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Mare purchased for appearance in The Hobbit
The elves are supposed to be really tall and thin so the horses to be used by them have to be quite stocky to accentuate that. With those characteristics in mind, Claire, an eleven year old, part Clydesdale, mare, has just been purchased by the movies’ main animal wrangler. For more information head to this…
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Wikitravels Mordor Travel Guide
Are you thinking about where to go on your next vacation? Travel guide, Wikitravel.com , has a great review of the pros and cons of one Middle-earth destination you may have been considering.
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Smaug makes Forbes’Richest’ List
Today, Forbes.com published its list of the top 15 fictional Characters, Smaug the Dragon placed 7th on the list, right between Tony Stark and Bruce Wayne. Read this article to discover how Forbes’ writer Michael Noer determined the value of Smaug’s treasure.
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Gollum Actor Andy Serkis to Serve as Second Unit Director on ‘The Hobbit’
According to this article in The Hollwood Reporter, Andy Serkis along with playing Gollum, will also serve as second unit Director, in ‘The Hobbit’
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CoE member’s works displayed at gallery opening.
Pier Pressure Productions of Astoria opens its doors to works by artist, Becky Hitchin of Kent, England. As atalante_star Becky served for several years as Books Admin here at CoE and is renowned for both her Celtic knotwork and her Tolkien derived art. For more info click here, and to see more of Becky’s works…
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IGN picks Their Top 25 Fantasy Films
IGN Entertainment today posted Their list of the Top 25 Fantasy Films of all Time. All three of Peter Jackson’s Lord of The Rings films made the list and you can go here to see how they finished.
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The Hobbit vs Murder on the Orient Express for Canadian Hall of Fame
Harper Collins Canada has been running a contest in which readers can pick a book to enter their hall of fame. They started off with 64 books and now, for the final round, only two books remain. Canadians can Vote here for the winner, and one could end up winning all 64 books. Sadly, this…
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Saoirse Ronan & Stuart Townsend land roles in Middle-Earth
According to an article in Monsters and Critics., Irish actress Saoirse Ronan and Irish “Lord of the Rings” drop out actor Stuart Townsend have been added to the cast of The Hobbit. Saoirse Ronan, who had previously worked with Peter Jackson in ‘The Lovely Bones’, will be cast as Itaril, a woodland Elf while Stuart…
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‘The Hobbit’, illustrated by Maurice Sendak, how it almost came to be
In the late 1960s Maurice Sendak, of ‘Where The Wild Things Are’ fame was asked to illustrate a 30th Anniversary Edition of ‘The Hobbit”. He drew two sample illustrations which were sent to Tolkien for approval, but, unfortunately, the publisher mistakenly labeled the Elves in one illustration as Hobbits, and as he thought that this…
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Production of The Hobbit begins tomorrow!
Matt Dravitzki, Peter Jackson’s assistant told the Sunday Star-Times: “We are very excited to be starting production. We will be shooting right through this year and into 2012. We will be filming in our studios in Miramar, Wellington, and in locations throughout New Zealand, but I can’t reveal those at the moment.” You can read…
