The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien, Movies, Art, Literature, Gaming As the time draws closer to The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey theatre premiere (December 14, 2012) we’re beginning to see more and more Hobbit-inspired merchandise pop up on the web. Most items are only available for pre-order, but there’s no harm in […]
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey wall calendar is out and it’s stunning! The calendar has pictures of the dwarves in groups of two or three as well as individual pictures of Thorin, Bilbo, Gandalf, Elrond, […]
NPR recently published their Top 100 Best-ever Teen Novels list, with The Hobbit predictably occupying a comfortable spot at number five. The Lord of the Rings sits only two spots down at number seven. The pollsters […]
The BBC covered the Return of the Ring Convention with a slideshow on their news site today! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-19317810
Benedict Cumberbatch has revealed how he thinks Smaug will be introduced in The Hobbit. According to Bleeding Cool, the journalist Ann Richardson has said that, in a recent interview Benedict said, “I think my eye might […]
Air New Zealand have really taken The Hobbit theme to heart. Two of their planes will be turned into giant billboards for the films and soon passengers will be treated to a Hobbit-style safety video. […]
Sylvester McCoy turns 69 today! Many fans will recognize Sylvester McCoy from his days playing The Seventh Doctor in the television series Doctor Who. But did you know he was the second choice to play […]
We are proud to announce an exclusive video released to the Middle-earth Network from the Tolkien Society Return of the Ring 2012 convention in Loughborough, England. As reported earlier, this video was graciously sent by […]
This fantastic shirt portrays the locations of The Lord of the Rings on a Tube Map resembling the London Underground and is available on Threadless.com. (I hear the Moria station is a thing to behold, […]
If you want the flavor of actually being at the Return of the Ring Conference at Loughborough University, England, our intrepid Guinness sipping Co-Founder John DiBartolo, is there and broadcasting live as time and places […]
