Showing posts with label Hobbits. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hobbits. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Making Progress
Here is a picture we just received from the Hobbits with Sir Richard Taylor the creator and head of Weta Workshops and also, from what I have read on him, a close friend to Peter Jackson! The large check they are holding is the one we won on the television show, Dining with the Dean that we gave to the New Zealand Red Cross Earthquake Relief.
Monday, February 13, 2012
Back on the Home Front
Though I know you would all much rather here from the Hobbits back in New Zealand, I thought I would take a minute to go over things on the home front. Back in Utah things have been moving along quite nicely. We are on our last day of the kickstarter with 2,761 dollars in the account. All our efforts today will be concentrated on raising that last 1,239. Cross your fingers, because without that money we won't have much funding for our doc.
I've talked with the boys here and there, but their cell phone costs money and they are getting only spotty internet so they have been able to get a hold of me, tweet and blog only so often. But from what I know, they have meet a number of people who could help them to meet Peter Jackson! Again, cross your fingers. I also know, or I believe, that this week the locals of New Zealand will be holding an event with them as the main attraction. Pretty awesome, right?
Anyway, along with raising funds, we have also been fleshing out the script some more for the doc, which has been a lot more effort that I realized. We have done so many things in the space of the last few months that its hard to organize it all. Also we have been on the search for a composer for the doc score and have been getting t-shirts printed! There was a delay in the printing or else I would have picked them up already, but they should be done soon, which is exciting.
Anyway, that's it for now. Keep checking the blog for more updates. Sorry it hasn't quite been an everyday thing. We have been trying.
Megan Kenley
Account Manager
I've talked with the boys here and there, but their cell phone costs money and they are getting only spotty internet so they have been able to get a hold of me, tweet and blog only so often. But from what I know, they have meet a number of people who could help them to meet Peter Jackson! Again, cross your fingers. I also know, or I believe, that this week the locals of New Zealand will be holding an event with them as the main attraction. Pretty awesome, right?
Anyway, along with raising funds, we have also been fleshing out the script some more for the doc, which has been a lot more effort that I realized. We have done so many things in the space of the last few months that its hard to organize it all. Also we have been on the search for a composer for the doc score and have been getting t-shirts printed! There was a delay in the printing or else I would have picked them up already, but they should be done soon, which is exciting.
Anyway, that's it for now. Keep checking the blog for more updates. Sorry it hasn't quite been an everyday thing. We have been trying.
Megan Kenley
Account Manager
Thursday, January 19, 2012
California and Kickstarter
Nothing like sun-tanned hairy feet.
California was in one word....awesome.
Our trip was long but we made it. We graced Hollywood with our best hobbit manners. We took pictures with other tourists at the Hollywood sign and even got them to do the wave with us. I think they quite liked us after they got over the shock of our pointy ears.
Once we had had first and second breakfast we made our way to Warner Brothers Studios. Trying to get tickets to the Ellen show is harder than most would think and since our trip was spurred by a spontaneous desire to deliver our gifts personally, we didn't have a lot of time to get the tickets the old fashion way. So we just showed up.
The guards at The WB were a little nervous at first, what with three full-on hobbits and two camera people following in tow, but they warmed up to us pretty quick and we were having a great chat when the supervisor to the Ellen show came to see us too. He took our gifts for Ellen, told us our journey was brilliant, and then took our contact information and website address.
Later he came back, and though the studio audience was full, he gave us passes to the Riff Raff room behind the stage so that we could still come to cheer on Ellen.
We had someone claiming to be Ellen re-tweeting about our trip in January, but we are not sure it is really her, but hey, its one more fan supporting us who just happens to like Ellen too or it really is Ellen herself.
As of right now, we three hobbits are getting ready to leave very soon. Tell your friends, especially if you have any in New Zealand. Again, we can't reveal too much right now since it's not final, but lets just say things are on the up-and -up. Mark your calendars for January 31st people and get ready to celebrate this momentous occasion, the hobbits are FINALLY going home.
It's been such a wonderful adventure, we want to share it with everyone, so tell your friends and family, we have started a kickstarter account to fund our documentary about how this awesome social media experiment has worked so well. If you want prizes such as t-shirts, posters, signed documentary films or even personal skype interviews with the hobbits check out kickstarter.com and search road to the shire to help us out.
Well, thanks again everyone. We will let you know what happens as things progress.
California was in one word....awesome.
Our trip was long but we made it. We graced Hollywood with our best hobbit manners. We took pictures with other tourists at the Hollywood sign and even got them to do the wave with us. I think they quite liked us after they got over the shock of our pointy ears.
Once we had had first and second breakfast we made our way to Warner Brothers Studios. Trying to get tickets to the Ellen show is harder than most would think and since our trip was spurred by a spontaneous desire to deliver our gifts personally, we didn't have a lot of time to get the tickets the old fashion way. So we just showed up.
The guards at The WB were a little nervous at first, what with three full-on hobbits and two camera people following in tow, but they warmed up to us pretty quick and we were having a great chat when the supervisor to the Ellen show came to see us too. He took our gifts for Ellen, told us our journey was brilliant, and then took our contact information and website address.
Later he came back, and though the studio audience was full, he gave us passes to the Riff Raff room behind the stage so that we could still come to cheer on Ellen.
We had someone claiming to be Ellen re-tweeting about our trip in January, but we are not sure it is really her, but hey, its one more fan supporting us who just happens to like Ellen too or it really is Ellen herself.
As of right now, we three hobbits are getting ready to leave very soon. Tell your friends, especially if you have any in New Zealand. Again, we can't reveal too much right now since it's not final, but lets just say things are on the up-and -up. Mark your calendars for January 31st people and get ready to celebrate this momentous occasion, the hobbits are FINALLY going home.
It's been such a wonderful adventure, we want to share it with everyone, so tell your friends and family, we have started a kickstarter account to fund our documentary about how this awesome social media experiment has worked so well. If you want prizes such as t-shirts, posters, signed documentary films or even personal skype interviews with the hobbits check out kickstarter.com and search road to the shire to help us out.
Well, thanks again everyone. We will let you know what happens as things progress.
Friday, October 28, 2011
OFFICIAL MOVIE BLOG LOVE
Well if you haven't been visiting the official blog for the Hobbit movies you should, and by the way Road to the Shire is on the front page today! Pretty cool. Thanks to all the people working hard on An Unexpected Journey and There and Back Again. You all are amazing! Visit the blog and follow! Check out the episode of Dining with the Dean too!
Monday, September 12, 2011
The Prelude @Lilymilos Highlight Road to the Shire
In other news we have a big announcement to make on Oct 6. Stay tuned for details!
Monday, August 8, 2011
If You Didn't Notice.. New Videos are in the Video Page..and the Channel.
Hey check out our most recent video reaching out to the Bieb on twitter. You can help us out over on twitter and ask @justinbieber to give us a RT http://bit.ly/qLo2ex ( <-- cut and paste this) Here's what the video is. Hope you love it.
Hey btw, if you scroll down to the bottom of the website you can click on the youtube button to go to our channel. You should subscribe to us and follow our blog--just sayin. There will be something new on the channel every other Tuesday (at least sometimes more!) Help us share it! You should follow us on Twitter and Facebook too.
Hey btw, if you scroll down to the bottom of the website you can click on the youtube button to go to our channel. You should subscribe to us and follow our blog--just sayin. There will be something new on the channel every other Tuesday (at least sometimes more!) Help us share it! You should follow us on Twitter and Facebook too.
Thursday, August 4, 2011
The Land of M.E.N. (Middle Earth News)
"Meet the Hobbits Behind 'Road to the Shire' in our Exclusive Interview," their words, not mine. Although it would have been hilarious to record our own interview and pass it off as legitimate, this actually did happen. The producers at Middle Earth News, Tracking All Things Middle Earth, asked us for am exclusive interview. We didn't want the attention so we declined the generously placed offer... PSYCHE! We were thrilled and jumped at the opportunity. So read up on it, mate. Follow the link, Exclusive MEN Interview, and enjoy.
No girls, it's not a 100 hottest Men interview, no Gyllenhaal, Pitt or Reynolds. And guys, don't let your buddy see you clicking on a link with such a title, eh?
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
The Provo Outsource
Road to the Shire is designed to succeed if the fans want it to. Olo, Toad, and myself, of course are not going to rest until we get back to the Shire, but the promptness with which our journey takes place is in your hands not ours.
We recognized early on in this process that we needed as much help as we could get. Thus far, we have been graced by the presence of professional actors, dancers, singer/song writers, rappers, voice recorders, and several more. This post goes out to one of these talented individuals who played Polando the Blue Wizard in our trailer video. Thanks again Critter.
Christopher Sherwood Davis, from Pepperell, MA, received his BFA in Acting from Brigham Young University and studied with the Moscow Art Theatre School: Stanislavski Summer School in Cambridge, MA. Christopher can currently be seen in All's Well That Ends Well with Utah Shakespeare in the Park, and soon in The Three Musketeers at the Covey Center and in the feature film WWJD. Recent stage work includes Astrov in Uncle Vanya (USP), Reginald in Getting Married (BYU), James in Selfless (BYU, also billed as They Shoot Horses Don't They), Colin in Absent Friends (BYU), and Rosse in Macbeth (BYU). Christopher can also be seen as Simon in the critically acclaimed web-series The Book of Jer3miah. Christopher has twice been nominated to compete for the Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship through KC-ACTF and in 2010 was recognized as a regional finalist. Christopher is also an accomplished acting trainer and recently directed A Midsummer Night's Dream (USP).
We recognized early on in this process that we needed as much help as we could get. Thus far, we have been graced by the presence of professional actors, dancers, singer/song writers, rappers, voice recorders, and several more. This post goes out to one of these talented individuals who played Polando the Blue Wizard in our trailer video. Thanks again Critter.
Christopher Sherwood Davis, from Pepperell, MA, received his BFA in Acting from Brigham Young University and studied with the Moscow Art Theatre School: Stanislavski Summer School in Cambridge, MA. Christopher can currently be seen in All's Well That Ends Well with Utah Shakespeare in the Park, and soon in The Three Musketeers at the Covey Center and in the feature film WWJD. Recent stage work includes Astrov in Uncle Vanya (USP), Reginald in Getting Married (BYU), James in Selfless (BYU, also billed as They Shoot Horses Don't They), Colin in Absent Friends (BYU), and Rosse in Macbeth (BYU). Christopher can also be seen as Simon in the critically acclaimed web-series The Book of Jer3miah. Christopher has twice been nominated to compete for the Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship through KC-ACTF and in 2010 was recognized as a regional finalist. Christopher is also an accomplished acting trainer and recently directed A Midsummer Night's Dream (USP).
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Sneak Peek- Bieber Video
Hello and good day.
To all our fans and supporters out there, we appreciate all of the help, donations and buzz thus far. Our trailer video got 1,000 hits in the first week. So it is with great pleasure that we give you a little preview of the next video to land on our page. This one is dedicated to Justin Bieber and his fans as well as to all of you Roadtotheshire fans. So help us get JB on our side to persuade Peter Jackson to invite us back to the Shire!
1st verse- Lyric sneak peek:
We know you love us,
we know you care.
Just tweet about us,
hit like or share.
Cause we are furry,
our need is dire.
And we must get back, get back, get back to the shire!
*Once the video is up, you will also be able to download the original track we cut for $1.
Cheers!
Olo, Toad, and Beri
Thursday, June 9, 2011
WELCOME
Welcome to the Road to the Shire blog. We're so glad you're here. If you haven't checked out our website at roadtotheshire.com you should. This is a place where we hope to interact with you and share the progress of our journey. Along the way we will post updates about our adventures in the land of men and updates on our efforts to get back to the shire. We hope you will leave us comments and suggestions on how you think we might achieve our goal to raise the necessary funds and or persuade Mr. Jackson to invite us back to the shire for our great big family reunion: The Hobbit. Until next time Elen sila lumenn omentilmo.
Namaarie
Toad, Beri, and Olo
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