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Exclusive Interview with Flora Moody

Middle-earth News was fortunate enough to be granted an exclusive interview with one of The Hobbit’s hair and make-up artists, Flora Moody. She took time out of her busy schedule to give us an inside […]

Peter Jackson’s Interview With Deadline

In a recent interview with Deadline, ‘Q&A: Peter Jackson On His Middle Earth Exit, How The Beatles And Stanley Kubrick Nearly Did LOTR, And A Disguise That Let Him Haunt Comic-Con‘, Peter Jackson talked about […]

Warriors of the Westfold: Gender-bending

While we all play and love our female characters in LOTRO, many of us also like to play as males. This week, some of the Warriors talk about what it’s like playing as the opposite […]

Call for Papers: On Fairy Stories

The German Tolkien Society (DTG) has sent out a call for papers for their upcoming Tolkien Seminar in co-operation with the Institute for British, American, and Romance Studies at the RWTH Aachen University, Germany from […]

Peter Hollens Completes LOTR End Credits with “Gollum’s Song”

Peter Hollens is on a roll! He continues to delight us by covering songs from The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies, and now, we have the full set of the end credit […]

‘The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug’ Extended Edition Adds 25 Minutes

The extended edition of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug will be out on Blu-ray 3D and DVD on 3 November (UK), 4 November (US), 2014. Digital HD will be available in late October. The […]

Audio Interview with Ian Brodie – The Man Who Travels Middle-earth

Middle-earth News contributor Sébastien Sigaut got a chance to sit down with award-winning author and photographer Ian Brodie in a little coffee shop in New Zealand a few months ago. Brodie is the author of the The […]

HobbitCon 3 is Happening!

FedCon have just announced that they will be holding HobbitCon again next year and already have eight guests signed up. Five of the dwarves, Dean O’Gorman (Fili), Mark Hadlow (Dori), Peter Hambleton (Gloin), Jed Brophy […]

Happy Birthday to Evangeline Lilly!

Happy Birthday, Evangeline Lilly! Evangeline is best known to Tolkien’s fans for her role as Tauriel the Elf in Peter Jackson’s Hobbit trilogy. Evangeline Lilly was born in Fort Saskatchewan in Alberta, Canada in 1979. […]

Hobbit Cast: Exclusive Interview With Entertainment Weekly

Keith Staskiewicz interviewed the Hobbit cast for Entertainment Weekly last week during San Diego Comic Con. Peter Jackson alongside Lee Pace (Thranduil), Andy Serkis (Gollum, Second Unit Director), Orlando Bloom (Legolas), Luke Evans (Bard), Benedict […]