The Hunt for Gollum

O.k. I'll break my silence with this. As an unabashed Tolkien fan and a fan of the Peter Jackson adaptations of The Lord of the Rings, finding this movie has me very happy.

Not affiliated with the Tolkien estate or Peter Jackson or New Line Cinema "The Hunt for Gollum" is a not for profit short film made by fans of the author's work. It's set for release on May 3rd.

I only just came across its existence but from the trailers it looks way cool. The story comes from the appendices of The Lord of the Rings. The appendices have so much background material that many more shorts or even features could be made from them. And that's not even getting into the epic Silmarillion (which is rumoured to be in the early stages of a film adaptation).

Here's the original Trailer:

Hunt For Gollum - Trailer One
by HuntForGollum

Make mine a Guiness...

Well, I missed St. Patrick's Day here. Hope yours was good.

One noteable news item with an Ireland tie-in.

Steelers owner is Ireland nominee

6-time Super Bowl Champion Pittsburgh Steelers owner Dan Rooney has been selected to be U.S. ambassador to Ireland by President Barack Obama.







My dad went school with the Rooney boys, North Catholic High School in Pittsburgh and St. Vincent's College in Latrobe. I believe Art Jr. was in dad's class and Dan was a couple years
ahead.

UPDATE:

Well wouldn't you know it. First post after a long layoff and kinda I blow it. The Rooney's went to North Catholic, but only Art Jr. went on to St. Vincent's. Dan went to Duquesne.

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