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Why J R R Tolkien would like Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings films

The Lord of the Rings fans are wrong about how J. R. R. Tolkien would have reacted to Peter Jackson's trilogy of film ...

24 Years Before Peter Jackson, This Was the Best Middle-earth Adaptation

Before Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy, the 1977 animated Hobbit captured Tolkien’s tone and storytelling better than most adaptations.
Artnet

‘Hobbit’ Author J.R.R. Tolkien Didn’t Just Write About a Magical World—He Painted It, Too. See His Fantastical Artworks Here

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 ...
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Fans of JRR Tolkien will love this hidden gem in Arizona

If you’re a fan of “The Lord of the Rings” and want to take your Tolkien obsession to the next level, there’s a literary destination in Prescott, Arizona, with your name on it. This Hobbit House ...
People

J.R.R. Tolkien's Estate Slams New Biopic Starring Nicholas Hoult as' Lord of the Rings' Author

Tolkien stars Hoult as the British author and Lily Collins as his wife Edith J.R.R. Tolkien’s family is making it clear that they do not support an upcoming biopic starring Nicholas Hoult as the ...
National Catholic Reporter

Tolkien fans hope to turn his house into a 'Rivendell' for writers and filmmakers

Fantasy novel enthusiasts wish to turn the house of famed Catholic author J.R.R. Tolkien in Oxford, where he wrote "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit," into a meeting place for writers, ...
Smithsonian Magazine

The Tolkien Nerd’s Guide to The Hobbit

Editor's Note, December 10, 2013: With the second chapter of The Hobbit trilogy opening in theaters soon, and the third and final film to be released next winter, refresh your memory about what ...
Los Angeles Times

‘Tolkien’ fails to open a window into the mind behind ‘The Lord of the Rings’

What would J.R.R. Tolkien have made of “Tolkien,” the touching, polished, impeccably well-behaved new movie about his early life? The author’s estate has already weighed in, distancing itself from a ...
CNET

Tolkien movie taught me I've been saying Tolkien wrong all this time

CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The ...
NPR

Tolkien's Plant Passion Moves Botanist To Create Guide To Middle Earth

When most people read J.R.R. Tolkien, they get swept up in mythical worlds of hobbits and elves, harrowing journeys in fantastical lands and epic battles of good and evil. But Walter Judd says he got ...
CNN

Christopher Tolkien, the son of ‘Lord of the Rings’ author, has died at 95

Christopher Tolkien, the son of “The Lord of the Rings” author J.R.R. Tolkien, has died, the Tolkien Society announced Thursday. He was 95 years old. Tolkien was his father’s literary executor, ...