Volume 113 / Issue 2
Volume 113/Issue 2
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- • From TORn:
Jed Brophy in An Unseasonable Fall of Snow - Back when I interviewed Jed in October 2013 he told us that he was appearing in the play An Unseasonable Fall of Snow with his son Riley in January. Well Wellingtonians wanting to see the play, and more of the wonderful Jedi, you can get your tickets now at the BATS theatre. AN UNSEASONABLE FALL…
Could the final Hobbit film be scrapped or delayed because of recent litigation? Not a chance - With all the rumours running around the interwebs lately about the latest Hobbit law suit and the claim that it could scuttle the release of The Hobbit: There and Back Again. We asked attorney Douglas C. Kane, who posts here on TORn as Voronwë the Faithful on our Message boards, if there was any truth to…
Graham McTavish talks exclusively to TheOneRing.net - Today (January 4th) is actor Graham McTavish’s birthday - Happy Birthday to him from everyone here at TORn! Back at the start of December, our favourite tattooed dwarf sat down with TORn staffer greendragon, to chat about The Hobbit, about his latest project (playing Dougal MacKenzie in the Outlander series), and to reveal what it’s like to…
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-- Gifts from Afar (Elladan/Erestor, Rating: PG, Elladan and Erestor have an unexpected journey on the way home from Lorien) by aglarien1
• From AO3 - Archive of Our Own:
-- TOLKIEN J. R. R. - Works
-- Lord of the Rings - All Media Types
-- The Hobbit - All Media Types
-- Lord of the Rings RPF
-- The Hobbit (2012) RPF
- • tolkien_weekly challenge:
The next prompt in the "Mulled Wine" challenge is Pepper
- • savageseraph Listen and Obey (Thorin/Kili, Rating: NC-17, Kili was letting something unpredictable and unsteady control his actions, and Thorin didn’t approve of surrendering to either)
• iavalir King of Agony - Chapter 13: Whispered Rebellion (Kíli, Kíli/Nrar (OC), Kíli/Bofur, Kíli/Others, Dain Ironfoot, Balin, Thorin's Company, Rating: Mature, Through an act of love Kíli was given a second chance at life, but it left him a shattered soul. He is left to face his greatest enemy, one he cannot beat unless he can first defeat himself. A tale silent among the dwarves, removed and changed from the Red Book of Westmarch, speaks of the trials and sins, and the love and bonds, which filled the life of the King of Agony)
- • Via TORn Forums: Movie Discussion - The Hobbit
Peter Jackson and The Desolation of Progress - …For director Peter Jackson his work on the trilogy The Lord of the Rings was a revolution in his career, from his flirtation with the B series and participation in productions such as Bad Taste , Braindead with which he gained a small but loyal fan quarry , to become one of the most important filmmakers and producers of the past decade that have allowed him to plan and carry out their own whims: directing a remake of King Kong full of special effects, take over the big screen adaptation of the novel the Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold or fund projects such as District 9, Neill Blomkamp or the Adventures of Tintin the Secret of the Steven Spielberg Unicorn. All this has been possible thanks to the overwhelming success of a series of films that have marked time. …
Sauron with Orcs vs. White Council: How Would You Go About It? - Just for fun, and setting aside who is more powerful amongst the White Council (The White Council only takes a few Elves with them; maybe even Arwen). …
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