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By Elisabeth Rappe The journey back to Middle Earth is taking longer than anyone anticipated, even its filmmakers. Peter Jackson revealed in an interview with Movie Reporter * that they're hoping to complete the second draft of The Hobbit script by the beginning of next year. Once that's done, they can calcu...

Come dressed as your favorite Tolkien character!!! “The Silmarillion” describes the creation of Middle-earth, where “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings” ...

The filmic Middle Earth will get a few more months to shake off the proverbial rust before The Hobbit begins ... Filming on The Hobbit to Start Summer 2010News in Film (blog) The Hobbit' Shooting Delayed, According To Producer Peter JacksonMTV.com

say, Sauron laying his grubby paws on the One Ring, this is nonetheless disappointing for fans hungry for more cinematic adventures in Middle-earth. ... and more »

Washington Post CH: Would doing The Hobbit, would returning to Middle Earth, be of interest to you? VM: Well, I mean, I would rather finish playing the part if he's going ... Apocalypse, and How: Viggo Mortensen's Road Winds OnWired News

New Zealand Herald envisioning Middle Earth to another director. But the 48-year-old stressed he is "happy" Del Toro is making the two films based on Tolkien's 1937 novel. ... First Script For The Hobbit Completed!Screen Rant all 72 news articles »

Tourists at Matamata's Hobbiton will soon see Middle Earth come to life before their eyes as the movie set is restored for the filming of The Hobbit. ... and more »

By xoanon Mason Brown from Mania.com writes: The Lord of the Rings movies grossed almost $3 billion, so it’s no surprise New Line wants to head to Middle Earth in quest for box office gold. Luckily for them, the LOTR prequel’s already been written, and it’s a beloved classic. In December 2011, The Hobbi...

Brian Cox Considering a Trek to The Lonely Mountain? Film School Rejects (blog) It's no secret around my neck of the woods that I'ma rabidly-obsessive Middle Earth fanatic. I re-read The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings every year (with ... The Hobbit Casting RumorsScreen Rant

of new for The Hobbit adaptation. Comingsoon talked to Viggo Mortensen (who was promoting The Road) about his possible return Middle-Earth as Aragorn, ... Peter Jackson and the two 'Hobbit" filmsExaminer.com We May See Aragorn In The Hobbit After All!Comic Book Movie

By DiveTwin From Total Film: Eighteen months ago, Guillermo del Toro had a 10-year-plan. His life was mapped out, and it had nothing to do with JRR Tolkien’s lovingly rendered cartography of Middle-earth.  “I was calmly laying out the next decade of my life when The Hobbit appeared,” he laughs. “I was p...

By xoanon WIRED.com: J.R.R. Tolkien 1916J.R.R. Tolkien was a leading scholar of the English language’s Anglo-Saxon roots, and he invented entire languages for his legendary Middle Earth narratives. According to a new restricted exhibit at Britain’s intelligence-agency Government Communications...

 United States Because del Toro will be spending much of next year in New Zealand making “The Hobbit,” Hogan said the pair will have to in Middle Earth. Hogan reads from “The Strain” at the Brookline Booksmith tonight at 7 pm You must be logged in to submit a comment ...

“The Hobbit,” based on the book by JRR Tolkien, is set before the events of the author's “LOTR” series, and follows Frodo Baggins' uncle, Bilbo, and his adventures in acquiring the one Ring. Del Toro intends on splitting the book into two films, ... Well Duh on THE HOBBIT Casting IESB.NET

Actors that do not appear on screen rarely get their due credit for their performances (although Smeagol did appear as a live action character briefly). Serkis' work as Gollum is simply inimitable. Although The Hobbit is still far from release, ...

Although "The Hobbit's" time is separated from the "Rings" trilogy by about 60 years (which is what the "Hobbit" sequel will cover), many of these Middle-earth denizens are rather long-lived or even immortal.

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The Hobbit' Casting News: Attention Middle Earth nerds, Guillermo del Toro confirmed that some of the original “Lord of The Rings” cast members are returning for the prequel. Andy Serkis will return as Gollum, Ian McKellen as Gandalf and Hugo Weaving ...

As anybody that's been around our site long enough knows I'ma huge Tolkien fan, and a History of Middle Earth nut, but I'm also a fan of the movies, and when I say I “like the movies from what they are” it's not at all intended to be pandering. ... HOBBIT Stars Confirmed Returning Mania

A trio of actors are about to venture back to Middle Earth for a new pair of films. theonering.net got a hold of a BBC radio interview with director Guillermo del Toro who confirmed that Ian mckellen, Andy Serkis and Hugo Weaving will appear in The ...

 WV Posted By: Gandalf: Greetings from Middle Earth; I thought that Hobbit had a picture taker. Good photo Bilbo! Posted By: The Seeker: Flawless logic there, Bilbo... This man obviously thinks he's really Gandalf. Does that mean you think you're really a ...

MTV.com So how much of that will spill over into his big-screen adaptation of Middle Earth fantasy classic The Hobbit? He said: "The intensity of the scenes of the ... The Hobbit Updates: Bridge Film & Bilbo BagginsScreen Rant Del Toro Rules Out HOBBIT BridgeMania all 56 news articles »

Since last fall, the filmmaker has been living in New Zealand, working with "Lord of the Rings" director Peter Jackson on "The Hobbit" - JRR Tolkien's prequel to the revered Middle Earth trilogy. Del Toro has been writing the screenplay with Jackson. ...

 France 2008) The History of the Hobbit, Part One: Mr. Baggins; Part Two: Return to Bag-end, John Rateliff (Houghton Mifflin, 2007) The Evolution of Tolkien's Mythology: A Study of the History of Middle-earth, Elizabeth A. Whittingham (McFarland, 2008)

 France HarperCollins, 2008) The History of the Hobbit, Part One: Mr. Baggins; Part Two: Return to Bag-end , John Rateliff (Houghton Mifflin, 2007) The Evolution of Tolkien's Mythology: A Study of the History of Middle-earth , Elizabeth A. Whittingham ...

 PA Since last fall, the filmmaker has been living in New Zealand, working with Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson on The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien's prequel to the revered Middle Earth trilogy. Del Toro has been writing the screenplay with Jackson. ...

Today we have a pair of updates for the eagerly anticipated additions to the Middle Earth film franchise: The Hobbit (parts 1 and 2). Guillermo del Toro spoke this week about casting the lead character, Bilbo Baggins and about the hot topic of the ...

Bilbo Baggins is the title character of 1937's The Hobbit, Tolkien's first published novel that takes place in Middle Earth. The story is told from Bilbo's perspective; in fact, although this is not indicated in the novel itself, it was Tolkien's ...

 UK JAMES MCQUILLAN: He may be a nice chap but comes across like a baboon's bottom in the boardroom. BEN CLARKE: Finally the hobbit is on his way back to Middle Earth! He did well for a young gun but just didn't have the drive for the latter stages.

Our hope is to build out all of Middle Earth. Given that The Hobbit is going to come to film soon, I think there will be a lot of interest in that. So one of the directions we'd like to head is to explore some of these familiar and iconic locations, ...

 WI choreographed by Cari Jaeger of Manitowoc; and a setting of Middle Earth designed by Tony Olson of Sheboygan. Bilbo the Hobbit (Alan Kiley, Manitowoc), Gandalf the Wizard (Evan Thornton, Sheboygan) and a group of 13 dwarves encounter goblins, ...

WA today  Australia THE next Middle Earth saga, The Hobbit, will be one continuous movie split into two parts, its Oscar-winning writer Peter Jackson has confirmed. The highly-anticipated Lord of the Rings double-movie prequel originally had The Hobbit story in just the ...

 Australia THE next Middle Earth saga, The Hobbit, will be one continuous movie split into two parts, its Oscar-winning writer Peter Jackson has confirmed. The highly-anticipated Lord of the Rings double-movie prequel originally had The Hobbit story in just the ...

 India It's been six long years since the last Lord of the Rings (LOTR) film drew us to Middle Earth. And we've got another three years to wait for The Hobbit to take us back. What are rabid LOTR fans to do? If you're Chris Bouchard, you simply fill the gap ...

 United States - Dave Itzkoff Among the other JRR Tolkien works that The Guardian (cheekily) says might also see the light of day are “The Middle-Earth Children's Songbook” (“A charming collection of Olde Englande folk songs, including “How Much is That Hobbit in the Window” and ...

By Jeff Diehl Hardcore Lord of the Rings nerds will get a little somethin'-somethin' on Sunday to help them through the Middle Earth drought until Jackson's production of The Hobbit is released. But let's be real. This internet-only production isn't a ...

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 CA - Joseph Baxter Gandalf had become suspicious of the "magic ring" which Bilbo acquired from Gollum in the events of The Hobbit. He decided to investigate the issue further by having Aragorn begin a long search through the heart fo Middle Earth to find Gollum and bring ...

Elijah Wood stars as Frodo Baggins, a Hobbit resident of the medieval "Middle-earth" who discovers that a ring bequeathed to him by beloved relative and benefactor Bilbo (Ian Holm) is in fact the "One Ring," a device that will allow its master to ...

 New Zealand The Lord of the Rings is, of course, an outstanding example. There’s an epic feel to JRR Tolkien’s Middle-earth that is amplified by his suggestion that the events related in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings have a historical basis in an era lost ...

 New Zealand This new analysis by Jeremy Mark Robinson explores Tolkien’s major writings (The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, Beowulf: The Monster and the Critics, The Letters of JRR Tolkien. The Silmarillion and The History of Middle-earth volumes), Tolkien and ...

 CO by Alex Billington Okay, okay, I know this is just Smeagol from Lord of the Rings, but I get a chill realizing that we'll see be seeing Middle Earth again on the big screen in two years time. Empire has debuted their latest cover, which features ...

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The next day was a Day at Sea, so we had a party, like any good Hobbit would, and much merriment was had. We had Ents and Elves, Hobbits and a Shieldmaiden and even a Gondorian Guard of the Citadel in our young Pippin. And what is amazing is that the Hobbits were very much hobbit sized and our Elves w...

By Altaira The Children of Húrin from Amazon: The first complete book by J.R.R. Tolkien in three decades–since the publication of The Silmarillion in 1977–The Children of Húrin reunites fans of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings with Elves and Men, dragons and Dwarves, Eagles and Orcs. Presented for t...

By shandroblog5091 Secrets of Middle-Earth - Inside Tolkien’s “The Hobbit” A unique, one-of-a-kind movie! Both Tim Hildebrandt and Greg Hildebrandt (II) has earned overwhelmingly positive reviews and is considered by many to be one of the best films of ...

By Asgard Darker than Lord of the Rings and more mature than The Hobbit, The Children of Hurin takes place several thousand years before the events of The Hobbit, at a time that the Elves were greater and were strongly allied with the nations of Men. Elves and Men have suffered a disastrous defeat in wa...

By Mike Fahey 10th May, 2007 - Today, Turbine, Inc., Midway Games Inc. and Codemasters Online Gaming announced that The Lord of the Rings Online : Shadows of Angmar is the #1 selling PC title across North America and Europe based on the most recent industry reports. The Lord of the Rings Online has outsold a...

By Kaonashi I'm disappointed in Raimi. Rumors have cropped up that he was interested in directing The Hobbit. Being a fan of the Lord of the Rings films, I naturally have my misgivings that anyone other than Peter Jackson can do a good job, but I figured that Raimi might do a relatively okay job. But after se...