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Weekend Update; How to Tell the Dwarves Apart: A Flowchart, Tolkien’s Estate Countersued , Jackson and Walsh assist a Tourist, Autographed LOTR First Editions sold at Auction, Pricey Orcrist now available.
In order to make it easier to identify the 13 Dwarves in ‘The Hobbit; An Unexpected Journey’ the LOTR Project has come up with a simple flowchart. The flowchart can be found here. The battle over merchandising rights to ‘The Lord of The Rings. and ‘The Hobbit’ has gotten more confusing now that a countersuit…
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CoE News; Perrott’s Folly saved, Sir Ian to become Dr. Sir Ian, Hobbit catches 2 LOTR films, Lawsuit update.
Perrot’s folly, the Birmingham tower thought to have inspired Orthanc, has been purchased by a Charity group that hopes to turn it into a venue and exhibition center for young artists. For more information click here. Sir Ian Mckellan is about to be awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University of Ulster. Details can be…
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Weekend Update; One Ring Timeline, Oldest Action Heroes, Middle-earth PSA’s, Oxford’s Tolkien Weekend, The Cast’s spare time activities, and ‘The Hobbit’ as a ‘Golden Book’.
To view Emil Johansson’s graphic timeline for the One Ring, click here. If you like to see which of the actor’s, from Peter Jackson’s Middle-earth films, made Total Film’s list of the 50 Oldest Action Heroes click here. Gamer Site ‘Dorkly’ has come up with eight humorous Middle-earth Public service announcements. They can be found…
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News update; Legal analysis of Bilbo’s ‘Burglar’ contract, LOTR music arranged for the Piano; How the Hobbit could have ended; SNL’s Hobbit Sequel Parody, and much much more
To read a Lawyer’s analysis of Bilbo’s contract click here. (submitted by Calil_Gadien96) If you are interested in playing some of the Music featured in the LOTR movies on your piano, click here for a review of ‘Top 50 Movie and TV Classics: Easy Piano’.`(submitted by BerethEdhellen) For `The Mary Sue`s view of; How The…
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Movie News; The Making of The Goblin King, Gollum, and Azog
Cinema Blend has just posted 3 short video featurettes, narrated by Weta’s Joe Letteri, that demonstrate and explain some of the techniques used in the CGI creation of The Goblin King, Gollum, and Azog. SPOILER ALERT. To read the article and watch the videos click here.
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Fan Transcript of ‘The Hobbit; An Unexpected Journey’ Now Available
The fans at ‘gplus.to/TheHobbitMovies’ have recently completed a complete transcript of ‘The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey’. SPOILER ALERT- Interested fans can click here to read this transcript for themselves.
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News Update; Oscar and BAFTA nomiees announced; Tolkien Movie Actors on the Small Screen, The Hobbit meets the Office; and much much more.
Although ‘The Hobbit; an Unexpected Journey’ was shut out of the top categories for both the Oscars and the BAFTA awards, the film did receive three nominations from each group. To see the complete list of nominees click here for the Oscars and here for the BAFTAs. Click here to see the humorous parody; “The…
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Tuesday News Update; Hobbit Taken Out by Chainsaw; VES Award Nominees; Why The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,` Didn’t Creep Me Out; Where`s Dominic Now?; and Why Tolkien’s Birthplace Not a Tourist Trap
For a summary of the weekend box office standings click here. Click here to see the Visual Effects Society awards for which ‘The Hobbit; An Unexpected Journey’ was nominated. You can click here to read a commentary from a reviewer who prefers ‘The Hobbit’ movies over ‘The Lord of The Rings’. Click here to read…
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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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Final 2012 News Update; Bilbo’s Adventure Stays on Top; Health Lessons from Hobbits; Celebrate Tolkien’s Birthday
Click here and here for the Box Office results for the final weekend of 2012. To read what kind of health lessons can be learned from Tolkien’s Hobbits click here. For information concerning some of the planned 121st birthday toasts for J. R. R. Tolkien click here.
