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Year 2941 – The Hobbit March 15 Gandalf meets Thorin and talks with him at the Prancing Pony in Bree Year 3019 – The Lord of the Rings March 10 The Dawnless Day The Muster […]

Epic Orchestral Cover for ‘The Hobbit’

This amazing cover of themes from The Hobbit by Parademics is almost eight minutes long and so worth listening to every second of it! It starts off very relaxing and peaceful but quickly gets more powerful and […]

EXCLUSIVE Interview: Jed Brophy, Part 1

Middle-earth News reporters Amanda Capley and Valdis Longbeard had the opportunity to sit down with Jed Brophy during Dragon Con 2014. We’ve been saving the interview for a rainy day, so to speak. To tide […]

Aidan Turner: I’m still close to my dwarf brothers

Aidan Turner, who plays Kili in The Hobbit trilogy, is busy promoting the new BBC drama Poldark, in which he plays the lead character Ross. During an interview with Metro, Aidan had this to say […]

TheOneRing.net Throws ‘One Last Party’

Tolkien and Peter Jackson fans from all over the world gathered in Hollywood, California on February 21, 2015, for a gala celebration of all six Peter Jackson Middle-earth films. Our good friends at TheOneRIng.net organized […]

This Week in Middle-earth

  Year 3019 – The Lord of the Rings March 2 Frodo comes to the end of the Marshes Gandalf comes to Edoras and heals Théoden The Rohirrim ride west against Saruman Second Battle of […]

Celebrate Tolkien Reading Day 2015 With The Brisbane Tolkien Fellowship

‘I believe that legends and myths are largely made of truth’ – J.R.R. Tolkien The Brisbane Tolkien Fellowship is excited to announce their annual presentation for Tolkien Reading Day for the fourth year in a […]

Chinese ‘The Lord of the Rings’ Reimagined

A while ago, Middle-earth News introduced Jian Guo’s beautiful (digital) stained glass art. Now, Guo’s amazing art work will adorn an upcoming Chinese translation of The Lord of the Rings. As part of a competition held […]

Aidan Turner, ‘The Hobbit’ and ‘Poldark’

Aidan Turner is about to take to our TV screens on a Sunday night as the lead in the new BBC period drama Poldark. I was recently invited, on behalf of Middle-earth News, to a screening […]

‘The Hobbit’ gets Seven Saturn Award Nominations

Congratulations to the The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies for gaining seven nominations for the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films 41st Annual Saturn Awards.  The Hobbit: BOTFA was nominated in the following categories: […]