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Things You Didn’t Know About the Making of ‘Lord of the Rings’, Part Two

It almost wasn’t Jackson: Jackson thought one way to handle the trilogy would be to make “The Hobbit,” the prequel to the trilogy, first, and then make two films of the next three books. But rights issues meant that Saul Zaentz could only license “Lord of the Rings” to Harvey Weinstein, and not “The Hobbit.” […]

Things You Didn’t Know About the Making of ‘Lord of the Rings’, Part One

When “Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring” opened on Dec. 19, 2001, it was the culmination of one of the most audacious and successful bets ever made in the movie business. The three films in the series were shot back to back and grossed $2.9 billion dollars — not bad for a […]

Art Competition to celebrate 60 years of Lord of the Rings

The Return of the King was first published on October 20, 1955 and has become a real treasure of English Literature of the XX century. The Lord of the Rings has been translated into over 50 languages and estimates put sales at over 150 million copies worldwide. And now it’s 60 years of Lord of […]

Lord of the Rings’ Minas Tirith City Will be Built in the UK (If £1.85 Billion Can be Raised…)

It’s the focus of the Lord of the Rings’ dramatic final battle, a towering white city carved into the side of a mountain. But Minas Tirith need not remain only in the realm of fiction, provided fantasy crowdfunders can cough up a measly, oh, say £1.85 BILLION. A team of architects in the UK, lead […]

The soundtrack “Last Goodbye” for the final Hobbit film arrives.

When it came to finally bid farewell to Middle-earth after 16 years and six epic films, Peter Jackson gave the last word to one of the original members of the Fellowship. Billy Boyd, who portrayed hobbit Pippin in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, collaborated with Jackson, Fran Walsh, and Philippa Boyens to write “The […]

The final trailer for the Hobbit shows dramatic war-torn scene

A dramatic new trailer for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies has sparked excitement online. Oscar-winning director Peter Jackson is behind the third film in a popular trilogy based on JRR Tolkien’s timeless masterpiece, The Hobbit. Unlike the first two films in Jackson’s Hobbit trilogy, which each had several trailers and a wide […]

“Hobbit” Third Installment Gets New Title

Director Peter Jackson has announced the news that his third installment of The Hobbit trilogy has got a new name. The original name of the third film was thought to be ‘The Hobbit: There and Back Again’, however, the film has been retitled as ‘The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies’. Peter Jackson has […]

Legal Battle Brewing between Tolkien Estate and Warner Bros

According to reports, an $80 million lawsuit has been waged between the Tolkien Estate, the legal body which manages the property of J.R.R. Tolkien, and Warner Bros., the studios responsible for producing the Lord of the Rings film franchise. It is currently understood that the Tolkien Estate has launched litigation proceedings against Warner Bros. for […]

“The Hobbit”: Peace in Middle-Earth?

Last month, in the academic journal Science, paleontologists presented new evidence that they had discovered an overlooked relative of prehistoric man. Officially, they’ve labeled the species Homo floresiensis — unofficially, they’re calling them ”hobbits” — but by any other name what they’ve found are the 18,000-year-old fossilized remains of a three-foot-tall hominid with a recessed […]

Tolkien’s son completed father’s unfinished epic

All aboard for Middle Earth! Christopher Tolkien, son of the late, legendary creator of The Lord of the Rings, has completed an unfinished story started by his father which is to be published this April. Mr Tolkien has spent the past 30 years working on The Children of Hurin, which his father began in 1918 […]

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