Friday, April 22, 2005

If you haven't yet, check out TORn and Kong is King + the production diaries for King Kong, which are just AWESOME. Those guys at TORn are pre-tty crazy...

WETA Workshop Site Finally Up!

Good news! Weta Workshop's new site is finally up! It can be viewed at: www.wetaworkshop.co.nz or go to www.wetadigital.com for both Weta Workshop and Weta Digital's sites. There's some awesome crew biographies + artwork to check out :)

Wednesday, March 02, 2005

Four Falconer pics from the TORn: ORC scrapbook :)

http://www.theonering.net/scrapbook/author/ORC:_The_One_Ring_Celebration_2005/view/15143?g=1
http://www.theonering.net/scrapbook/author/ORC:_The_One_Ring_Celebration_2005/view/15123?g=1
http://www.theonering.net/scrapbook/author/ORC:_The_One_Ring_Celebration_2005/view/15075?g=1 (mmmn... he's so cute!!)
http://www.theonering.net/scrapbook/author/ORC:_The_One_Ring_Celebration_2005/view/15074

Monday, February 28, 2005

Aah! It's getting to be quite the mess! I'll never be able to find anything again! Some serious re-organizing will soon be needed. :s But until then...

http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hp&cf=prev&id=1808551129
http://filmforce.ign.com/lotr/
http://www.learnelvish.com

http://www.theonering.net/scrapbook/movies/view/7255 The sweetest picture of Dan and four other crew members from LotR; from the TORn scrapbook.

DecipherCon2002
DecipherCon2003
DecipherCon2004

http://tolkiensociety.com/event_bobw.html 'Best of Both Worlds: Lord of the Rings Convention in Canberra City, from TolkienSociety.com
http://tolkiensociety.com/mathoms/comic_con_2002.html A few pics from the 2002 ComicCon, again from TolkienSociety.com

Sunday, February 27, 2005

National Geographic Beyond the Movie: Lord of the Rings
The fellowship of the ravenous movie press
E! Online - Force of Hobbit
some exciting maps made by a guy with too much free time...
Ringbearer.org
The Elvish Linguistic Fellowship
Fellowship of the Word-smiths
Tolkien Online
Lichen June, website of one of the stuntwomen on LotR
Gary Hunt brings the King of the Dead to life, article written by Dan
Lady Galadriel and Heather Kilgour, article written by Dan

Saturday, February 26, 2005

Decipher.com
LotR articles at Decipher.com
The Making of the Weta "Book Cards": An Interview with Weta Workshop's Daniel Falconer
The Making of the Weta "Book Cards": Concepts and the Photo Shoot

Articles from wired.com:

Tolkien Fantasy Comes to Life
Gollum Actor Seeks Recognition
Middle Earth: It's so New Zealand
Co-Hobbitation
Where Hobbits Live Virtually
Lord of the Download
Kiwis to get LOTR first
Ring: One for the Book
Fellowship One Flight Closer

Friday, February 25, 2005

http://www.theonering.net/ringers/ Website for the 'Ringers: Lord of the Fans' documentary. Very cool stuff!

http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/8/1105347106 More information, from TORn.

The Lord of the Rings: Weapons and Warfare (Houghton Mifflin 0-618-39100-2, Nov 2003, $18.95, 218pp, hc) Pictorial guide to the movies’ military aspects, heavily illustrated with photos and stills. Introduction by Daniel Falconer & Richard Taylor. Foreword by Christopher Lee.

http://www.sideshowtoy.com/cgi-bin/category.cgi?item=9606R&type=store He sculpted 'Legolas's Mirkwood Quiver.'
http://www.sideshowtoy.com/cgi-bin/category.cgi?item=9447&type=store

http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2002/12/19/tolkien_roundup/print.html He is quickly mentioned in this article for his fine artwork in 'The Art of the Fellowship of the Ring.'
http://www.salon.com/ent/tolkien//index.html ...And a complete list of all salon.com 's LotR stories can be found here.

http://www.celebritywonder.com/movie/2002_The_Lord_of_the_Rings:_The_Two_Towers_the_digital_characters_of_the_two_towers.html His work on Treebeard is mentioned here.

Wednesday, February 23, 2005

Auckland University of Technology is proud to have Dan Falconer as a graduate http://www.aut.ac.nz/schools/art_and_design/graduates.htm