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‘The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies’ Received a BAFTA Nomination

After receiving a nomination for the Costume Design Guild in the category ‘Excellence in Fantasy Film’ last January 7, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies received another nomination, this time for the British […]

A Sculptor’s Perspective of Smaug

In case you didn’t already know, Weta Workshop recently released an amazing Smaug the Terrible statue that is available to pre-order on their site; you can find more information about it here. Creating this statue was a team […]

Pre-order ‘Smaug the Terrible’ From Weta Workshop

Today at 11:00 a.m. Pacific Time (that translates to 2:00 p.m. EST, 7:00 p.m. GMT, and 8:00 a.m. NZDT), the Smaug the Terrible figure from Weta Workshop will go on sale for pre-orders! From Weta […]

Weta Cave Expanding in ‘Weta Cave Experience’

There are good news for the Middle-earth fans all around the world, because Weta Cave expands itself in a new area that is twice the size of the original cave! The museum arm of special effects production […]

Weta Workshop at New York Comic Con

One of the highlights for me at New York Comic Con was definitely the Weta Workshop booth. The first day, I didn’t even buy anything because the choices were so overwhelming! I wanted everything. They […]

Congratulations to the Winner of our Limerick Contest!

  Congratulations to the winner of our Feast Week/Tolkien Week Limerick Contest! We had 71 spectacular entries for this competition and it’s been quite difficult choosing the winner. Here is the one limerick that stood […]

What to Look Forward to at New York Comic Con

For those of you attending New York Comic Con next week, that’s right I said next week, there will be some Tolkien-themed panels and exhibitors you definitely don’t want to miss. Unfortunately there are not a […]

Celebrate Tolkien Week with Our Limerick Contest

In honour of Tolkien Week (and Feast Week), Middle-earth News is holding a Tolkien-inspired Limerick Contest. The rules are simple and anyone is free to participate. This is your chance to write a limerick on anything Tolkien […]

New Smaug Shirt from Weta

The amazing folks over at Weta Workshop just released another shirt for the second installment of The Hobbit trilogy and this time it features our favorite greedy and merciless dragon, Smaug. Before you get it in your head that this is just […]

Weta Workshop’s First BOTFA ‘Chronicles’ Book Now Available For Preorder!

Weta Workshop has officially begun accepting preorders for their highly anticipated book, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Chronicles – Art and Design. This will be Weta’s fifth book in their impressive Chronicles series and their first book focusing solely […]