Peter JacksonThe plan was to be impartial and emotionless in the printed word and provide interested parties (hopefully you dear reader) all the facts and information from Peter Jackson’s un-press conference in San Diego as possible.

After all, he had 40 or so of us delighted to be trapped in a room with him in a small but luxurious hotel a few hundred meters from the convention center where the world’s biggest celebration of popular culture was taking place. It was the end of the first day of the four-day event and Jackson had swooped into town, showed off his first ever public screening of “District 9,” and then convened Geek Court. Continue reading “Peter Jackson speaks”

dommonaghan.jpgDominic Monaghan struggled to cope with fame and was driven “off the rails” after filming the Lord Of The Rings movies. Monaghan was a relatively unknown actor when he landed the role of Merry in 2001’s The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, but his Hollywood profile skyrocketed by the time the hit fantasy trilogy was complete. More..

dominick-monaghan Dominic Monaghan, best known for playing Charlie Pace on “Lost” and Hobbit Meriadoc “Merry” Brandybuck in the “Lord of Rings” trilogy, is joining the cast of “FlashForward,” the ABC fantasy drama created by David G. Goyer (“Batman Begins”) and Kent State University graduate Brannon Braga, the prolific “Star Trek” and “24” writer who grew up in Canton. Starring Joseph Fiennes, Courtney B. Vance and John Cho, “FlashForward” will premiere at 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 24. The series follows a group of people grappling with their fates when humanity is given a glimpse into its near future. More..

dominick-monaghanFrom TV GUIDE: Dominic Monaghan is known for his roles as Charlie in Lost and hobbit Merry in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. But the actor is gearing up for one of his biggest gigs to date in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, in which he plays the electricity-controlling Bolt. Monaghan stopped by TV Guide Network to discuss his secretive character, as well as how how it feels to be part of yet another project with a huge cult following and what it’s like to have multiple action figures of himself. Plus, the actor answers a tough, Twitter-submitted fan question: Which achievement are you most proud of: Lord of the Rings, Lost or hooking up with Evangeline Lilly? Continue reading “VIDEO: Lost’s Dominic Monaghan Talks X-Men Origins: Wolverine”

During my association with TheOneRing.net I have often felt very fortunate to know great people and be in great places. Sometimes I have been lucky enough to have my camera along.

Out of that vast TORn photo library that includes digital images, and old scratched negitives, I put a few images together with some music from Arjan Kiel, (with thanks to fan film ‘Born of Hope,’) to pay tribute to the whole community of TheOneRing.net.

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