Post Tagged with: "Samwise Gamgee"

An Eagle’s View of Middle-earth

The trouble with those paper maps is that they’re always getting wet and smudging. Adventurers who embark on quests with leather maps are much more likely to get to their destinations. This leather map of […]

This Week in Middle-earth

1st May, 2942 [The Hobbit] Gandalf and Bilbo return to Rivendell at the end of Bilbo’s unexpected adventure It was on May the First that the two came back at last to the brink of […]

Hobbit Animal Rumours: Not all that glitters is gold…

…or why stopping to think isn’t just for Samwise Gamgee. Authored by Middle-earth News contributor Martin Burrows. (Ed: You’ll most likely have noticed that yesterday’s highest profile story surrounding the Hobbit movies was missing from Middle-earth News […]

Feast Week, Day 3: The Feast of Gildor

Today, we continue Tolkien Feast Week with Day 3: The Feast of Gildor. At this point on the road to Bree, the hobbits have had their first scare with a black rider and get the […]

Feast Week, Day 1: Bilbo and Frodo’s Birthday

Happy Hobbit Day! Otherwise known as September 22, it’s a grand day and holds a lot of meaning for Tolkien fans around the world as both Bilbo and Frodo Baggins share their birthday today. Is […]

Sean Astin and LOTR on ‘Hollywood Treasure’

If you happen to have seen a commercial for The SyFy Channel’s show, Hollywood Treasure, you probably recognized some memorabilia from your favorite fandoms. Tonight, during the season premiere, Sean Astin will be showing off […]

Happy Birthday, Sean Astin!

Today is Sean Astin’s birthday! It’s likely that you know him as Samwise the Brave from the Lord of the Rings trilogy, though you may have also fallen in love with his characters “Mikey” and […]

Special Live Chat with Sean Astin

You will no doubt know him from his role as Samwise Gamgee in Peter Jackson’s “Lord of the Rings” Trilogy. Sean Astin will be a special guest on TheOneRing.Net’s “TORn Tuesday,” which begins at 5:00 […]

Sean Astin’s Passion for Running

Actor Sean Astin has taken his passion for running to a new level. We may all know him as Samwise Gamgee in The Lord of the Rings Motion Picture Trilogy, however, if you follow Sean […]

Weta Workshop Talks Middle-earth Replicas with Middle-earth News

The wizards at Weta Workshop and Weta Digital created magic onscreen in “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy. To commemorate their astounding work in the films, they have created beautiful pieces of art that you […]