If you’re looking for an easy dwarf costume solution for Halloween or the midnight showing of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, ThinkGeek has you covered! (Evie Bowman)
The Weather Channel has already named the storms for the 2012-13 winter season. We may find the spelling a little off, but that won’t keep us from making “You shall not pass” jokes when winter storm Gandolf comes around. (Oloriel)
Elijah Wood is partnering with Daniel Noah and Josh C. Waller to form an indie film company called The Woodshed. Wood wants to focus on horror films, saying, “I’ve been a fan of horror and genre cinema in general since I was a child and have become increasingly passionate about the idea of there being a space in which horror films that take their subject matter and characters seriously could be produced.” (Evie Bowman)
Unfortunately, these Hobbit duvet sets are only single-sized, but it might be a sacrifice you’d be willing to make to snuggle up with Martin Freeman or Aidan Turner. (Evie Bowman via @AidanTurner4evr)
Have you ever changed your Facebook language settings to something other than your own? Move over “Pirate English” because a group of fans have started a movement to get Quenya on Facebook! (Lily Milos)
The town of Middlemarch in New Zealand played host to the cast and crew of The Hobbit films, and they are hoping that their scenery will feature prominently in the films. In preparation for the (hopefully) impending publicity, the Middlemarch Promotions Group is planning a “Hobbit Day” event at the time of the Wellington premiere of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. (Arwen Kester)
Noelle (gingerhaze on tumblr) put up a new Broship of the Ring illustration of Éowyn and Merry slaying the Witch-king. (Oloriel)
NECA/WizKids Games, under license with Warner Bros. Consumer Products, is excited to announce the upcoming release of their next game — The Lord of the Rings Dice Building Game, offering a unique twist on the original Quarriors dice building game engine invented by renowned game designers Mike Elliott and Eric Lang. (Arwen Kester)
This transports me back to my childhood! I didn’t have The Hobbit for my Fisher Price record player, but I swear I had other stories with the same narrator. And tell me I’m not the only one who’s nostalgic for, “You will know it is time to turn the page…” (Lily Milos)
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