among her favorite works of literature is Lord of the Rings, which she has read over twenty ti...

By xoanon Tolkien in Winter Claudia Riiff Finseth He imbued his trilogy with this spirit. This winter I pulled my worn old copy of The Lord of the Rings from my bookshelf. I’m nearing the end of Part II. Frodo and Sam are about to be betrayed by Gollum. A quote from The Lord of the Rings, by J. R. R. Tolkien:

By greendragon The Lord of the Rings - BBC As the world of Tolkien fandom eagerly prepares for the coming of The Hobbit movie(s), the BBC is helping us to fill in our time by re-releasing its fabulous radio dramatization of The Lord of the Rings. Now on Sale - The Lord of the Rings, The Complete Trilogy.  12CDs,...

By xoanon Tolkien signed agreements in 1969 with United Artists governing the movie rights to the “Lord of the Rings” books as well as “The Hobbit.” Guillermo del Toro has signed on to direct that film and its sequel in New Zealand alongside executive producer Peter Jackson.

By Diedye HarperCollins archive) 1968 August 28 - William “Billy” Boyd, who played Pippin in Peter Jackson’s LOTR trilogy, is born on this day in Glasgow, Scotland. 1999 August 25 - The official poster makes its first appearance on the film trilogy’s official site…

By Diedye 1947 August 20 – Famed British fantasy artist Alan Lee, who also worked as a conceptual designer on Peter Jackson’s LOTR, is born on this day. 1948 August 20 – Australian actor John Noble, who played Denethor in Peter Jackson’s LOTR movie trilogy, is born on this day.

By Diedye July 29 – The Fellowship of the Ring turns 50! TORn offers its congratulations (along with a TOP 50 list by MrCere and a TOP 50 list of important people in the Tolkien universe) and the BBC digs up some reviews from that time. All info has been collected from Hammond & Scull’s “J.R.R. Tolkien C...

By Altaira 2000 – a spy report on the filming at Lyall Bay (Dunharrow); first (crummy but still tantalizing) images of Bilbo and Hobbiton; Sir Ian McKellen posts 5 audio clips on his site, one of which is Gandalf saying, “One Ring to rule them all…”

By MrCere Students can earn 3 credits of transfer-level college credit, and writing intensive credit, for taking English 257L J. R. R. Tolkien. The course will focus on The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, with parts of The Silmarillion brought in to provide background for a fuller understanding of Th...

By Altaira Reports have been coming in regarding the U.S. premier of The Fellowship of the Ring screening with the score performed live at the Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts last week. Below is an excerpt from one Mary sent us. Follow the “Discuss” link for forum member Magpie’s report ab...

By xoanon Giz: The other cool character that you can play is Sauron. When you arrive at the evil campaign you reach Rivendell, we setup Rivendell as the forces of good’s last stand. To basically you rampage through Middle earth, you sack the Shire and you reach Rivendell, which is Gandalf and Elrond’s...

By xoanon Book 13: Doom of the Last-king continues the epic story of The Lord of the Rings Online, adds an entire new region to the world of Middle-earth, a new Monster Play class and the introduction of the hobby system. ...

By MrCere Doug Adams likes his life, he says so on his professional and personal blog and its obvious when you speak to him. Chances are if you appreciate the “Lord of the Rings” films’ soundtracks, you would like his life too. He will soon be the published author - instead of the hard working unpublishe...

LOTR Online Lauded by Game Magazines & Websites  New Zealand - Jan 16, 2008 WESTWOOD, MA – January 16, 2008 - Turbine, Inc. announced today that The Lord of the Rings Online™: Shadows of Angmar™ was named one of the Top 50 games of ...

By xoanon Share This PRESS RELEASE: THE LORD OF THE RINGS ONLINE™: SHADOWS OF ANGMAR™ NAMED PC MMO GAME OF THE YEAR Leading MMORPG Also Honored as One of the PC Top 10 Games of 2007 WESTWOOD, MA – December 18, 2007 - Turbine, Inc. announced today that The Lord of the Rings Online™: Shadows of Angmar™ was a...