Have you ever imagined what it would be like if Gandalf the Grey look up longboarding? Why not? The longboard is a far better sport vehicle for Gandalf than skis, rollerstakes or even the traditional skateboard. Watch the video below to see why the longboard suits Gandalf so well.
Cubicle 7 adds Tales from Wilderland to the One Ring RPG collection
Cubicle 7 have announced that the last of the paperwork around Tales from Wilderland have been completed. The adventure anthology / playable campaign for the One Ring RPG is now available for pre-order and is expected in May or June. Tales from Wilderland includes 7 scenarios which can be played individually or linked together. The […]
Lord of the Rings latex LARP swords
The ever popular Sideshow Collectables have expanded their range of geek accessories even further this month by branching out and towards roleplayers. In particular, the company which makes replicas based on and inspired by movie, TV and comic franchises has started to produce latex replicas of Lord of the Rings weapons. These latex weapons should […]
Cumberbatch as The Master for Dr Who’s 50th anniversary?
Geek Native has written about Benedict Cumberbatch playing the Master before. We’ve even speculated he might appear as or Omega – another powerful Time Lord. Last night The Express, a British tabloid, kicked off speculation again by citing unnamed sources and suggesting that he’ll be The Master for Doctor Who’s 50th anniversary. Cumberbatch and previously […]
WizKids’ The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – Journey to the Lonely Mountain board game
WizKids Games announced this month that they would expand their Lord of the Rings range. The HeroClix publisher already has Lord of the Rings: Nazgul as an offering. The new board game, expected out in the States in October, is designed by Eric Lang and will echo the first Peter Jackson Hobbit film. The deluxe […]
Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit LEGO teasers
LEGO have some Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit sets coming in the summer of 2012. The microsite to monitor if you’re an addict is LordOfTheRings.lego.com but I imagine the action end of the news will appear on the LEGO store.
The Hobbit trailer is here
It’s here. The Hobbit! Well. Okay. The Hobbit movie isn’t here… but we do now have The Hobbit trailer. What do you think? At a glance I think the movie looks to have captured the differences in feel between The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. The first book was always a little more […]
Behind the scenes with the 3D Hobbit
I really enjoyed this video blog from Peter Jackson from the scene (but not the New Zealand location) of The Hobbit. There’s a lot of technical detail here. How they build and use the 3D cameras is impressive. Imagine shooting in 5K straight to 128gig cards? They can’t shoot for very long! The decision to […]
75th Anniversary The Hobbit edition contains newly discovered Tolkien drawn art
Researchers discovered more than 100 illustrations created by JRR Tolkien in the archive of the Bodleian Library in Oxford. Publisher Harper Collins have the rights, and as it is the 75th anniversary of The Hobbit, they took the decision to publish a deluxe limited edition of the famous fantasy book that contained some of the […]
The Hobbit: All the dwarves
This picture is the first to have all the dwarves from The Hobbit. They look rather impressive together. Ready for the roll call? Jed Brophy as Nori, Dean O’Gorman as Fili, Mark Hadlow as Dori, James Nesbitt as Bofur, Peter Hambleton as Gloin, Graham McTavish as Dwalin, Richard Armitage as Thorin Oakenshield (center), Ken Stott […]
