Volume 86/Issue 12

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Volume 86/Issue 12

Circulation: One thousand and nineteen. Welcome all!

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MEDIA NEWS:

• From TheOneRing.net:

~Sylvester McCoy Talks A Little Bit About Radagast
Moahunter, our New Zealand message board member, has informed us that Sylvester McCoy was interviewed on TVNZ this morning and, among other things, was asked about his role as Radagast the Brown in The Hobbit.

Concerning his schedule, McCoy states he was down in Wellington, New Zealand earlier this year for about 8 weeks, shooting in the studio, and now he's back there again for a couple of weeks for location shooting. In addition, he'll be returning again in February 2012 for a couple of days.

The man couldn't say much about his role though (apparently he's been programmed by Weta to gag himself the moment his mouth utters the word "Hobbit"), though he could reveal that the main character he's interacting with is Ian McKellen's Gandalf the Grey.

The video can be accessed from this link. (Note it may not be available to people outside New Zealand, but a few of [TORn's] board members...have been able to access it nonetheless.)

~New Zealand gets World Hobbit premiere
It's official! Peter Jackson made the announcement today from the Hobbiton set: Wellington will host the world premiere of "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" in late November 2012. If you're lucky enough to have your own dragon hoard, it's time to start booking that dream vacation! [Video: PJ and NZ Prime Minister John Key]

More good news: It was also announced that Hobbiton, on the outskirts of Matamata, will remain as a permanent visitor attraction after filming is completed.

Three News NZ also has a comprehensive write-up of the press conference by Daniel Rutledge for those who prefer to read these things. [News Story: Hobbit to premiere in New Zealand]

COMMUNITY NEWS:

Note from the Mods: We would like to invite the moderators of other fandom communities to become 'reporters' or 'scouts' for middleearthnews. All we ask is that you send us formatted updates on your own communities for posting here.

• tolkien_weekly (drabbles) updates:

At Long Last (Thingol/Melian; G) by silverstarspray

Captured Light (Melkor; G) by engarian

• oeam updates:

The Captain's Daughter (Chapter 22; Erkinbrand/OFC, Éomer, Grimbold, Rohirrim, OFCs, OMCs; PG to R) by gwaelinn

• nzstories updates:

Empire Magazine Tenth Anniversary Rings Celebration (Video & Discussion) by foxrafer

• sons_of_gondor updates from co-mod., caras_galadhon:
Friday, Oct. 21 through Thursday, Oct. 27 inclusive.

U1 - Universe 1: The Explorers: Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7 and Part 8 by j_flattermann
(Viggo Mortensen/Sean Bean; PG-13 to NC-17; Viggo Mortensen is Gene Tom Rovings, an ex-astrophysicist, spy and bounty hunter, and Sean Bean is Hank Sue Branma, a pirate, looter and deserter. Gene and Hank have both been outcast and the Universe Government of Allied Quadrants [UGoAQ] has issued a wanted poster for both. Gene finds evidence that the UGoAQ has falsely accused Hank and plans to clear their names. Time - Beginning of the 15th Millennium.)

Edoras (Part 1/2) by rubyelf
(Aragorn, Boromir, Legolas, Eomer, Eowyn, Theoden; NC-17; Upon the Fellowship's arrival in Edoras, certain individuals decide Boromir has gotten a bit full of himself and conspire to put him in his place.)

Words/Silence/Flesh (Parts 18-24) by savageseraph and caras_galadhon
(Sean Bean/Viggo Mortensen[/Harry Sinclair], David Wenham/Miranda Otto; NC-17; Sean's away, on break from shooting, and Harry's taken an interest in Viggo.)

While these are the LotR FPF and RPF fics/art that have been posted to sons_of_gondor this week, the mods would like to remind everyone that the comm also carries other FPF/RPF featuring the Gondorian actors in non-LotR roles.

CHALLENGES/WORKSHOPS/AWARDS:

• From lotr_sesa:

~ LotR SeSa 2011: Signups Now Open!
So, it's that time of the year again: time to sign up for the Lord of the Rings Secret Santa exchange! Slash, het and gen, fic and fanart; you can request it all, so why not join in? (Please note that this is an FPF -- Fictional, not Real Person -- exchange.) The sign-up post is here, and sign-ups will run from now until October 31st.

Important Dates:
Sign-ups: Oct. 17 to Oct. 31
Assignments sent out: Nov. 8
Fic/art due: Dec. 16
Fic/art posted to the community: Dec. 24

Please make your story more than 500 words (1000 is better). For fanart we'd expect you to spend at least a couple of hours on your work. We're looking forward to the exchange, and hope you are too!
lotr_sesa

FIC/ART NEWS:

• From mews1945:

grey_wonderer posted a LotR RPF story. Dom, Elijah, Sean, Billy. Lord of the Rings with Turtles? (PG-13).

DISCUSSIONS OF INTEREST:

• From TheOneRing.net:

~Concerning the reprisal of roles
Are there any who are picking up their characters for The Hobbit again that you feel could have aged too much? I am a little concerned as to what Legolas will look like; despite PJ's claim, I think he has aged. The others from what I've seen in the production videos look just as they did ten years ago... with the exception of Saruman, of course, I thought he looked noticeably older.

CLASSIFIED:

• From lotrips_finders:

~ Legolas
Looking for any sort of fic that has Legolas with a disorder (diabetes, blood disorder, epilepsy).

• From fellow_shippers:

~ Help beta - reader request
Hi, I'm denyce and in need of a reader to bounce ideas with. I'm at the end of long piece I've been working on forever. It's a werewolf AU and involves several Lotrips characters/pairings, mainly with: DM, EW, KU, SB, VM, & OB. I'm actually in the last fight scene with one alpha facing another. Atm, its 42k (probably ending with epilogue closer to 50k) if you're interested in boucing ideas or to beta please contact me at: denyce36 at (Yahoo or gmail) dot com or pm me I'm hoping to tackle it this weekend - any takers?

RESEARCH AIDS:

• From estelanui:

~Società Tolkieniana Italiana
The Italian Tolkien Society.

TRIVIA:

• Wednesday's MOVIE question: What Fellowship member wears the Ring of Barahir on his index finger?

Answer: Aragorn.

febobe, juliebeth, addie71, basserandstuff, tiranistion, frolijahfan, namarielorien, gentlehobbit and lindahoyland all answered correctly.

More next week!

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COMICS:
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• From Heart of the City:


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