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Newfound Tolkien Letter Sells for £1700

A happy day it would have been to find this letter, handwritten by J.R.R. Tolkien himself, pressed between the pages of an old book. The Telegraph reports that this is just what happened to an […]

The Tolkien Inspired Art of Joe Gilronan

When I read the writings of JRR Tolkien, my imagination creates breathtaking scenery, ornate architecture, and striking faces. But I’ll be the first to admit that if I tried to commit my imaginings to paper […]

Monster Magic at Waikato Museum

The secrets of animatronics are revealed at the How to Make a Monster, the art and technology of animatronics exhibition which comes to the Waikato Museum, New Zealand, in February according to YAHOO! 7News. This […]

Game of Thrones Season 2 Trailer

The new Trailer for the HBO hit, ‘Game of Thrones’ has arrived. Based on the best selling novels by George R.R. Martin, Season 2 is scheduled to begin April 1st, 2012. As a side note […]

New Hobbit Photo Reveals a Very “Bewildered and Bewuthered” Bilbo

Even though ‘The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey’ doesn’t hit theaters until December 14, 2012, Peter Jackson has been doing a great job keeping us Ringers at bay with production diary videos and photos from the […]

Riddles in the Dark – A New Podcast on My Middle Earth Radio

To those of you who follow the goings-on at the Mythgard Institute and with Corey Olsen, the Tolkien Professor, it will come as no surprise that Dr. Olsen has teamed up with our own Director […]

Feast of Fiction Youtube Series Features Lembas Bread…Sort Of

Do you daydream about the imaginary food in books? Or maybe it’s not imaginary, and it just sounds singularly delicious. Youtube to the rescue! Now there is a series that walks you through the preparation […]

Happy Birthday, Elijah Wood!

Elijah Wood, who is reprising his role as Frodo for The Hobbit, is 31 today! And whilst he will forever be Frodo from The Lord of the Rings trilogy it’s worth remembering that he has […]

Del Toro Happy To See “The Hobbit” In The Right Hands

Earlier this week, Hero Complex sat down with director Guillermo del Toro to talk about his recent involvement with DreamWorks and his reaction to “The Hobbit” trailer. Del Toro, who worked on “Kung Fu Panda […]

New Trailer for Mark Hadlow’s HuHu

A new trailer and poster have been released for the short film HuHu Attack says Horror Movies.ca. The film is a 1950s-style comedy-horror musical, starring Mark Hadlow.  ­­And with love, wrongly-accused spies and 40ft-high man-eating grubs […]