Later adaptations would expand the narrative considerably, adding new characters and connecting the story more directly to the larger mythology of Middle-earth. Those changes emphasize the epic scale ...

Hobbit Day 2021 looks back at various ‘Lord of the Rings’ related media, such as the Gandalf actor Ian McKellen and the 1964 ‘The Hobbit’ comics. However, JRR Tolkien did not like how Gandalf was ...

It’s hard to imagine a world without Harry Potter or Game of Thrones, but we might be living in it if it weren’t for J.R.R. Tolkien. The author is widely credited with giving birth to the modern ...

A ‘Lord of the Rings’ comic series sounds like a no-brainer; however, while ‘The Hobbit’ comics received multiple re-releases to promote the ‘Hobbit’ movies, ‘The Lord of the Rings’ has never been ...

Cate Blanchett returned to play Galadriel in The Hobbit movies, but she also came close to playing another character until ...

In addition to being a talented wordsmith, Tolkien also created many incredible works of art for his writings. Over the years, we’ve seen more of these pieces released in many ways. And that includes ...

This new edition of The Hobbit follows similar editions of Tolkien’s other books featuring the author’s hand-drawn maps and artwork. There’s The Lord of the Rings Illustrated, which came out in 2021 ...

Peter Jackson’s “The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies” marks the end (or nearly the end) of a film journey that began more than a dozen years ago and now spans six films that, when all is said ...

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Editor’s Note: This article was original published Sep. 6, 2016 on forward.com. When I first read J.R.R. Tolkien’s “Lord of the Rings” at nine years old, I was positively desperate to move to Middle ...

The grim battles and fire-breathing beasts of J R R Tolkien’s The Hobbit drew inspiration from the author’s own real experiences fighting on the Somme in World War I. The author had two close friends ...

When The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies is released on Wednesday, it will likely mark the end of Peter Jackson’s stint bringing J.R.R. Tolkien’s classic fantasy novels to the big screen. Fans ...