[Lotr_announce] This Week on TheOneRing.net

[Michael Regina]

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TheOneRing Radio Show: Richard Taylor & Michael Pellerin

This week's guests on TheOneRing.net Radio Show are WETAs Richard Taylor and
LOTR/King Kong DVD producer Michael Pellerin! Click on over to BlogTalkRadio
to hear Richard talk about the LOTR Blu0ray DVD, and to chat live with
Michael! The show airs May 16th at 2pm Eastern. Click here for more info!

http://tinyurl.com/29a32vn 

 

Time Warner now lone MGM bidder

Variety: Len Blavatnik's Access Industries has dropped out of the bidding
for beleaguered MGM, leaving only Time Warner Inc. as a potential buyer.
Reps for MGM and Access had no comment but a source close to the situation
indicated Friday that Access has withdrawn its offer after a deadline passed
to accept the bid. For Blavatnik, buying MGM would have established him as a
certified showbiz player, but one who would have probably sold off the
rights to James Bond and the Hobbit. MGM put itself up for sale in November,
drawing a trio of binding offers in mid-March. Lionsgate bailed out of the
bidding a week later.

http://tinyurl.com/2c4qw6u 

 

More hints about an 'Ultimate' hi-def LOTR box set that may never happen

Peter Jackson has hinted in the media for years and told us at TheOneRing's
own Oscar Party (not in that linked video) that he always planned to deliver
a high definition ultimate edition of the LOTR trilogy. Blu-ray sales for
the LOTR trilogy were / are strong, taking the #1 position on the sales
chart its first week, moving over 124,00 units despite its hefty price. But
did it sell well enough? Can fans look forward to that Ultimate version to
rule them all jam packed with new extras and the Extended Editions we have
been waiting years for?

http://tinyurl.com/2f7ysut 

 

Middle-earth exhibition's unseen Tolkien art

A newly opened exhibition at Banbury Museum will feature art inspired by JRR
Tolkien's Lord of The Rings. The main artwork is by Ted Nasmith, the
illustrator of the official 2010 Tolkien calendar. The internationally
acclaimed artist's admirers include director Peter Jackson. Inspiring
Middle-earth will also feature work by other leading artists and will
include a very rare print of one of Tolkien's own early drawings. The author
drew Lamb's Farm, Gedling in 1911 and the exhibition at Banbury Museum will
be the first time the art has been seen on public display. 

http://tinyurl.com/25gwcfu 

 

KING KONG 360 3-D - Coming Summer 2010!

Universal City, California-King Kong, among the screen's most powerful and
enduring icons, will re-emerge in Summer 2010 as a new signature attraction
created under the direction of Peter Jackson on the famed Universal Studios
HollywoodSM Studio Tour. "King Kong 360 3-D" Created by Peter Jackson will
be the world's largest most intense 3D experience on the planet, combining
thrilling visceral effects to create a next-generation theme park
experience. 

http://tinyurl.com/27ychkl 

 

Extension #5 For MGM: The Lion Given Two Months More To Roar

MGM's lenders have granted the studio a fifth extension on its debt payment,
giving the studio until July 14th to sort out its financial issues. In a
statement released yesterday, a day before the studio's fourth extension
(granted around March 31st) was due to expire, MGM released a statement
saying: ". its lenders agreed to extend the forbearance period and therefore
will not seek remedies in connection with the nonpayment of interest and
principal due on the company's bank debt, including the revolving credit
facility, until July 14, 2010. The lenders took this action in support of
the company's ongoing efforts to evaluate long-term strategic alternatives
to maximize value for its stakeholders. MGM appreciates the continued
support of its lender group for the process it is undertaking."

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