http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/hobbit-chat/ en-us Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:48:59 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2067886/posts TORn has been following the developments of the infamous Tolkien lawsuit for a long time. For those of you who’d like to get caught up in one fell swoop, Frodo Franchise author Kristin Thompson has posted an in-depth blog entry on exactly what is going on: TheOneRing.net http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2067886/posts#comment Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:48:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2065865/posts Ringer Deej found this article on EW.Com: It’s now official: The Lord of the Rings screenwriting team of Peter Jackson (pictured), Fran Walsh, and Philippa Boyens will join The Hobbit director Guillermo del Toro to pen the screenplay for the two planned Hobbit movies. Sources tell EW.com that the scribes’ deals are all complete and they will commence writing shortly. (With shooting scheduled to begin in Fall 2009 in New Zealand, the quartet better get busy!) The Hobbit will center on Frodo’s uncle, Bilbo Baggins, and his initial discovery of the immensely-powerful ring. New Line and MGM plan to release... TheOneRing.Net http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2065865/posts#comment Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:16:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2059259/posts August 3rd, 2008 by Calisuri | Source: The Hunt for Gollum | Discuss If you haven’t heard of it yet, you will want to check out the non-profit collaborative short film being produced by writer/director Chris Bouchard - The Hunt for Gollum. Like the name suggests, this short film is a prequel to The Lord Of The Rings, set in Middle Earth and depicts events leading up to the Fellowship of the Ring. The story follows the Heir of Isildur as he sets out to find the creature Gollum. Mr. Bouchard has just released the second trailer for the film... TheOneRing.net http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2059259/posts#comment Sun, 10 Aug 2008 02:05:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2056321/posts It is with deep sadness that I write these few words about our dear friend, Pauline Baynes, who died, on Friday, in the cottage in Dockenfield, Surrey, where she had lived and worked for many years. There are certain illustrators whose work is so intimately interwoven with the author's text as to rank as the books' co-creators. Sir John Tenniel, for example, the first illustrator of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and E H Shepard who, with A A Milne, led us into the world of Winnie-the-Pooh. Similarly, Pauline Baynes' pictures of country and denizens in C S Lewis' seven Chronicles... http://briansibleysblog.blogspot.com/2008/08/pauline-baynes-queen-of-narnia-middle.html http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2056321/posts#comment Mon, 4 Aug 2008 17:53:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2051768/posts More News on the Tolkien vs. New Line Lawsuit July 20th, 2008 by Altaira Thanks again to Voronwe_the_Faithful for posting another update on the Tolkien vs. New Line Lawsuit on our message boards: The plaintiffs filed a First Amended Complaint last Monday (which I believe was the last day for them to do so). They have dropped the fiduciary duty cause of action (as expected), but they have asserted new allegations to support the fraud cause of action. They added more specific claims as to how they contend that New Line misrepresented the amount of expenses that it had in... TheOneRing.Net http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2051768/posts#comment Sat, 26 Jul 2008 17:50:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2049173/posts Del Toro refuses to copy Jackson July 19th, 2008 by xoanon | Discuss From Maxim and World Entertainment News: Guillermo Del Toro has promised Lord Of The Rings fans his franchise prequel The Hobbit will be very different from his directing predecessor Peter Jackson. Jackson directed the three original films, but has given up his director’s chair for Del Toro. But Del Toro has refused to follow in Jackson’s footsteps, vowing to give movie fans something new. He tells Maxim magazine, “If I thought it was about following (Jackson), I wouldn’t be doing it this way. “It’s a matter of... TheOneRing.Net http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2049173/posts#comment Tue, 22 Jul 2008 03:17:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2046207/posts Christopher Lee offers his voice for Smaug… won’t go back to NZ. July 13th, 2008 by Compa_Mighty In a bittersweet note, forummer DiveTwin reports this note that appeared in Cinematical: TheOneRing.Net http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2046207/posts#comment Wed, 16 Jul 2008 08:35:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2042901/posts Builder discovers "priceless" Tolkien postcard By Mike Collett-White Tue Jul 8, 10:29 AM ET LONDON (Reuters) - A demolition man stripping a fireplace from the former home of "The Lord of the Rings" author J.R.R. Tolkien stumbled across a postcard to the writer dated 1968, and hopes to sell it for a small fortune. Stephen Malton, who runs Prodem Demolition in Bournemouth on the south English coast, was working in the house in the nearby town of Poole before it was bulldozed to make way for a new construction project. "Before we demolish a house we do an internal strip... Yahoo News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2042901/posts#comment Wed, 9 Jul 2008 14:27:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2042264/posts Is there a ping list specifically for discussions and/or news concerning or related to J.R.R. Tolkien? Thanks in advance for your help. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2042264/posts#comment Tue, 8 Jul 2008 07:30:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2021008/posts Sir Ian McKellen returns to the big screen in The Hobbit film By Nick Squires in Sydney Last updated: 1:28 PM BST 25/05/2008 Sir Ian McKellen will reprise the role of Gandalf the wizard for two films to be made based on Tolkien's classic book The Hobbit, it has been confirmed. The two movies - The Hobbit and a sequel which has yet to be named - will be filmed in New Zealand and released in 2011 and 2012. Andy Serkis, the actor who played Gollum with the help of digital wizardry, will also return for the Hobbit film, but... Telegraph.uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2021008/posts#comment Sun, 25 May 2008 13:32:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2018106/posts I have a question on a particular passage in Lord of the Rings and I need to find it. Can someone help? http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2018106/posts#comment Mon, 19 May 2008 15:53:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2010712/posts Welcome to The Hobbit Hole! First thread: New Zealander builds Hobbit holeSecond thread: The New Hobbit HoleThird thread: The Hobbit Hole III - Journey to the Cross-roads! (Congratulations, we filled it up!) Fourth Thread: The Hobbit Hole IV - The Road Goes Ever On...Fifth Thread: The Hobbit Hole V - Where Many Paths and Errands Meet...Sixth Thread: The Hobbit Hole VI - And Whither Then? I Cannot Say...Seventh Thread: The Hobbit Hole VII - But not yet weary are our feet... Eighth Thread: The Hobbit Hole VIII - Still round the corner we may meet... Ninth Thread: The Hobbit Hole... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2010712/posts#comment Sat, 3 May 2008 15:48:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2009334/posts Ian McKellen will again take up the robes of Gandalf the Wizard in the cinematic adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy classic "The Hobbit" a British film magazine reported Wednesday. But McKellen's publicist warned that final arrangements were yet to be made. "Of course he wants to do it, but nothing's been agreed or signed," Clair Dobbs said. Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2009334/posts#comment Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:56:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2006591/posts PAN'S LABYRINTH director Guillermo del Toro has signed on to direct THE HOBBIT and its sequel for New Line-MGM, per VARIETY. This is a major step forward for the LORD OF THE RINGS prequels, which had been held up in litigation for several years. The announcement came Thursday from executive producers Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh, New Line president Toby Emmerich and Mary Parent, chief of MGM's Worldwide Motion Picture Group. Del Toro will move to New Zealand for four years to work with Jackson and his Wingnut and WETA production teams, directing the two films back to back. The... VFX World http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2006591/posts#comment Thu, 24 Apr 2008 23:22:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1981183/posts <p>Bad Thyroid?</p> <p>March 5, 2008 -- Anthropologists have fired another salvo in a feud about diminutive "hobbit" people whose fossilized remains were found in a cave on a remote Indonesian island four years ago.</p> <p>Combatting a bid to have the hobbits enshrined as a separate branch of the human family tree, they argue the tiny cave-dwellers were simply Homo sapiens who became stunted and retarded as a result of iodine deficiency in pregnancy.</p> Discovery.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1981183/posts#comment Thu, 6 Mar 2008 09:37:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1980477/posts Hobbit hominids were 'dwarf cretins' By Richard Ingham in Paris March 05, 2008 11:46am Article from: Agence France-Presse AUSTRALIAN scientists are causing controversy in the usually placid world of anthropology, becoming embroiled in a feud about diminutive "hobbit" people whose fossilised remains were found in a cave on a remote Indonesian island four years ago. Combatting a bid to have the hobbits enshrined as a separate branch of the human family tree, they argue the tiny cave-dwellers were simply Homo sapiens who became stunted and retarded as a result of iodine deficiency in pregnancy. Dubbed after the wee folk in... news.com.au http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1980477/posts#comment Wed, 5 Mar 2008 01:14:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1948031/posts Welcome to The Hobbit Hole! First thread: New Zealander builds Hobbit holeSecond thread: The New Hobbit HoleThird thread: The Hobbit Hole III - Journey to the Cross-roads! (Congratulations, we filled it up!) Fourth Thread: The Hobbit Hole IV - The Road Goes Ever On...Fifth Thread: The Hobbit Hole V - Where Many Paths and Errands Meet...Sixth Thread: The Hobbit Hole VI - And Whither Then? I Cannot Say...Seventh Thread: The Hobbit Hole VII - But not yet weary are our feet... Eighth Thread: The Hobbit Hole VIII - Still round the corner we may meet... Ninth Thread: The Hobbit Hole... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1948031/posts#comment Fri, 4 Jan 2008 02:35:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1947829/posts Via Bettnet we learn the following from the Tolkien Society: On the 3rd January 1892 JRR Tolkien was born in Bloemfontein, South Africa. To celebrate this event, on this day each year Tolkien fans around the world are invited to raise a glass and toast the birthday of this much loved author. The toast is "The Professor". To make the Birthday Toast, you stand, raise a glass of your choice of drink (not necessarily alcoholic), and say the words ‘The Professor’ before taking a sip (or swig, if that’s more appropriate for your drink). Sit and enjoy the rest of... WDTPRS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1947829/posts#comment Thu, 3 Jan 2008 18:56:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1941246/posts NEW YORK - Peter Jackson and New Line Cinema have reached agreement to make J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit," a planned prequel to the blockbuster trilogy "The Lord of the Rings." Jackson, who directed the "Rings" trilogy, will serve as executive producer for "The Hobbit." A director for the prequel films has yet to be named. Relations between Jackson and New Line had soured after "Rings," despite a collective worldwide box office gross of nearly $3 billion — an enormous success. The two sides nevertheless were able to reconcile, with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios (MGM) splitting "The Hobbit" 50/50, spokemen for both studios... AP via Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1941246/posts#comment Tue, 18 Dec 2007 16:50:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1908055/posts Fans have long dreamed ''Lord of the Rings'' director Peter Jackson would tackle J.R.R. Tolkien's ''The Hobbit,'' but a nasty legal battle with New Line Cinema has made it impossible. Now, at last, a cease-fire may be at hand Entertainment Weekly http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1908055/posts#comment Mon, 8 Oct 2007 07:29:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1899736/posts Scientists: Hobbit Wasn't a Modern Human Sep 20 04:18 PM US/Eastern By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - Scientists, wringing their hands over the identity of the famed "hobbit" fossil, have found a new clue in the wrist. Since the discovery of the bones in Indonesia in 2003, researchers have wrangled over whether the find was an ancient human ancestor or simply a modern human suffering from a genetic disorder. Now, a study of the bones in the creature's left wrist lends weight to the human ancestor theory, according to a report in Friday's issue of the... breitbart.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1899736/posts#comment Thu, 20 Sep 2007 20:34:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1877596/posts Welcome to The Hobbit Hole! First thread: New Zealander builds Hobbit holeSecond thread: The New Hobbit HoleThird thread: The Hobbit Hole III - Journey to the Cross-roads! (Congratulations, we filled it up!) Fourth Thread: The Hobbit Hole IV - The Road Goes Ever On...Fifth Thread: The Hobbit Hole V - Where Many Paths and Errands Meet...Sixth Thread: The Hobbit Hole VI - And Whither Then? I Cannot Say...Seventh Thread: The Hobbit Hole VII - But not yet weary are our feet... Eighth Thread: The Hobbit Hole VIII - Still round the corner we may meet... Ninth Thread: The Hobbit Hole... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1877596/posts#comment Tue, 7 Aug 2007 14:52:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1833990/posts Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson are teaming to direct and produce three back-to-back features based on Georges Remi's beloved Belgian comic-strip hero Tintin for DreamWorks. Pics will be produced in full digital 3-D using WETA Digital’s groundbreaking performance capture technology. The two filmmakers will each direct at least one of the movies; studio wouldn't say which director would helm the third. Kathleen Kennedy joins Spielberg and Jackson as a producer on the three films, which might be released through DreamWorks Animation. Tintin has long been a passion project for Spielberg; he and Kennedy have held various film rights to the... Variety http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1833990/posts#comment Tue, 15 May 2007 18:05:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1828897/posts Peter Jackson will make his next movie at DreamWorks. Committing at least $65 million, DreamWorks in association with Film 4 has won the bidding for Jackson's bigscreen adaptation of Alice Sebold's best-selling 2002 tome "The Lovely Bones." Announcement came early Friday evening, capping a weeklong auction that had three other majors vying for Jackson's project as well-Warner Bros Pictures, Universal and Sony. Jackson is set to begin lensing in October in Pennsylvania and New Zealand from a script he co-wrote with "Lord of the Rings" collaborators Philippa Boyens and Fran Walsh. Paramount, which owns DreamWorks, will distribute "Bones" worldwide, with... variety http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1828897/posts#comment Sat, 5 May 2007 17:19:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1818961/posts (AP) -- Six thousand years before the Fellowship of the Ring, long before anyone had even seen a Hobbit, the elves and men of Middle-earth quaked at the power of the dark lord Morgoth... It is the fruit of 30 years labor by Christopher Tolkien, the author's son, who has devoted much of his life to editing and publishing the work his father left behind. By meticulously combining and editing the many published and unpublished versions of the tale, he has produced at last a coherent, vivid and readable narrative. His story, released today by Houghton Mifflin, is a... cnn http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1818961/posts#comment Tue, 17 Apr 2007 22:45:21 GMT