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An Eagle’s View of Middle-earth

This Hobbit Door Shirt is available today only on shirtwoot! If you want it, come and claim it! (Lily Milos) Peter Jackson was planning to build a museum to house props from The Lord of the Rings, but after […]

Clue to Extra Hobbit Filming

A set used in the making of The Hobbit films has been granted permission to remain until December 2013. The set is in the Maupuia bush and was used in earlier filming for the village of Dale. According […]

James Nesbitt Talks About The Hobbit

    Actor James Nesbitt who plays the dwarf Bofur in The Hobbit trilogy talks about filming and living in New Zealand on Daybreak. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey will be in cinemas from 14 December 2012.

My Shire Houses: A Dream Come True

Gloucestershire craftsman James Ford just wants “to help people have a little bit of real magic in their own lives.” After he was hit by a drunk driver and left in a wheelchair, told he would […]

WARS: The Battle of Phobos Through the Eyes of Knaves

Grail Quest Books, a partner publisher of the Middle-earth Network, is thrilled to present the annotated and illustrated special edition of Jim Perry’s WARS: The Battle of Phobos – Mavericks #1 “Firefight at Overwatch Command”, which includes ten original illustrations by Brian Hickey…

Design Contest: Treasures of Middle-earth

Attention artists! Here’s your chance to show the world YOUR vision of The Hobbit: the Treasures of Middle-earth Design Contest. Entries will be accepted until October 15, during which time visitors to the site can […]

An Eagle’s View of Middle-earth

This Gandalf figure is one of several you can find at The Shire General Store shop on Etsy. 10 year-old Paul creates these handmade Lord of the Rings characters with the help of his younger […]

BREAKING: Second ‘Hobbit’ Movie Title and Third Movie Release Date!

Weta Workshop just posted this to their Facebook Page! Warner Bros Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures jointly announced today that the final film in Peter Jackson’s trilogy adaptation of the enduringly popular masterpiece The Hobbit, by […]

15 Must-See Tolkien Sights: A Start

I visited Oxford earlier this summer to look at some of the places that were special to Tolkien, so am rather delighted to see they figure in the 15 Places Tolkien Fans Should Visit Before […]

BREAKING: First Look at Lee Pace as Thranduil!

Harper Collins has just released The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Almanac 2013 (alternately called The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Annual 2013)! It is available on Amazon.co.uk for £7.99. You can also find it at the Weta Cave! […]