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Storm Over Gondolin: A New Fan Film – Plus EXCLUSIVE images!

There’s another Tolkien fan film in the works and this time it involves the first age of Middle-earth. It’s entitled Storm Over Gondolin and is a non-profit film that was inspired from the tale of Gondolin, which is […]

Peter Jackson Received the Highest Honour of New Zealand

Sir Peter Jackson received the New Zealand highest honour today. Jackson received the insignia today from Governor-General Lieutenant General Sir Jerry Mateparae, becoming an Additional Member of the Order of New Zealand for services to […]

“My Own Shire” Photo Contest

Get in touch with  your inner hobbit by taking part in the Middle-earth News My Own Shire photo contest in honor of Hobbit Day and Tolkien Week! Starting today, September 16, 2013 and running until September 29, 2013 submit your […]

This Week in Middle-earth – Special Edition

Welcome to a special edition of This Week in Middle-earth! With Tolkien Week, Hobbit Day, and Feast Week right around the corner, the list of happenings within Middle-earth grows by leaps and bounds. While a […]

BREAKING: Kiran Shah co-produces HOBBIT parody film

BREAKING: Kiran Shah co-produces HOBBIT parody film

EPIC FAN-PRODUCED “HOBBIT” SPOOF WRAPS FILMING SOUTH BEND, IN – The award-winning filmmakers behind ‘The Dork of the Rings’ and ‘Harvey Putter and the Ridiculous Premise’ just wrapped principle photography on their latest feature film […]

Thanks to All Those Who Supported #RegisterFOTR!

The deadline for nominations to the 2013 National Film Registry has passed, and Middle-earth News would like to thank everyone who helped with our campaign to add The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of […]

An Eagle’s View of Middle-earth

This leather hair barrette, created by Etsy shop Hobbit Leathers, is inspired by the cloak pins the Fellowship receive in Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy. This is an accessory any elf, hobbit, wizard, […]

This Week in Middle-earth

13th September, 2951 [The Lord of the Rings] Aragorn goes out into the Wild   13th September, 3019 [The Lord of the Rings] Celeborn and Galadriel depart, the others set out for Rivendell But at […]

Score For ‘The Desolation Of Smaug’ To Be Recorded In NZ

Howard Shore’s score for The Lord of The Rings movies have won three Academy Awards and four Grammy Awards upon their original release. And now, when the maestro is working on the score for The […]

Jemima Catlin’s Illustrated Edition of The Hobbit

Today is the day we welcome the newest member of the Tolkien book family. An illustrated edition of one of our most cherished stories, The Hobbit, has been officially released in the UK! The book features […]