7 May, 2020
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2020-5-7 11:20:00 AM UTC
I want to take you on one of the greatest fantasy adventures ever written. Join me for a 12-hour armchair marathon reading of “The Hobbit”, in aid of two amazing charities which are doing extraordinary work right now to help those most in need - Andy Serkis
You can still see the details on the gofundme site,
https://www.gofundme.com/f/thehobbitathoncovid19appeal, on how to contribute, but the listen to the event is not available as it has finished.
7 May, 2020
2020-5-7 11:34:11 AM UTC
This looks like fun, why he left it to the day before to publicize it though is a little surprising.
7 May, 2020
2020-5-7 4:44:12 PM UTC
onthetrail wrote:
This looks like fun, why he left it to the day before to publicize it though is a little surprising.
I cannot speak for Mr. Serkis or what process he followed, but I can say that my work to get permission from the Estate and the publisher for the Tolkien Reading Day event didn't fully conclude until the day before my event...
7 May, 2020
2020-5-7 8:47:21 PM UTC
Urulókë wrote:
onthetrail wrote:
This looks like fun, why he left it to the day before to publicize it though is a little surprising.
I cannot speak for Mr. Serkis or what process he followed, but I can say that my work to get permission from the Estate and the publisher for the Tolkien Reading Day event didn't fully conclude until the day before my event...
Thank you for pointing that out.
I never considered that, I expected that these things get sorted well in advance or at least when it is something like the amazing TRD (at such short notice) or a charitable event by an established and well known person such as Andy Serkis would be a quick matter.
8 May, 2020
2020-5-8 7:10:35 AM UTC
8 May, 2020
2020-5-8 1:02:12 PM UTC
8 May, 2020
2020-5-8 5:38:58 PM UTC
Trotter wrote:
If you have this I’m very grateful to the Tolkien Estate and to HarperCollins for giving special permission for this one-off reading. from the gofundme page then you are ok not good to do this without permission.
I am fairly certain that sentence wasn't on the gofundme page when I looked originally. Glad it has been clarified (and permission was granted)!
EDIT: checked the Internet Archive snapshot from yesterday (May 7th) and there was no sentence thanking for permission. ?
8 May, 2020
2020-5-8 7:25:40 PM UTC
This is an incredible effort by Andy Serkis. His fundraiser is just about to hit £250,000