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IronHills Dwarf
June 29th,2005, 05:43 PM
Ancanar - an introduction

I'm going to present this in a question and answer format. Hopefully this will get you started on your journey into the world of Ancanar. If you've got a decent speed internet connection you may wish to watch the development trailer first, found here (http://ancanar.com/trailer/).

What is Ancanar? - Ancanar is the title of a feature film set in a fantasy world.

Who is Ancanar? - Ancanar is a man who lives in the Rammoth Valley. The plot of the film revolves around his journey to find the elves' hidden city, gain the secret of immortality to attempt to save the life of his aging father and potentially his people.

Does the film have Elves? - Yes the film has elves. ;) But no pointy ears.

Why does this sound strangely like Tolkien? - Because the directors/writers are Tolkien fans who used his work for inspiration.

Is this a Tolkien rip-off? - No, it does not take place in Middle-earth, or use Middle-earth's history.

When will I be able to see the film? - When its done filming. ;) We don't have a release date, but they are reshooting much of the script with a bigger budget.

Will it come to the big theaters? - We don't know, but hopefully.

Sounds cool, can I get more info anywhere? - Yup, the official Ancanar website http://www.ancanar.com has all you need. In the library you will find the following volumes.

The Book of Rammoth - this is a history of the Rammoth Valley.

The Book of Aglanar - this is a volume covering much of the linguistics of the story.

The Book of Governance - covers law and governmental structure in the Rammoth Valley.

The Book of Passing Years - the structure of the Rammoth calendar.

The Book of Rammoth Geography - a basic description of the lands in the Rammoth Valley.

This along with the Rammoth map (http://www.ancanar.com/library/rammoth_map.html) should get you started to understanding Ancanar. If you've got questions search the threads in this board devoted to Ancanar, or post in one of threads, or if no current threads or applicable to your query then start a new thread!

If you need outside resources besides the official website then these links may help.

http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/Ancanar/ - Ancanar web group.

http://groups-beta.google.com/group/ancanar- - another web group.



Cheers and happy learning,

IHD

Ithildiel Noldoran
July 1st,2005, 02:26 PM
veryhappy :yahoo: I just spotted the Ancanar board is finally up!!:D

I was wondering...do we have anything on release dates yet?I had heard something about Christmas!! :blush:

Undomiel
September 18th,2005, 03:34 AM
this sounds really interesting-i'm a sucker for anything fantasy :grin: i'm gonna go check out the website....

Cuiel Rilwen
September 18th,2005, 08:48 AM
I was a bit sceptical of this project when first I heard about it but it's shaping up to be quite interesting. It's fantastic that the fans have had such an impact on their budget and assets...can't be anything else than happy for these guys that their making their dream come through and in a much better way than they ever dreamed they would be able to! :) Hope this comes to the theatres...I'll most surely watch it...very special project and looks good!

Elfdaughter
September 18th,2005, 02:07 PM
This sounds really good! Thanks IHD! I think this might be a must-see!

IronHills Dwarf
September 19th,2005, 02:53 PM
On release dates everything is still really sketchy. It's hard to even find out what stage of the production they are in. But fingers crossed for Christmas though I'd suspect it won't be out till the Christmas after this one.

Stormcrow
October 9th,2005, 08:52 AM
Anything Tolkein inspired is good enough for me! This movie whould be really good! I cannot wait!

Kristyna
January 9th,2006, 07:57 PM
When I have seen the development trailer I have been very excited by that!It seems fantastic!:cool:

Dunedain Poet
January 29th,2006, 03:55 PM
Thanks for posting this because now I actually know what the Ancanar project is, aside from it being a fantasy movie. It actually sounds pretty interesting now. I hope there will be a trailer soon. :)

Rohirrim Warrior
February 7th,2006, 06:07 PM
Great!!... :grin:

IronHills Dwarf
February 14th,2006, 07:33 PM
Well there are a few trailers actually. http://ancanar.com/trailer That's the most recent one.

Not much to report recently on this, best we can say is that the ancanar team was scouting locations in the UK in 2005. I hope that means a big shoot in 2006, but time will tell.

Cuiel Rilwen
February 14th,2006, 08:03 PM
Hiya IHD...nice to see ya! :)

Balrog
December 20th,2006, 06:00 PM
Well it shouldn't be hard to make something better than Eragon from what I hear!

IronHills Dwarf
December 21st,2006, 12:16 AM
Eragon suffers from having the runtime raped by 20th Century Fox.... :rolleyes:

Unfortunatley Ancanar appears to be on hold. I'm not holding my breath that anything will happen for quite a few months.

Dunthule
February 2nd,2007, 09:23 PM
That's too bad. I've ready and heard about this movie for several years now. My hat's off to the team who's perservering and trying to make their dream a reality. :)