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The Return of the King with Live Score at Ravinia

This summer the Ravinia Festival will show the concluding part of The Lord of the Rings trilogy to the live accompaniment of the award winning score by Howard Shore. The  Ravinia Festival is at Highland Park, […]

Music Video: ‘Diggy Diggy Hole’

Even though this music video is not speaking strictly of Tolkien’s Dwarves, we thought it so much fun that we had to share it with you. The song and video are brought to us by […]

Happy Birthday to Sarah McLeod!

Happy Birthday to Kiwi actress Sarah McLeod, who turns 43 today!  Sarah was born on July 18, 1971 in Putaruru, New Zealand. She is known to all fans of Middle-earth for her role as Rosie […]

First Pic from ‘The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies’

This picture gives us our first look at the concluding part of The Hobbit  trilogy The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies. In it Gandalf (Ian McKellan) and Bard (Luke Evans) are looking anxiously upwards. Could […]

Tolkien: The Battle of the Two Biopics

With the final installment of The Hobbit film trilogy due to hit cinemas in December 2014, the time of Middle-earth films is ending, at least for the present. But as the last Middle-earth film fades […]

First Con. Fabulous Con. Fantasy Con!

Middle-earth News friend, Lennie Freeman, had an amazing experience at Fantasy Con and we have the honor of sharing her experience with all of you!  In the summer of 2013, I decided to take a […]

Warriors of the Westfold: Bree-land

Previously, the Warriors talked about one of the starting locations in Middle-earth: Ered Luin. Today, we’ve decided to highlight some of our favourite places and features of another main hub: Bree-land! ALICE It took me […]

Aidan Turner Interview from Odessa (in English)

Aidan Turner has been at the Odessa International Film Festival this week In this video Aidan talks to Hromadske about the Festival, how his life has changed since  The Hobbit, working in the theatre and his […]

Deck the Halls with the Heir of Durin

You can make your home feel fit for the Lord of Silver Fountains with this Thorin Oakenshield ornament by Hallmark. This new for 2014 design is arriving in stores this July, with a price of $17.95 […]

Evangeline Lilly Talks The Hobbit With Movies.com

  In a recent interview with Movies.com, Evangeline Lilly talked about her role as television and big screen actress. Lilly explained what it meant her to be involved with big projects with big mysteries fans […]