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Saruman the White Comes to Guardians of Middle-earth

Guardians of Middle-earth is offering another new guardian via DLC – Saruman the White! The good-aligned Enchanter comes equipped with some handy abilities – such as Focused Magic, which stuns nearby enemies, and Burst Shield, […]

Benedict Cumberbatch: Working With Peter Jackson Was Amazing

Benedict Cumberbatch says working with Peter Jackson was “amazing”. In an interview with Hollywood Outbreak the British star, who plays the dragon Smaug in the upcoming movie The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, says it was […]

An Eagle’s View of Middle-earth

This amazing stained glass featuring a map of Middle-earth was created by Gerard Baines as his exam piece retraining in stain glass art. What do you think? Does he pass? (Lily Milos via Joe Gilronan) TomTom, the […]

This Week in Middle-earth

This is a very unlucky week, because there are no events on certain days, so we can only suppose or summarize what happened to our heroes. May 2941 [The Hobbit] We know that Thorin and […]

Review: The Tolkien Years of the Brothers Hildebrandt by Greg Hildebrandt Jr.

A few years ago, I stumbled upon the book The Tolkien Years of the Brothers Hildebrandt by Greg Hildebrandt Jr. in my local comic book store. It was hidden in a box full of remnants; […]

Martin Freeman’s New Film Gets NZ Premiere

Martin Freeman’s film The World’s End  is to get a premiere in New Zealand. Martin (who plays Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit trilogy) stars alongside Simon Pegg (Star Trek) and Nick Frost in this new film. The Dominion […]

Coming Fall 2013: Chrome Takes You on an Interactive Journey Through Middle-earth

According to TheHobbit.com, Chrome will be releasing an interactive guide to Middle-earth come this fall. The closest I’ve come to seeing anything like it would be on Lord of the Rings Online (LOTRO), and I must say they did (and […]

Filming On The Hobbit Has Resumed

News is coming in that the additional filming for The Hobbit has begun. The French site Tolkiendrim says an insider told them that filming would start in Stone Street Studios on 15 May and continue until late […]

Mouth of Sauron Now Available in ‘Guardians of Middle-earth’

Joining the ranks of evil in Monolith’s “Guardians of Middle-earth” is the vile Mouth of Sauron, the ambassador and messenger of the Dark Lord. Among his powerful abilities are Dark Shout and the Will of […]

School’s Hobbit Library Up For Award

Imagine being able to read J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit in a hobbit house! For the kids at Nansloe Academy in Helston, not only is this dream a reality, but their school’s library has been shortlisted for a […]