Ian McKellen Granted Freedom of the City of London
Congratulations to Sir Ian McKellen who was today given the Freedom of the City of London in recognition of his campaign work for gay rights. Sir Ian, who is known to thousands of Tolkien fans […]
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Behind the Scenes of the Air NZ Safety Video
A few days ago, Air New Zealand revealed the last Hobbit-themed safety video. Today, we’re going to entertain you with the behind the scenes of the six days across New Zealand’s locations of The Hobbit […]
Deluxe Pocket Boxed Set of ‘The Lord of the Rings’ and ‘The Hobbit’
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt has released a beautiful new boxed set of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. Yes, there’s been many boxed sets in the past, but what’s different (and awesome) about this particular […]
Happy Birthday to Our Own Alice Greenleaf!
Happy birthday to one of Middle-earth News’ finest! Our own Alice Greenleaf celebrates her 24th birthday today! You probably know Alice from her weekly column “This Week in Middle-earth” where she reports on the events […]
Happy Birthday to Our Own Lily Milos!
Happy birthday to one of Middle-earth News’ finest! Our own Lily Milos celebrates her birthday today. Previously Assistant Director, then Contributor, Lily has always been a precious member of our Team, both behind the scenes – helping […]
The Tolkien Inspired Art of Norloth
I always love finding great Tolkien-inspired art, and one of the best things about seeking it out is discovering such varied artwork, sometimes even from the same artist! Once upon a time, I found the artist […]
Pre-order the Special Edition Soundtrack for ‘The Battle of the Five Armies’
Were any of you, like me, (im)patiently waiting to find out what the color of The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies special edition soundtrack would be? Well, now that we know what the cover looks […]
Billy Boyd on “The Last Goodbye”
It’s been about a week since we reported that Billy Boyd would co-write and perform the end-credits song, “The Last Goodbye”, for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies and it still seems too good to […]
This Week in Middle-earth
Year 2941 – The Hobbit October 22 Bilbo and the Dwarves still wait at the Hidden Door Next day the dwarves all went wandering off in various directions; some were exercising the ponies down below, […]
Weta Workshop at New York Comic Con
One of the highlights for me at New York Comic Con was definitely the Weta Workshop booth. The first day, I didn’t even buy anything because the choices were so overwhelming! I wanted everything. They […]
