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Lord of the Rings fan spends life savings creating prequel
Telegraph UK ^ | 2/10/10 | staff

Posted on 02/10/2010 1:24:39 PM PST by Nachum

Actress Kate Madison, a fan of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, spent six years and her entire life savings creating a prequel to the films.

Miss Madison, 31, spent £25,000 on the film, Born of Hope, which has already been watched by more than half a million people on YouTube.

The story was inspired by just a couple of paragraphs written by JRR Tolkein in the appendices of The Lord of The Rings.

"The film has gone down really well with the fans and some say it is even better than the Peter Jackson movies which is amazing," she said. "They have all been very supportive and would love us to make more films.

"We are all really pleased with the results and feel it can sit proudly alongside the trilogy."

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Books/Literature; TV/Movies; The Hobbit Hole
KEYWORDS: fan; lord; prequel; rings
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To: BobinIL

Yes there was. I have a copy and my daughter loved it, even though she was more into Pokemon at the time.


21 posted on 02/10/2010 2:33:42 PM PST by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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To: Nachum
Fan Fiction typically does not do well, and is usually frowned upon...............

By whom?

Besides, if the price is right...

22 posted on 02/10/2010 4:39:45 PM PST by Publius6961 (You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do)
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To: Perdogg

I saw a fan-fic Star Trek film on DVD at the Big Box store the other day. Thanks Nachum.


23 posted on 02/10/2010 4:52:14 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Happy New Year! Freedom is Priceless.)
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To: Nachum

I saw it. It matches the quality of the average SciFi channel original movies. Don’t know how the filmmakers intend to recoup their money though.


24 posted on 02/15/2010 10:10:37 PM PST by Dumb_Ox (http://twitter.com/kevinjjones)
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