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Harper Collins Presents ‘The Lord of the Rings’ 60th Anniversary Edition

In March 2014, Harper Collins announced that a new edition of The Lord of the Rings was to be released in June 2014 to mark the 60th anniversary of the book’s publication. Now, Harper Collins […]

Viggo Mortensen on Classic FM

Viggo Mortensen will be on Classic FM’s Culture Club on Sunday 18 May, 2014. Viggo will be talking to Charlotte Green about his film roles, from playing Aragorn in The Lord of the Rings to his latest movie The […]

An Eagle’s View of Middle-earth – May 12, 2014

“An Eagle’s View of Middle-earth” started out as a weekly post here on Middle-earth News because we noticed that there were some Tolkien/Hobbit/LOTR -related stories that may otherwise have been overlooked in our news coverage. Happily, we […]

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Finally on Netflix & Redbox

Were you wondering why you couldn’t find The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug on Netflix or Redbox? The film was released for home viewing last month, but if you were waiting to get your own […]

Richard Armitage ‘Thorin Thursday’ Interview, Part 3

The Hobbit Facebook page recently posted the final part of its March 31 Twitter Q&A with actor Richard Armitage. In this interview segment, Richard answered several questions from fans, including whether the actors had as […]

This Week in Middle-earth

Year 2942 – The Hobbit May 7 Bilbo and Gandalf leave Rivendell Year 3019 – The Lord of the Rings May 8 Eomer and Eowyn depart for Rohan with the sons of Elrond And Eowyn […]

Catching up with Ian McKellen

For Ian McKellen, known as Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, 2014 has been a rather busy year so far. Middle-earth News decided to do a news round-up for the busy […]

Viking Exhibition at the British Museum

  While I was visiting the Viking Exhibition at the British Museum recently, I thought I would look for exhibits that were, for me, particularly evocative of things in Tolkien’s books. Tolkien was the Rawlinson and […]

Dominic Monaghan and Billy Boyd Reunited in New Zealand

Dominic Monaghan and Billy Boyd, best known for their portrayal of Merry and Pippin in Peter Jackson’s trilogy of The Lord of the Rings, met each other for the first time in New Zealand, during […]

The Bearer and the Ring: The Concept of Invisibility

History’s ‛Rings of Power’ Twenty Rings of Power – but only one held dominance over the rest. Residing at the heart of The Lord of the Rings, the One Ring is one of the most […]