Rise of the Fellowship LOTRO MOVIE!!!!

[Galenhir]

Hail friends - I'm excited to tell you about a film my friend Ron Newcomb directed. It's called "Rise of the Fellowship" and heavily features Lord of the Rings Online - with lots of real in-game footage.



Any fan of LOTRO or Tolkien will want to see this film. It also has an amazing soundtrack about to be released by Middle-earth Network. As your dedicated founder - know that I only try to share outside projects that are closest to my heart: please share it with all your LOTR(O) loving friends. And there is a thread on LOTRO forums here: https://www.lotro.com/forums/showthread.php?402249-New-LOTRO-movie = please chime in and bump it often.

Here is the official website: http://www.riseofthefellowshipmovie.com

As you all know very well; there is a little bit of geek and hero in all of us.

[Cennwyn]

What's the film about?

[Galenhir]

Cennwyn wrote:

What's the film about?

Hi Cennwyn - this is copied from the site:

About the Film
rise-of-the-fellowship-posterRandall Dooley is a geek. His three best friends are geeks too, he works in a game shop, he spends all his free time playing online games, his older brother bullies him unmercifully, his widowed mom doesn’t understand him, and he’s hopelessly in love with the prettiest cheerleader in high school.
In short, he’s a loser.
All of that changes when he hears of the Lord of the Rings gaming competition in Orlando, Florida. Finally! Meaning in life!
Randall’s guild of online-gaming geeks is the best around. They’re a cinch to win their area and gain a spot in Orlando. However, right before the regionals, Randall is framed for drugs by a gaming rival and expelled from high school. He’s grounded for life and going nowhere-least of all, the gaming competition in Orlando.
After the principal refuses to believe the evidence showing he’s innocent, Randall is left with only one option: vindication at the gaming competition. He and his gaming friends steal the class car, rebuilt by the inept hand of students in auto shop and hit the road.
Evading capture by Randall’s older brother, the four friends fall in with a commune of hippies in the forest, get in a paintball war and finally make it to Orlando with the assistance of a hamburger-loving vegetarian hippie.
At the gaming competition, Randall and his friends evade capture by the security guards in order to reach the convention commissioner. Vindicated of guilt, they enter the competition and find victory, true love and sweet revenge.
The Fellows Hip: Rise of the Gamers  is a buddy-comedy written in honor of online gamers and The Lord of the Rings. Full of Tolkien-references and good-hearted parody, The Fellows Hip  will appeal to Tolkien-fans and gamers alike, as well as anyone who’s never been part of the in-crowd

http://www.riseofthefellowshipmovie.com

[Dannigan]

Woo! Looks like good stuff!

Honor and fun,
Dannigan a.k.a. Gori "Mithrilfist" Brightforge

[Andeon]

so...

it's "The Wizard" combined with "Blue's Brothers"...sounds like fun :)

http://www.imdb.com/media/rm3283325440/tt0098663?ref_=tt_ov_i

if anyone hasn't seen the wizard - it's 80's self-indulgent gamer geekism at it's best

blues brothers is, of course, just a classic

[Galenhir]

Andeon wrote:

so... it's "The Wizard" combined with "Blue's Brothers"...sounds like fun :) http://www.imdb.com/media/rm3283325440/tt0098663?ref_=tt_ov_i if anyone hasn't seen the wizard - it's 80's self-indulgent gamer geekism at it's best blues brothers is, of course, just a classic

LOL - Andeon - strangely enough I have seen both of those films as well. My friends film is definitely light-hearted fun - and its really cool to see so much LOTRO footage in the film. I'm considering writing a LMB song to help with the promotion.

Cheers all

[Gweocyn]

Well this a bit surreal, seeing as I live in Orlando.