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Elven Extras Wanted for ‘The Hobbit’

Earlier today, a casting call for ‘Hobbit Elven Extras’ was released via TradeMe. We are looking for Wellington based men and women, slender builds, 182 CM and over with flexible availability for The Hobbit.  Must […]

Fantasy Flight Games Announces ‘The Hobbit: Over Hill and Under Hill’ Card Game

Fantasy Flight Games has announced today they will be releasing an expansion pack to their popular The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game. The Hobbit: Over Hill and Under Hill card game, which will be released this autumn, offers […]

Texas A&M-Commerce Presents LEOCON 2012

Texas A&M-Commerce presents LEOCON—their first annual sci-fi, fantasy, anime/manga, and gaming convention! LEOCON is the first science fiction and fantasy con at A&M-Commerce, organized by Sigma Phi Phi (Syphers). Our organization aims to cover all […]

False Fire Alarm Offers Glimpse of Hobbit Set

While Sir Peter Jackson’s workers were enjoying a well-earned break for the Easter holiday, it seemed like the dragon Smaug may have been up to his old tricks. Firefighters responded to an alarm on Saturday, […]

Casual Stroll to Mordor Episode 135: Defiler Roundtable

The Defiler Roundtable was conducted by Ivaneus of Through the Palantir and is being redistributed with permission to the CSTM listening audience!

Narnia News on Tonight’s Founders’ Inklings

Tonight we’ll be joined by Paul Martin, the Founder of Narnia Fans.  We’ll be talking latest network news, clues, and our recent poll.  All the usual fun we have for TFI! Scratching our head to […]

Searching for the Arkenstone: Tolkien Easter Eggs

When I was five years old, my very orderly family hid a precise number of colored eggs for each child. I was having some trouble finding that last pink egg, and my well-meaning (or smarty-pants) […]

An Expected T-shirt: First T-shirt for The Hobbit Hits the WB Store today!

The day is here, folks! Our first taste of movie merchandise mania! May I present, without further ado, The Official The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey EXCLUSIVE T-shirt, now available at the WB Store! Retailing for […]

TFI 26: Skyrim Songs And Shenanigans

It’s an all Skyrim night as we are joined by two very special guests: Malukah — who’s incredibly beautiful folk-fantasy Skyrim cover songs have gained upwards of 10,000,000 views on YouTube, and Joe “The Widgit” […]

NZ’s Soaring Screen Industry

According to a Statistics New Zealand survey, which covered a span of twelve months, thirty-five feature films were made in the country in 2011. Regional data in the survey defined Wellington as the country’s main […]