Tag: The Hobbit
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Lord of the Rings Timeline Explained: History of Middle Earth & Beyond
With the release of the children’s novel The Hobbit in 1937, J. R. R. Tolkien launched an entirely new world that would captivate readers for generations to come. His magnum opus The Lord of the Rings told the story of four little hobbits and the part they played in saving the world of Men by…
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The Rings Of Power Season Finale Showed It Can Meet All Your Expectations And Still Be Exciting
This article contains spoilers for “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” season 1.Tearful goodbyes and too many endings: we’ve come to expect those from “The Lord of the Rings,” and the season 1 finale of “The Rings of Power” didn’t disappoint in that regard. Like “Andor,” “The Rings of Power” is a…
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The Rings of Power’s Charles Edwards On Being Obsessed w/ Tolkien as a Kid
From showrunners Jd Payne & Patrick McKay, the Amazon Studios multi-season drama series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is set in the Second Age of Middle-earth’s history, thousands of years before the events of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings and at a time when a terrifying…
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Why the Animated The Lord of the Rings Is a Strange Adventure
Having changed fantasy forever while simultaneously inspiring countless other fantastical worlds and fairy stories, J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings is one of the greatest literary works of our time. Originally published between July 1954 and October 1955, this high-fantasy epic is the “gold standard” for the genre and expertly expanded on the world…
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Lord of the Rings: What’s the Difference Between Gandalf the Grey and Gandalf the White?
With his long gray robes, wide-brimmed pointed hat, and immense magical power, Gandalf the Grey is the archetypal wizard of modern fantasy. Sent to the shores of Middle-earth to contest the influence of Sauron, he was tireless in his task, and the only one of the five wizards assigned it to hold true until the…
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Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power Composer Bear McCreary Is Already Thinking About Music For Season 2 And Beyond [Exclusive]
The Prime Video series “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” has already been renewed for a second season. Showrunners Jd Payne and Patrick McKay reportedly already have five seasons of the series mapped out. Not only does that mean viewers will be spending a lot of time in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth and beyond,…
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Guillermo Del Toro’s Haunted Mansion Movie: What Happened to It?
The works of Guillermo del Toro are often so intricate with narrative layers and imaginative visuals that they keep your mind preoccupied for days after you watch them. His unmade projects are similarly compelling to one’s cranium. The likes of his unrealized adaptations of The Hobbit or At the Mountains of Madness are impossible not…
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The Lord of the Rings The Rings of Power: Trailer, Release Date, Cast, and Everything We Know So Far
The Misty Mountains, the ancient forests, and all the hills and dells of Middle-Earth are beckoning once more. Fans of J.R.R. Tolkien’s masterful fantasy world have cause to rejoice with Amazon’s new The Lord of the Rings series set to explore a hitherto unseen age of Middle-Earth. This brand-new show will take fans back thousands…
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Peter Jackson Says Amazon Ghosted Him After Asking For His Help On Their ‘Lord Of The Rings’ Prequel Series
Kiwi director Peter Jackson helped revolutionize modern studio blockbusters with his original “Lord of The Rings” trilogy, using practical effects in conjunction with newly developed CGI effects from his companies Weta Digital and Weta Workshop. These companies would later help bring James Cameron’s “Avatar” to life. While there were mixed reactions to “The Hobbit” critically,…
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Taika Waititi’s Crew Stole Equipment from ‘Hobbit’ Set for Low-Budget ‘What We Do in the Shadows’
Taika Waititi isn’t beating around the New Zealand bush when it comes to the true story behind his favorite party quip.The “Thor: Love and Thunder” writer-director revealed on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert that his 2014 vampire mockumentary “What We Do in the Shadows,” er, borrowed, from fellow NZer Peter Jackson’s big-budget “Lord of…