Tolkien fans have been worried about the fate of the two The Hobbit films since director Guillermo Del Toro left the project. There is some good news, though.
Deadline.com is reporting that Peter Jackson, executive producer of The Hobbit and director of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, is stepping in to fill the role of [...]
Warner Brothers has acquired Turbine, the game studio behind the successful Lord of the Rings Online and Dungeons and Dragons Online MMORPGs.
BURBANK, Calif., April 20, 2010 – Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group announced today the acquisition of Turbine, Inc., the largest privately-held online gaming studio in North America, further strengthening Warner Bros.’ [...]
New Line Cinema (now a part of Warner Brothers) and the Tolkien Estate have reached a settlement in their legal battle over the Lord of the Rings films. This means the upcoming film adaptation of The Hobbit will not be axed on account of some monetary squabbling.
The Tolkien Trust’a British charitable trust representing the estate [...]
Hobbits are building their homes in New Zealand.
Well, no, but the Hobbiton set from the Lord of the Rings movies is being set back up for the upcoming prequel, The Hobbit. The set was stripped down after the completion of the trilogy, save for the frames of the 17 Hobbit holes.
But now fruit trees are [...]
It has been confirmed that the upcoming film adaptation of Tolkien’s The Hobbit will be split into two films, set to be released December 2011 and 2012.
There have long been rumors that there would be a second film bridging the sixty years between The Hobbit and The Fellowship of the Ring, but the filmmakers have [...]
The New Zealand Geographic Board is considering the renaming of a stretch of river to “Anduin Reach,” after the Great River of Wilderland in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Fellowship of the Ring.
I have put forward a Naming Proposal to the NZ Geographic Board to name a stretch of the Upper Waiau River between Lakes Manapouri and [...]
Fans of the Lord of the Rings films by New Line Cinema (which was recently acquired by Warner Brothers) were disappointed when they learned that Peter Jackson, the director of the prior three films, would not be directing The Hobbit.
You may already know that the movie’s director will be Guillermo del Toro, but according to [...]
