4-02-01 Latest News

New Houghton Mifflin Books and Covers
Calisuri @ 3:09 pm EST

From Houghton Mifflin comes these two covers and descriptions of The Fellowship of the Ring Visual Companion, by Jude Fisher (72 pages, hardcover $19.95 ISBN 0618154019), and The Lord of the Rings Official Movie Guide by Brian Sibley (120 pages, hardcover $24.95, ISBN 0618154027, and trade paperback $14.95, ISBN 0618154035). These come with a "global laydown date" of November 6th, 2001. So we’ll be seeing them in stores about a month before the movie!

The Lord of the Rings Official Movie Guide
By : Brian Sibley

An introduction to the talented actors and filmmakers who have labored for years to bring Tolkien's work to the screen. For several years, a huge team of dedicated moviemakers has been transforming the exotic landscapes of New Zealand into the Middle-earth of J.R.R. Tolkien's epic masterwork, The Lord of the Rings. It is a massive production by fans of Tolkien's work for fans of Tolkien's work. This fully authorized Official Movie Guide is the perfect introduction to the total immersion in Tolkien's world that filmgoers will experience. In full color throughout, including lavish, full-bleed production stills, and with exclusive biographies of the stars and filmmakers, this book gives readers a privileged access to behind-the-scenes material found nowhere else. Featuring color photos of the cast, locations, sets, costumes, and creatures of the films, the book also includes an entertaining overview of the conception, design, and logistical challenges of a film project of this epic scale and grandeur.

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Visual Companion
By : Jude Fisher

Houghton Mifflin is proud to present a full-color, large-format, guide to the characters, cultures, and locations of J.R.R. Tolkien's extraordinary creation Middle-earth, as depicted in the movie The Fellowship of the Ring - the first of three blockbuster films from New Line Cinema. Filled with stunning imagery and with a thorough, informative narrative text, The Fellowship of the Ring Visual Companion will provide the reader with a rich feast of detail and information. Featuring exclusive photos of Frodo, Gandalf, the Ringwraiths, elves, and all the other main characters and creatures of the first film, the book also includes breathtaking pictures of Hobbiton, Rivendell, and Moria. The first of a projected three-book series that no Tolkien fan, from novice to expert, should be without, The Fellowship of the Ring Visual Companion contains a special eight-page gatefold of large-format images unique to this book.

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Text and cover illustrations Copyright © 2001 Houghton Mifflin Company

- Turgon

Weekly Cast Watch
Xoanon @ 11:28 pm EST

Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn)

Perfect Murder, A (1998) UK
Thin Red Line, The (1998) UK
Portrait of a Lady, The (1996)
Passion of Darkly Noon, The (1995)
Crimson Tide (1995) UK
Prophecy, The (1995)
American Yakuza (1994)
Carlito's Way (1993) UK
Young Americans, The (1993) UK
Ruby Cairo (1993)
Boiling Point (1993)
Indian Runner, The (1991)
Young Guns II (1990)
Witness (1985)

Liv Tyler (Arwen)

Dr. T and the Women (2000)
Cookie's Fortune (1999)
Plunkett & Macleane (1999) UK
Onegin (1999)
Can't Hardly Wait (1998) UK
Armageddon (1998) UK
Inventing the Abbotts (1997)
U Turn (1997) UK
Empire Records (1995) UK
Heavy (1995) UK

Ian Holm (Bilbo)

Joe Gould's Secret (2000)
Bless the Child (2000)
eXistenZ (1999)
Madness of King George, The (1994) UK
Dance with a Stranger (1985)
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984)
Time Bandits (1981) UK
S.O.S. Titanic (1979) (TV)
Shout at the Devil (1976)
Robin and Marian (1976) UK
Juggernaut (1974) UK
Mary, Queen of Scots (1971) UK
Oh! What a Lovely War (1969) UK
Fixer, The (1968) UK

Sean Bean (Boromir)

Patriot Games (1992) UK
How to Get Ahead in Advertising (1989) UK
Caravaggio (1986) UK

Hugo Weaving (Elrond)

Matrix, The (1999) UK
Babe: Pig in the City (1998) UK
For Love Alone (1986)

Miranda Otto (Eowyn)

Jack Bull, The (1999) (TV) UK
Thin Red Line, The (1998) UK

David Wenham (Faramir)

Molokai: The Story of Father Damien (1999)

Elijah Wood (Frodo)

Faculty, The (1998) UK
Flipper (1996)
Forever Young (1992) UK
Avalon (1990) UK
Internal Affairs (1990)
Back to the Future Part II (1989)

Cate Blanchett (Galadriel)

Ideal Husband, An (1999) UK
Elizabeth (1998)

Ian McKellen (Gandalf)

X-Men (2000)
Apt Pupil (1998) UK
Touch of Love, A (1969) UK

Mark Ferguson (Gil Galad)

Every Woman's Dream (1996) (TV)

John Rhys-Davies (Gimli)

Au Pair (1999) (TV) UK
Secret of the Andes (1998) UK
Great White Hype, The (1996)
Sunset Grill (1993)
Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Framing (1992) (TV)
Seventh Coin, The (1992)
Nairobi Affair (1984) (TV) UK
Victor/Victoria (1982)

Andy Serkis (Gollum)

Topsy-Turvy (1999)
Among Giants (1998) UK
Mojo (1997) UK

Bruce Spence (Mouth of Sauron)

Sweet Talker (1991)
Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981)
Barnaby and Me (1977) (TV)
Cars That Ate Paris, The (1974) UK

Sean Astin (Sam)

Icebreaker (1999)
Kimberly (1999)
Bulworth (1998) UK
Long Way Home, The (1997) UK
Harrison Bergeron (1995) (TV)
Safe Passage (1994)
Teresa's Tattoo (1994)
Where the Day Takes You (1992) UK
Encino Man (1992) UK
Toy Soldiers (1991) UK
War of the Roses, The (1989)
White Water Summer (1987) UK
Goonies, The (1985)

Christopher Lee (Saruman)

Jinnah (1998) UK
Tale of the Mummy (1998) UK
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
Mio min Mio (1987) UK
Howling II (1985) UK
Safari 3000 (1982)
Last Unicorn, The (1982)
1941 (1979) UK
Arabian Adventure (1979)
Bear Island (1979) UK
Return from Witch Mountain (1978) UK
Four Musketeers, The (1974) UK
Wicker Man, The (1973) UK
Nothing But the Night (1972)
Curse of the Crimson Altar (1968)
Gorgon, The (1964) UK
Tempi duri per i vampiri (1959)
Truth About Women, The (1958)
Amère victoire (1957)
Battle of the River Plate, The (1956) UK
Private's Progress (1956) UK
Cockleshell Heroes, The (1955)
They Were Not Divided (1950) UK
Scott of the Antarctic (1948)

Bernard Hill (Theoden)

True Crime (1999) UK
Midsummer Night's Dream, A (1999) UK
Mountains of the Moon (1990)
Gandhi (1982) UK

Brad Dourif (Wormtongue)

Urban Legend (1998) UK
Bride of Chucky (1998) UK
Best Men (1997)
Death Machine (1995)
Murder in the First (1995) UK
Color of Night (1994)
Amos & Andrew (1993)
Cerro Torre: Schrei aus Stein (1991)
Hidden Agenda (1990)
Spontaneous Combustion (1989)
Mississippi Burning (1988)
Ragtime (1981)
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones (1980) (TV)

Jim Rygiel (SFX)

Anna and the King (1999)
Star Trek: Insurrection (1998) UK
Cliffhanger (1993)
Batman Returns (1992)
Alien³ (1992) UK
Last of the Mohicans, The (1992)

Howard Shore (Composer)

High Fidelity (2000)
Cell, The (2000)
Analyze This (1999) UK
eXistenZ (1999)
Game, The (1997) UK
Guilty as Sin (1993)
Philadelphia (1993)
Prelude to a Kiss (1992) UK
Single White Female (1992) UK
Postcards from the Edge (1990)
She-Devil (1989)
Big (1988)
Moving (1988)
Fly, The (1986)
After Hours (1985) UK
Places in the Heart (1984) UK

To get more information, use the sites I use like:

mydigiguide.com, tv-now.com and IMDB.com

NEW LINE ACQUIRES THEONERING.NET
Xoanon @ 1:11 pm EST

FOR IMMEDIATE RELASE

NEW LINE CINEMA ACQUIRES MAJOR LORD OF THE RINGS FANSITE

New Line Cinema, has purchased the rights and ownership duties to the US/Canada/New Zealand based website THEONERING.NET effective immediately.

THEONERING.NET and New Line were in talks for the past 2 months negotiating the details of the purchase which include the following:

THEONERING.NET domain name will now change to LOTRMOVIE-THEONERING.NET, the entire website will be re-designed to incorporate aspects from the offcial LORD OF THE RINGS website and the New Line Store, which sells merchandise from LORD OF THE RINGS as well as other New Line films. As a direct result of the takeover, the official PETER JACKSON faclub will change names from 'THE BASTARDS HAVE LANDED' to 'THE OFFICIAL NEW LINE CINEMA PETER JACKSON FANCLUB'.

Effective immediately, webmasters and staff members on THEONERING.NET will be incorporated and hired by New Line Cinema. The main focus of the site will now be more of a merchandise vendor for LORD OF THE RINGS related merchandise. THEONERING.NET will also manage and maintain a weekly newsletter which will include interesting items eager LORD OF THE RINGS fans can purchase using secure online transactions.

THEONERING.NET was originally forged by the combined vision of the four founding members in May of 1999. During the preceding month, an interest in Tolkiens work and the Lord of the Rings movies conspired to bring Calisuri, Xoanon, Tehanu, and Corvar together to create TORn. The diverse backgrounds and locations of the founding members contributes heavily in what TORn has become.

Founded in 1967, New Line Cinema is the entertainment industry's leading independent producer and distributor of theatrical motion pictures. New Line licenses its films to ancillary markets including cable and broadcast television as well as to international venues. The company, which is a subsidiary of AOL Time Warner Inc., operates several divisions including in-house theatrical distribution, marketing, home video, television, acquisitions, production, licensing and merchandising units.

Contact:
Bob Falco
New Line Cinema/LA
(310) 450-3342

Michael Regina
The One Ring Inc./ New Line Shop
(514) 947-5221

BREEMOOT Press Release
Xoanon @ 10:25 am EST

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

TOLKIEN SCHOLARS AND HOBBIT FANS CONVERGE

Tolkien scholars and hobbit fans will gather at two conferences at The University of St. Thomas over April [26-28], 2001. Concerning Hobbits and Other Matters: Tolkien Across the Disciplines, on Thursday, April [26], will feature a number of formal presentations by scholars from around the country, under sponsorship of the St. Thomas English Department.

Bree Moot 5, over the next two days, will celebrate the works and worlds of J.R.R. Tolkien in more reader-oriented activities, including both individual and group presentations and informal interactions.

The Bree Moot theme is "The Fellowship of Tolkien," broadly interpreted to include approaches to fantasy literature inspired or modeled by Tolkien in his fabulously popular fantasy works, including The Hobbit, and The Lord of the Rings (now being filmed for a major film release next December by New Line Cinema) and in his scholarly works and teaching. The local Rivendell Group of The Mythopoeic Society is devoted to the example of Tolkien's discussion group in the 30s and 40s, The Inklings (which also included noted writer/scholar/professor C.S. Lewis), which met regularly to discuss books and the great literary tradition as well as to workshop the members' own works-in-progress.

Margaret Howes, Bree Moot guest of honor exemplifies this approach: She published a "fan" article in the mid-60s Tolkien Journal, at the height of the Tolkien campus craze, and went on to derive inspiration from Tolkien in writing (and later performing) her "Tales Told by the Lonely Mountain," some of which were published in The Tolkien Scrapbook. After helping found and participating in the Rivendell discussion group for many years, she last year published her first novel, The Wrong World, and this year is publishing Autumn World, a novel jointly written by five current and former members of the Rivendell Group.

Other program features at Bree Moot will include author/critic Ruth Berman presenting slides on dragon illustration, presentations by Canadian scholar William Sarjeant (and fantasy author "Antony Swithin") on "The Shire: iIts bounds, food and farming," and "Geology of Middle-earth," musician David Emerson on the Tolkien-Donald Swann collaboration, "The Road Goes Ever On" song cycle, and presentations on the Children's Theatre Company dramatizations of The Hobbit and on the forthcoming New Line Cinema films, with members of TheOneRing.net web-site. Other activities include panel discussions, filk-singing, and some displays of fan publications and memorabilia. This is the second time that Bree Moot has come to Minnesota.

Cost for this two day reader-oriented conference is $20 advance through April 15, more at the door.

(Membership in the Concerning Hobbits conference is a separate $30 charge, at the door).

THE TOLKIEN SEMINAR Leading up to Minicon and Bree Moot 5/Concerning Hobbits will be a series of programs held around the Twin Cities approaching our themes on a smaller scale. The first of these will be on April 7, at the Southdale Public Library, at 1:30 p.m. This will be a panel discussion featuring experts on and writers of children's fantasy, FROM HOBBITS TO HARRY POTTER: Children's Fantasy since Tolkien

For more information about Conference plans, contact (612)292-8887, 293 Selby Ave., St. Paul, MN 55102-1811 or d-lena@umn.edu. The Rivendell Group, which is sponsoring the conference, is a chartered discussion group of The Mythopoeic Society and has also been a recognized student organization at the University for the past two decades, studying and discussing fantasy in the Tolkien tradition each month.

Houghton Mifflin Movie Tie-in Cover
Calisuri @ 10:58 am EST

Here's a peak at the movie tie-in cover for the new editions of The Lord of the Rings, coming from Houghton Mifflin, in hardcover and trade paperback. Publication date is June 2, 2001, but look for them in stores a few weeks earlier.

PJ's 'Silver' is Movie of the Day
Xoanon @ 10:13 am EST

The Peter Jackson mockumentry 'Forgotten Silver' has been chosen as the movie of the day over at imdb.com.

IMDb Movie of the Day

Peter Jackson (who's helming this winter's The Fellowship of the Ring) has made sublime films (Heavenly Creatures) and silly ones (The Frighteners).

In the sublime category for Mr. Jackson is Forgotten Silver, an inventive, entertaining short film (54 minutes) about legendary New Zealand director, Colin McKenzie. That name doesn't appear in the IMDb database because Colin McKenzie is a fiction, a creation of Jackson, and writer/director Costa Botes, and the film is a wry faux-documentary presented as film history. Jackson himself appears in Silver, claiming to have happened upon the cache of McKenzie footage by accident.

McKenzie is discovered to have been an amazing film innovator: he shoots the first tracking shot, the first close-up, the first color test, and synchronizes the first sound to his footage. Eventually, his magnum opus is his biblical epic, "Salome;" the film both ruins him and sets him off as a director to rival D.W. Griffith and Cecil B. DeMille. Cameos by Harvey Weinstein, Leonard Maltin , and Sam Neill all help to perpetrate this fraud, all in the service of this splendid, creative movie. [More]

Noro lim, noro lim, Arwen!?!
Jincey @ 2:11 am EST

Well, well, well! Remember all the talk about poor ol' Glorfindel being ousted from FotR because more room was needed for Arwen? A source close to the production says this is not entirely true! It seems Glorfindel will indeed be at the Ford of Bruinen, in a role slightly modified from the text. We have heard that Glorfindel gives Arwen his horse, Asfaloth, and bids her to hurry on across with Frodo. He then remains with Aragorn to harry the Ringwraiths into the waters. But wait! There's more! Rumor has it that Glorfindel is actually at the Council of Elrond, as we read in the book.

So! Glorfindel's in? Where does Arwen come from? Is there any chance Bombadil will make a cameo, after all? Mr. Jackson, if you could, please drop us an email and help set these rumors straight! ; )

And the Oscar Goes To....
Xoanon @ 11:40 am EST

Ok, so I have Oscar on my mind. While watching the show last night I was day dreaming about Oscar 2002 and I just had to post up my predictions as to what 'Fellowship of the Rings' will win next year.

Now, despite 'Titanic' and 'Gladiator' this year I've always maintained that the Golden Boy tends to shy away from the huge Hollywood blockbuster films that FOTR will eventually be. That is why I have no 'Best Actor...' nominations, plus the fact that I've seen very little of the acting to date. But what I have seen is costumes, special effects, editing and all the other things I predict here. So, here it is, you can call me on it next year, but the Oscars will go to...

Weekly Cast Watch
Xoanon @ 12:00 am EST

Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn)

Thin Red Line, The (1998) UK
Perfect Murder, A (1998) UK
Psycho (1998) UK
Albino Alligator (1996)
Portrait of a Lady, The (1996)
Prophecy, The (1995)
Passion of Darkly Noon, The (1995)
American Yakuza (1994)
Ruby Cairo (1993)
Boiling Point (1993)
Carlito's Way (1993) UK
Young Americans, The (1993) UK
Young Guns II (1990) UK
Fresh Horses (1988) UK
Witness (1985)

Liv Tyler (Arwen)

Cookie's Fortune (1999)
Onegin (1999)
Plunkett & Macleane (1999) UK
Can't Hardly Wait (1998) UK
Armageddon (1998) UK
U Turn (1997) UK
Inventing the Abbotts (1997) UK
Heavy (1995)

Ian Holm (Biblo)

Bless the Child (2000)
eXistenZ (1999)
Alice Through the Looking Glass (1999) (TV)
Dance with a Stranger (1985)
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984)
Return of the Soldier, The (1982)
Time Bandits (1981) UK
S.O.S. Titanic (1979) (TV)
Alien (1979)
Shout at the Devil (1976)
Severed Head, A (1971) UK
Mary, Queen of Scots (1971) UK
Oh! What a Lovely War (1969) UK
Fixer, The (1968) UK

Sean Bean (Boromir)

Patriot Games (1992) UK
How to Get Ahead in Advertising (1989) UK
Caravaggio (1986) UK

Hugo Weaving (Elrond)

Matrix, The (1999) UK
Babe: Pig in the City (1998) UK
Bedrooms & Hallways (1998)
Interview, The (1998)

Miranda Otto (Eowyn)

Jack Bull, The (1999) (TV) UK
Thin Red Line, The (1998) UK
Last Days of Chez Nous, The (1992)

Elijah Wood (Frodo)

Black and White (1999)
Faculty, The (1998) UK
Flipper (1996)
North (1994)
Forever Young (1992) UK
Avalon (1990) UK
Internal Affairs (1990)

Cate Blanchett (Galadriel)

Talented Mr. Ripley, The (1999)
Ideal Husband, An (1999) UK
Elizabeth (1998)
Oscar and Lucinda (1997)

Ian McKellen (Gandalf)

X-Men (2000)
Apt Pupil (1998) UK
Gods and Monsters (1998)
Six Degrees of Separation (1993) UK

John Rhys-Davies (Gimli)

Secret of the Andes (1998) UK
Great White Hype, The (1996)
Bloodsport 3 (1996)
Unnamable II: The Statement of Randolph Carter, The (1993)
Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Framing (1992) (TV)
Living Daylights, The (1987)
Firewalker (1986)
Nairobi Affair (1984) (TV) UK
Victor/Victoria (1982)
Sword of the Valiant (1982) UK
Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square, A (1979)

Andy Serkis (Gollum)

Topsy-Turvy (1999)
Among Giants (1998) UK
Career Girls (1997)
Mojo (1997) UK

Harry Sinclair (Isildur)

Heavenly Creatures (1994)

Bruce Spence (Mouth of Sauron)

Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981)
Cars That Ate Paris, The (1984) UK

Sean Astin (Sam)

Icebreaker (1999)
Kimberly (1999)
Dish Dogs (1998)
Bulworth (1998) UK
Long Way Home, The (1997) UK
Safe Passage (1994) UK
Teresa's Tattoo (1994)
Where the Day Takes You (1992) UK
Encino Man (1992) UK
Toy Soldiers (1991) UK
War of the Roses, The (1989) UK
White Water Summer (1987) UK
Goonies, The (1985)

Christopher Lee (Saruman)

Sleepy Hollow (1999) UK
Jinnah (1998) UK
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) UK
Mio min Mio (1987) UK
Howling II (1985) UK
Safari 3000 (1982)
Last Unicorn, The (1982)
Bear Island (1979) UK
1941 (1979) UK
Arabian Adventure (1979)
Return from Witch Mountain (1978) UK
Airport '77 (1977)
Four Musketeers, The (1974) UK
Nothing But the Night (1972)
Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970)
Curse of the Crimson Altar (1968)
Psycho-Circus (1966) UK
Face of Fu Manchu, The (1965) UK
Gorgon, The (1964)
Longest Day, The (1962)
Tempi duri per i vampiri (1959) UK
Private's Progress (1956) UK
They Were Not Divided (1950)
Scott of the Antarctic (1948)

Bernard Hill (Theoden)

True Crime (1999) UK
Midsummer Night's Dream, A (1999) UK
Shirley Valentine (1989)
Gandhi (1982) UK

Brad Dourif (Wormtongue)

Urban Legend (1998) UK
Bride of Chucky (1998) UK
Best Men (1997)
Step Toward Tomorrow, A (1996)
Death Machine (1995)
Murder in the First (1995) UK
Amos & Andrew (1993)
Cerro Torre: Schrei aus Stein (1991)
Hidden Agenda (1990)
Exorcist III, The (1990)
Spontaneous Combustion (1989)
Mississippi Burning (1988)
Fatal Beauty (1987)
Ragtime (1981)
Eyes of Laura Mars (1978) UK

Peter Jackson (Director)

Heavenly Creatures (1994)

Howard Shore (Composer)

Cell, The (2000)
High Fidelity (2000)
Analyze This (1999) UK
eXistenZ (1999)
Crash (1996) UK
Se7en (1995)
Philadelphia (1993)
Guilty as Sin (1993)
Single White Female (1992) UK
Prelude to a Kiss (1992)
Postcards from the Edge (1990)
She-Devil (1989) UK
Big (1988)
Fly, The (1986)
After Hours (1985) UK
Places in the Heart (1984) UK
Gilda Live (1980)

Jim Rygiel (Special effects)

Star Trek: Insurrection (1998) UK
Alien³ (1992) UK
Batman Returns (1992)
Last of the Mohicans, The (1992)
Ghost (1990)

To get more information, use the sites I use like:

mydigiguide.com, tv-now.com and IMDB.com