Fantasy

The vigilant folks over at Latino Review have a bunch of Star Wars related news for us this week! First off, a source for the site has confirmed that partial shooting will take place in Las Cruces, New Mexico, along with Los Angeles and London. The deserts of New Mexico could definitely provide some gorgeous landscapes for Tatooine if Abrams ...

Many of us go to the movies as escapism from work, financial worries, commitments we really don’t want to think about, and interpersonal drama. It seems that lately even the movies have retreated into themselves to escape the real world. Where movies used to have an earthly weight to them (look at Hitchcock’s suspense thrillers and dramas or Steven Spielberg’s ...

Hail friends – and a Happy belated Hobbit Day to you!     It strikes me kind of funny, but I don’t remember anyone saying Happy Birthday to Bilbo or Frodo yesterday… No matter, I think the fireworks were splendid enough of a birthday salute anyway.  Whats that you say?  “What fireworks?”  You missed the fireworks over Bag End of the ...

Don’t adventures ever have an end?  Well I could easily go well beyond four parts for the reports of my visit to the Greisinger Museum in Jenins, Switzerland.  Yet I think this tale is now best told in picture, music and video.  And what better day to wrap up my tales than on Hobbit Day itself?!  September 22, 2013 – ...

The Silmarillion explored in new Tolkien fan film Storm Over Gondolin By Stephanie C. Following the footsteps of notable Tolkien fan films — Kate Madison’s Born of Hope and Chris Bouchard’s The Hunt for Gollum — is Storm Over Gondolin by French filmmaker Dimitri Frank. Shot on location in picturesque France and Iceland, Frank takes the world a few steps ...

Recently, I reported on initial rumors surrounding the upcoming origin films for Star Wars following the release of Episode VII in 2015. Today (well, actually back in February) comes confirmation that both Han Solo and Boba Fett will the first to get their own movies. The Han Solo film is said to take place between, Episode III: Revenge of the ...

There is nothing like having second or even first breakfast in Switzerland, especially when the morning headlines feature a merrier world. The long awaited day had come; the opening ceremony of the Greisinger Museum.  After my journey with the wolfish dog, and a fine breakfast, it was time to don my viking tunic and get to Bag-end.  Another exceptionally hot ...

The Mythgard Institute, founded in 2011 was designed to create a rigorous, intensive and educational experience for students all over the world in Tolkien studies, fantasy, science fiction and mythical literature by utilizing the technology of the twenty-first century. Online courses are offered for these subjects and these classes are taught and led by world class teachers and scholars. The ...

Although Merlin may be over, BBC isn’t giving up on the historical fantasy just yet. The new series Atlantis will follow Greek hero Jason’s adventures on the titular island, “a world of bull leaping, of snake-haired goddesses and of palaces so vast it was said they were built by giants”. The show will premiere sometime in late 2013 and run ...

In addition to the continuation of the epic saga following the fall of the Empire, Disney will also be developing at least three origin films for Star Wars. Although we still only have rumors about who these films will focus on, the leading contenders are Boba Fett, Han Solo, and Yoda. The first origin story film will come out in ...