Announcing a full range of Pre and Post cruise options for the Cruise to Middle-earth, as well as LOTR Location tours during the cruise, now available. Please follow the link to see a description of all the optional tours and how they will fit into the overall itinerary of the cruise. Visits to Hobbiton, Edoras and Rohan are all there, as well as Australian locations such as the Blue Mountains or a climb on the Sydney Harbor Bridge. I’ve made them optional so you can customize your trip Down Under, arriving and departing when you need to. Please contact me for any questions and to book your trip while it is still available. Click the ‘continue reading’ button below to see pictures from the last adventure! [Cruise Website]
Continue reading “Options and Pics for Cruise to Middle-earth”
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James Cameron and Peter Jackson are among 23 filmmakers who joined cinema owners in protesting plans by studios to offer 48-hour rentals through video-on-demand on DirecTV just two months after movies open in theaters.
Making movies available for home viewing early may “irrevocably harm the financial model of our film industry,” the filmmakers said in a letter distributed today by the National Association of Theatre Owners.
Cinema owners and filmmakers are challenging a plan by four studios to release some films for rental starting tomorrow through El Segundo, California-based DirecTV, the largest satellite-TV operator, for $29.99. Early release to home video will cost the industry millions of dollars in ticket sales and force some theaters to close, according to the letter.
“What sells for $30-a-viewing today could be blown out for $9.99 within a few years,” the authors wrote. “We ask that our studio partners do not rashly undermine the current — and successful — system of releasing films.” More..
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Gather your fellowship – your adventure begins today. The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game is now on sale at your local retailer and on our webstore! This latest addition to our line of Living Card Games is a game of heroes, perilous journeys, and adventure set in the lands of the epic fantasy masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings.
The Adventure Begins
The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game is a fully cooperative card game that puts 1-2 players (or up to four with two Core Sets!) in control of the most powerful characters and artifacts of Middle-earth. Players will select heroes, gather allies, acquire artifacts, and coordinate their efforts to face Middle-earth’s most dangerous fiends. By cooperating to overcome the obstacles drawn from the encounter deck, you will complete the quest before you and claim victory! More..
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It’s time to talk Hobbit rumours again in the Hall of Fire!
What’s caught your keen eyes and ears over the past few weeks? The 48fps filming annoucement? The teasing first picture of the cave for the key scenes from “Riddles in the Dark”? John Rhys-Davies seemingly closing the door on being involved in the film? Elijah Wood’s cameo? Or was it something you gleaned from Peter Jackson’s production video?
Be sure to join us on Saturday April 23 from 6pm EDT in #thehalloffire on our IRC server and help us dissect all the latest news from the production. Continue reading “Hall of Fire Hobbit Rumour Round-up This Weekend!”
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TheOneRing.net has long been a part of the “Fictional Frontiers” radio program that airs in Philly on Monday afternoons and then is shared with the world on the internet. Program host Sohaib Awan talks about the popular arts with directors, writers, illustrators and staffers from TheOneRing.net, including on this weeks show. Follow the link for the exclusive extended conversation about “The Hobbit” and what it might mean to the film industry as well as chat about the casting rumors that continue to swirl.
Fictional Frontiers with Sohaib airs every Monday at 5 pm ET on WNJC-1360 AM Philadelphia.
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TheOneRing.net would like to wish a very healthy and happy Birthday to The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings actor/director Andy Serkis!
Andy is 47 and was born on this day in Ruislip, Middlesex, England. We all know him as Gollum/Smeagol in the LOTR films, and he will return in that role for the upcoming The Hobbit films. Andy has recently been named the second unit director The Hobbit!
Happy Birthday Andy!!
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