The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien, Movies, Art, Literature, Gaming 
Lily’s first experience with Tolkien was when the eccentric Mrs. H performed all of the characters from The Hobbit in her seventh grade class. In high school, she felt obliged to decline a second date with a boy who said he had no interest in reading The Lord of the Rings. In college, she unwisely decided to reread her beloved copy of The Hobbit during finals week, with only semi-disastrous results. When not writing for Middle-earth News, Lily tries not to unnerve her coworkers and family with her extreme geekery, but somehow, Star Wars, Star Trek, Sherlock, Merlin, Doctor Who, The Princess Bride, Back to the Future, superheroes, Disney movies, and of course, Tolkien, seem to have relevance in EVERY conversation.
Air New Zealand is celebrating 30 years of flights between London and Los Angeles with an auction of 30 unique prizes! All proceeds from the auction will go to Phab.org.uk, a charity that promotes and encourages […]
In the Hobbit films, Luke Evans will be playing the role of Bard the Bowman and Elijah Wood will be reprising his role as Frodo, however briefly. Wood returned to New Zealand as a full-fledged […]
Middle-earth fans rejoice! There is now a new set of Lord of the Rings Merchandise available from Weta! The artists at Weta have designed eight magnets based on iconic images from the Lord of the […]
Tune into Middle-earth Network Radio for tonight’s LIVE broadcast of Warriors of the Westfold, Friday at 9 PM EST, only on Middle-earth Network Radio! Join hosts Arwen Kester, Oloriel Rudmin, and Lily Milos as they bring you up to date on this week’s top […]
Dallas Poll was a jeweler who worked as a prop maker on The Lord of the Rings trilogy, King Kong, The Chronicles of Narnia films, and Avatar. On May 4, his home in Paraparaumu was raided twice by thieves who took the […]
Tourism New Zealand told reporters at the Trenz conference in Queenstown that they are very close to signing a deal with Hobbit filmmaking entities Warner Brothers and Wingnut Films. Chief executive Kevin Bowler said, “We are […]
David Bain was a master cooper (barrel-maker) from Christchurch, New Zealand. He learned the skill of cooperage in the 1960s in Scotland, and started a business in Ferrymead Historic Park after moving to New Zealand. […]
There are still long months ahead of us as we wait for the release of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey on December 14. One way I choose to satisfy my hunger for all things Hobbit […]
Though 2012 is the year of the dragon, it has been confirmed that we will not get a glimpse of The Hobbit’s own dragon, Smaug, until 2013. However, in one of Peter Jackson’s production diaries, […]
Ten minutes of footage from The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey was shown today at CinemaCon 2012. Let’s start with a breakdown of the scenes that were shown before we delve into the reactions of the […]
