This important Elven character from The Lord of the Rings may have not actually been an Elf in the novel version of The ...

Tolkien’s universe has gained such cultural notoriety and is so beloved by so many that it can be easy to forget that “The ...

Everyone loves "The Lord of the Rings." They make up a quarter of the top 12 movies of all time on IMDb's top 250 movie list, for goodness' sake. "The Hobbit" films are less grand but still ...

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"In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit," wrote J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973). And so, the story about the hobbit Bilbo Baggins, and Middle-earth, began. The story behind that story is now the ...

Earlier this week, Deadline revealed that New Line Cinema would be revisiting the worlds of J.R.R. Tolkien. Rather than adapting one of his many novels or stories, director James Strong will be ...

“Tolkien” is one of those good movies that is best understood — both for its strengths and its weaknesses — when compared to other, better movies in its genre. A biopic of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien ...

The world-building of J.R.R. Tolkien is so rich and his descriptive powers so great that countless readers feel as though they almost inhabit his creations. But what of the places that Tolkien himself ...

2021 is a big deal year for the world of Middle-earth. Not only is it the 20th anniversary of the big screen Lord of the Rings trilogy, but the Amazon Prime series is likely going to premiere as well.

This encyclopedic collection is full of notes, commentaries, and different versions of the stories. It even includes the history of his "legendarium," the term for Tolkien's greater mythology of ...