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The last time we checked in on Amazon Prime's The Lord of the Rings prequel series, there was a little less than a month to go until the end of the year, and the streaming service had just dropped a huge 20-name casting news announcement on the world. A very good sign for a production […]

In mid-July 2019, Amazon Prime Video's upcoming The Lord of the Rings series started rolling out updates – beginning with reports that Markella Kavenagh (Picnic at Hanging Rock) had joined the highly-anticipated epic fantasy series as a character named Tyra. Then during the Television Critics Association (TCA) summer press event, the streamer formally introduced the […]

In mid-July 2019, Amazon Prime Video's upcoming The Lord of the Rings series started rolling out updates – beginning with reports that Markella Kavenagh (Picnic at Hanging Rock) had joined the highly-anticipated epic fantasy series as a character named Tyra. Then during the Television Critics Association (TCA) summer press event, the streamer formally introduced the […]

No matter what (if any) involvement Lord of the Rings/Hobbit cinematic guru Peter Jackson has with Amazon Prime Video's upcoming prequel series, the streaming service and writers/showrunners JD Payne and Patrick McKay are looking to walk in the filmmaker's footsteps by basing production in New Zealand. With pre-production currently underway and full production expected to […]

While the specifics on Amazon's Lord of the Rings series are still being held tightly under wraps, it appear fans have the project's first casting decision to ponder and debate. Variety reports exclusively from multiple sources that Markella Kavenagh (Picnic at Hanging Rock, The Cry) is close to signing on to the highly-anticipated epic fantasy […]

Leave it to George R. R. Martin to continue a literary magic user debate during a Q & A, because that's exactly what he did during the official premiere of Fox Searchlight's Tolkien. "Gandalf could kick Dumbledore's ASS," the Song of Ice and Fire author exclaimed during his chat with Nicholas Hoult (J. R. R. Tolkien in the […]

Fox Searchlight has released a first-look teaser trailer for their upcoming Tolkien film, starring Nicholas Hoult as "Lord of the Rings" author J. R. R. Tolkien, and Lilly Collins as Tolkien's wife, Edith Bratt. Dome Karukosk is directing the film, which will reportedly follow J. R. R.'s time as a student obsessive about language and an outsider who searched for belonging. He found […]

We're pretty excited to get a glimpse of Nicholas Hoult as The Hobbit, Lord of The Rings author J.R.R. Tolkien in the upcoming Fox Searchlight biopic, Tolkien. After being announced some time ago, updates were few and far between for the project. Earlier this month, Fox Searchlight finally shared a release date for the film, and today […]

We've been waiting for news about the Amazon Studios Lord of the Rings television series, and today the streaming service revealed that JD Dayne and Patrick McKay are currently developing one. The pair were selected after an exhaustive search sources report, and will be overseeing a writers room for the first (of possibly additional) series set in the world […]

In the latest sad episode of the saga of George R. R. Martin's next book in the A Song of Ice and Fire series, The Winds of Winter, never being published, legendary deceased author J.R.R. Tolkien has reportedly finished another book before Martin could complete Winds of Winter. Not only is the legendary Lord of […]

By now, we all know the headline: in November 2017, Amazon Studios spent $250 million to outbid Netflix for television series rights to J.R.R. Tolkien's world-renowned Lord of the Rings fantasy series. Produced in conjunction with the Tolkien Estate and Trust, publisher HarperCollins, and New Line Cinema, the project will explore new storylines preceding The Fellowship of […]

Following up on reports earlier this month that a series adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's world-renowned fantasy series Lord of the Rings was in development at Amazon, the streaming service has announced that the series is receiving a multi-season production commitment. Variety reported exclusively on the initial development news, which is set to be produced by Amazon […]

Amazon Studios CEO Jeff Bezos is apparently in talks with the Tolkien estate as well as Warner Bros. TV to house a Lord of the Rings TV series. No, seriously — this is not a joke. Variety just broke the exclusive news they claim to have sources on, stating things are still in the "early stages", with "no deal […]

Earlier this season, Legends of Tomorrow basically did a love letter to George Lucas by putting a version of him into the show. Tonight they do it again, but this time with author J. R. R. Tolkien and the Spear of Destiny becomes their version of the One Ring… and this new Fellowship must find […]

This seems to be the season of video yule logs tying into popular franchises. Blizzard released a Murlock yule log for World of Warcraft. Marvel released multiple yule logs based on characters like Captain America, Iron Man, and Thor. Well, not to be left out, for you Lord of the Rings fans, Warner Bros has […]

With the release of The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies, our friends over at Shirts.com (Also Fun.com and HalloweenCostumes.com) have put together this new infographic that breaks down the battle in great detail. Of course if you have not read the book nor seen the movie then this infographic will contain spoilers… so be […]

With his sixth and final epic film based on the work of J. R. R. Tolkien about to hit theaters, Peter Jackson has decided to end it all with a bang… or in this case, a 45 minute fight scene. The fight takes place at the base of the Lonely Mountain and the five armies […]

By Phil Harris J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle Earth represents one of the largest franchises on the planet and his writings have created a variety of books, films, audio recordings and comics, notwithstanding a few roleplaying games. At present Cubicle 7 and Sophisticated Games' The One Ring Roleplaying Game (TORRPG), written by Francesco Nepitello; with […]

By Jared Cornelius In the summer of 2012 Valiant Comics returned from the grave, they rose not as shambling zombie, but as a glorious phoenix, but I didn't know that.  At the time I had turned my nose up at X-O Manowar and Bloodshot, I scoffed at the idea that the 90's were back and expected another round of Malibu or Awesome Comics.  But last year on a whim I decided […]

The man behind Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit will be the focus of the latest Hollywood biopic.