Tag Archives: Lord of the Rings

Top 10 Fan Cinema Today Fan Film Stories: May, 2009

June 1st, 2009 | Posted in Analysis, Author, Batman, Books, Comic Books, Contest, DC Comics, Doctor Who, Education, Fan Film, Filmmaking, George Lucas, Gray Areas, History, Homemade Hollywood, Horror Movies, James Cawley, Lord of the Rings, Mainstream Media, Monster Movies, News, Public Screening, Publishing, Review, Star Trek, Star Wars, Superheroes, TV, Writing, , marvel comics, science fiction,

May was a busy month around here! Here’s Fan Cinema Today’s 10 most popular stories of last month, presented in chronological order. May 3: THE HUNT FOR GOLLUM Fan Film Released Online! The long-awaited fan film based on J.R.R. Tolkein’s Lord of the Rings trilogy is now online. The flick is based on appendices to [...]

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The Hunt For Gollum Meets The Chip Kidd of Fan Films

May 21st, 2009 | Posted in Analysis, Author, Books, Comic Books, DC Comics, Education, Fan Film, Filmmaking, George Lucas, Gray Areas, History, Homemade Hollywood, Indiana Jones, Lord of the Rings, Mainstream Media, News, Publishing, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Review, Star Trek, Star Trek: New Voyages, Star Wars, Steven Spielberg, Superheroes, TV, Watchmen, Writing, science fiction

In the book industry, you can tell if a publisher is really invested in making book a hit by a number of factors, but one of the most tell-tale signs is that it’ll spring to have Chip Kidd design the cover. In addition to his own novels and books, including co-producing the awesome Watching the [...]

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NPR, Gollum, Star Wars Vs. Star Trek and Doctor Who: Fan Cinema Today’s Week in Tweets

May 18th, 2009 | Posted in Analysis, Author, Batman, Books, Comic Books, Contest, DC Comics, Doctor Who, Education, Fan Film, Filmmaking, Gray Areas, Homemade Hollywood, Indiana Jones, Iron Fist, Lord of the Rings, Mainstream Media, News, Public Screening, Publishing, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Review, Software, Star Trek, Star Wars, Superheroes, TV, Uncategorized, Writing, , science fiction,

If you follow the Fan Cinema Today Twitter feed, you already know that you get extra stories that don’t appear on the blog; everyone else is missing out on that extra fan film awesomeness. On the other hand, I hate to see a good thing go to waste, so here’s some Tweets of the Week. [...]

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6 Lord of the Rings Fan Films Besides Hunt For Gollum

May 4th, 2009 | Posted in Analysis, Author, Books, Copyright, Education, Fan Film, Filmmaking, Gray Areas, History, Lord of the Rings, Mainstream Media, Monster Movies, News, Public Screening, Publishing, Review, Writing,

Now that you’ve seen the epic fan film, The Hunt for Gollum, you’re wondering, “What other Tolkein fan films are out there?” Well, surprisingly, despite the worldwide popularity of The Lord of the Rings trilogy, there aren’t tons of related fan films out there. It’s not all a barren wasteland, however—here’s some LOTR fan films [...]

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THE HUNT FOR GOLLUM Fan Film Released Online!

May 3rd, 2009 | Posted in Books, Copyright, Education, Fan Film, Filmmaking, Gray Areas, History, Lord of the Rings, Mainstream Media, News, Review, Software, TV, Writing

The Hunt For Gollum, the long-awaited fan film based on J.R.R. Tolkein’s Lord of the Rings trilogy has been released online. The fan film is based on appendices to the classic trilogy, following Aragorn/Strider as he tracks down, well, Gollum. While director Chris Bouchard had initially suggested the fan film would run 45 minutes, it’s [...]

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The Hunt For Gollum LOTR Fan Film Debuts Sunday!

May 1st, 2009 | Posted in Author, Books, Fan Film, Filmmaking, History, Lord of the Rings, Mainstream Media, News, Public Screening, Publishing

It’s the biggest event in the fan film world at the moment: The unveiling of the long-awaited Lord of the Rings fan film, The Hunt For Gollum. The 45-minute movie, being hosted on Dailymotion, will simultaneously debut onscreen and online Sunday, May 3, at 4 PM GMT (11 AM EST in the U.S.). Will it [...]

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Great Gollum Trailer Ignites LOTR Faithful

April 23rd, 2009 | Posted in Analysis, Author, Books, Fan Film, Filmmaking, Gray Areas, History, Lord of the Rings, Mainstream Media, News, Public Screening

The second (and final) trailer for The Hunt For Gollum, the 45-minute fan film due to premiere at Sci-Fi London, The Eighth London International Festival of Science Fiction and Fantastic Film on May 3 has been burning up the Internet, exciting both casual and die-hard Lord of the Rings fans in the process. Made for [...]

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Star Wars, Orcs & Skateboards: Fan Cinema Today’s Week In Tweets

April 17th, 2009 | Posted in Amazon, Books, Education, Fan Film, Filmmaking, Gray Areas, History, Homemade Hollywood, Horror Movies, Lord of the Rings, Mainstream Media, Monster Movies, News, Publishing, Star Wars, , friday the 13th, science fiction, stop motion animation,

If you follow the Fan Cinema Today Twitter feed, you know that you get extra stories that don’t appear on the blog; everyone else is missing out on that extra fan film awesomeness. On the other hand, I hate to see a good thing go to waste, so here’s some Tweets of the Week. For [...]

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New Hunt For Gollum LOTR Fan Film Trailer, More

January 19th, 2009 | Posted in Author, Books, Fan Film, Filmmaking, History, Lord of the Rings, Mainstream Media, News, Review, Writing

The release of the highly anticipated Lord of the Rings fan film The Hunt For Gollum draws ever closer. Here’s your proof: the awesome new trailer is now available online and holy smokes, this thing looks good. Director Chris Bouchard wrote in to tell us about the trailer and said, “This is quite a big [...]

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Geek Love Strikes in Mr. Right Fan Film

December 11th, 2008 | Posted in Analysis, Comic Books, DC Comics, Fan Film, Filmmaking, Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, Superheroes, Superman, marvel comics

Here’s a fan film that mixes Star Wars, Superman, Ring of Honor pro wrestling, Stephen King, X Files, Stargate, Lord of the Rings, Sliders, and romance. Yes, you read that right: romance. I can’t recall the last fan movie that featured that foreign substance, but it’s the driving force behind Mr. Right, a recent effort [...]

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