An Eagle’s View of Middle-earth
This awesome Beorn costume isn’t the only thing cosplayer Hizsi has done. Check out her Tumblr page for pics of her Thorin cosplay and characters from other fandoms! (Myla Malinalda) Blanco, the horse who played […]
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David Wenzel, Illustrator of ‘The Hobbit’ Graphic Novel
Last year at New York Comic Con, I combed my way through all the aisles looking for anything Tolkien related. Sadly, there wasn’t much, and when I went into Artist Alley, I made sure to […]
The Tolkien Inspired Music of Rich Tuttle
A few weeks ago, musician Rich Tuttle approached us about his music inspired by The Hobbit. I made my way over to his Soundcloud straight away and saw some familiar looking song titles. In this interview, you’ll […]
Happy Birthday, Lawrence Makoare!
Today, Lawrence Makoare celebrates his birthday and Middle-earth News celebrates with him! After portraying Lurtz, the Uruk-hai killing Boromir, the Witchking, and another Orc in The Lord of the Rings, he returned to Middle-earth for […]
Three Bags For Three Dwarves
It’s Throwback Thursday, so here’s a story from Wellington in November 2012, just before The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey premiere. When Garrett Robinson was asked to deliver three Severn Lang bags to Adam Brown in […]
Tolkien-themed Cruise Answers the Question, “What’s Next For Hobbit And Lord Of The Rings Fans?”
Official Press Release: Wildly impatient for the release of Peter Jackson’s third installment of The Hobbit trilogy, There and Back Again, the global community of Tolkienites and Ringers are also getting ready to mourn the loss of […]
What Is It to Hear the Author Speak?
In a recent article from The Artifice, H.M. Bradford addresses the questions of artistic responsibility and authorial identity–two concepts that are surprisingly recent–which have developed mostly in the past few hundred years. For millennia, when […]
‘The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug’ Box Office is $944m Plus
The worldwide box office for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug has reached over $944 million. This represents a 27%/ 73% split between the US and the rest of the world, the US taking $257,806 m and […]
An Eagle’s View of Middle-earth
This awesome triptych featuring Kili, Thorin, and Fili is titled “The Line of Durin” by Adriana Melo. If you are interested in a print, you can contact her through her Tumblr. (Myla Malinalda) The Zaraysky […]
Middle-earth and Strong Female Characters
With the creation of Tauriel in The Hobbit trilogy, the discussion of female characters within Middle-earth arose once again. In the last decades, various discussions, essays, and even entire books examined Tolkien’s creation and representation […]
