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News roundup on ‘The Professor’s’ Birthday
Today, Jan 3rd, 2013 would be J. R. R. Tolkien’s 121st birthday, so we’ll start this news roundup with an explanation, from The Tolkien Society, on the proper way to celebrate with a birthday toast. The explanation can be found here. For Tolkien’s birthday The Christian Science Monitor decided to post 10 important quotes from…
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Today’s News; ‘The Hobbit; An Unexpected Journey’ Regains the Box-Office Lead; Unlicensed Russian ‘Hobbit’; Weta Design and Location Details
‘The Hobbit; An Unexpected Journey’, despite coming in third in the Christmas Day box-office totals, seems to have regained the lead. Click here for an early count of the Friday totals. Click here for the unlicensed, 1985 Russian movie; ‘The Fabulous Journey of Mr. Bilbo Baggins the Hobbit.’ SPOILER ALERT; Click here for details on…
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Dec 29th News Update; Why Some Critics Dislike ‘The Hobbit?, Hobbit Film Earnings Update; Peter Jackson on HFR; Fan vs Denny`s Menu.
For a possible explanation to some critics disliking `The Hobbit` click here. For `The Hobbit; An Unexpected Journey`s earning to date click here and to see the movie regain the No.1 spot click here. For Peter Jackson defending his filming decisions click here. To see a hungry fan take on Denny`s entire Middle-earth Menu click…
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Weekend News Summary; Box Office updates, Hottest Dwarf?, One Hour Spoiler Podcast, and Lots More
Click here and here for updates on the Box Office Stats for ‘The Hobbit;An Unexpected Journey’. (note that the ‘4’ in the total for ‘Rise of the Guardians’ should actaully be a ‘$’ sign) For a list of the thirteen Dwarves ranked by ‘hotness’ click here. For the second ‘Empire Online’ one-hour podcast click here.…
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Dec. 16th News Roundup; a Suggested New Movie, Officially Licensed Replicas, Ian McKellen on continuing to be a Wizard, and Much More.
Click here for an article about some highly placed fans wanting another Tolkien work brought to the big screen. Click here for an article about the company chosen to make Officially Licensed Replicas for ‘The Hobbit’ movies. Click here for an article about Ian Mckellen’s Wizard problems Click here for SF Gate’s J.R.R. Tolkien quiz.…
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Weta Returns to Middle-earth.
For the ‘FX Guide’ highly informative article detailing WETA’s work on ‘The Hobbit’ click here. ( thanks to Rivka for this article )
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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Video 10
Click here to be taken to Peter Jackson’s Facebook page to see the new video, which focuses on the New Zealand Premiere of ‘The Hobbit; An Unexpected Journey’ ( there’s lots more of today’s news to be posted after I get home from the local premiere – in 3D and 48FPS!!)
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Dec 14. News; The 1977 Hobbit movie; 19 Changes in ‘The Hobbit; An Unexpected Journey’ Stephen Hunter on playing Bombur, A Hobbit Musical Parody, And a Royd Tolkien interview
For a look back at the 1977 Rankin/Bass version of ‘The Hobbit` click here. -CAUTION_SPOILER ALERT- To read about 19 Changes between J.R.R. Tolkien’s Novel and Peter Jackson’s Movie click here. For a Stephen Hunter interview about playing Bombur click here. For a humorous musical parody based on the song ‘One Thing’ click here. For…
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A Video Tour of Jef Murray’s studio
Renowned Tolkien fan and artist Jef Murray has just posted the first ever brief tour of the studio where he creates his magic. To watch the tour video click here and to visit the website of Jef Murray Studios click here.
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Dec 9th News- 10 Things You Need to Know, Joe Letteri and Richard Armitage videos, Hobbit Filming ‘Tricks’, and 60 Pics from the Movie.
Ten things you need to know before seeing ‘The Hobbit; An Unexpected Journey can be found here. A Wall Street Journal video of Joe Letteri discussing the Visual effects involved in bringing Gollum to the screen and Richard Armitage discu8ssing his transformation into Thorin Oakenshield can be found here. An article summarizing some of the…
