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Tolkien Reading Day Haiku Contest

Extra prize news! A big thank you to The Hobbit: Kingdoms of Middle-earth who have donated a prize for our ‪Tolkien Reading Day‬ haiku contest! In addition to the other great prizes, the winner will receive a Heroic Haiku […]

Tolkien Themed Instrumental Playlist

Last week I posted a music playlist with a dance party theme, and this week I thought I’d concentrate on all of the amazing instrumental songs fans have created based off of the tunes in […]

Evan Palmer’s Ainulindalë Comic

The beginning chapter of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Silmarillion is entitled “Ainulindalë, The Music of the Ainur.” It starts out with Eru, also know as Ilúvatar, creator and father of the Ainur. Who are the Ainur? They are “the […]

An Eagle’s View of Middle-earth

The Knitting Witch is at it again! We’ve featured her knitted Hobbit characters in a past Eagle’s View, and this time she has blown us away with her knitted version of The Hobbit’s dust jacket. […]

Andy Serkis says avatars should win Oscars

A few days ago, the Academy Awards 2014 where held at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Every year, many talented actors, actresses, filmmaker, and artist hope for an Academy Award. With the ever increasing […]

This Week in Middle-earth

Year 3019 – The Lord of the Rings March 3 Théoden retreats to Helm’s Deep Battle of the Horn-burg begins Ents complete the destruction of Isengard March 4 Théoden and Gandalf set out from Helm’s […]

NEW Trailer for LEGO The Hobbit Game

The Hobbit meets Ocean’s 11 in the new trailer for the much anticipated LEGO The Hobbit video game. The official LEGO The Hobbit Facebook page had this to say about the new trailer: Grab a buddy and prepare […]

Building a Better Dragon

“Truly, the tales and songs fall utterly short of your enormity, oh Smaug the Stupendous.” In his encounter with the dragon Smaug in the deep halls of Erebor in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, […]

Jackson’s Chapel Is Now Refurbished

Our Lady Star of the Sea Chapel, a former Catholic chapel built in 1924 in Seatoun, New Zealand, was closed in 2002 due to earthquake concerns and it was removed from the list of heritage buildings so […]

Hobbit in top 10 digital movie sales/rentals of 2013

A few weeks ago, Rentrack, the leader in precisely measuring movies and TV everywhere, announced the top ten digital movie purchases and rentals of 2013. Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey was No. 5 […]