The poster above is the latest teaser for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. It features the White Council at Rivendell. That’s Gandalf, Elrond, Galadriel and Saruman. Saruman seems like a grim chap; glad he’s on our side. Cryptozoic have announced a license dealwith Warner Bros Consumer Products that allows them to produce a new board […]
Tales from Development Hell: The Greatest Movies Never Made? review
“When Gandalf is vanquished, the text is ‘He fell beyond time and memory’. We puzzled about how you put that on film.” – director John Boorman on his proposed adaptation The Beatles wanted to do a Lord of the Rings movie and John Boorman was the director who was going to wrestle with it. In […]
Bombur steals the limelight in latest Hobbit poster
New Line have released the latest teaser for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. It features just the dwarves. The poster Thorin Oakenshield looking typically grim and broody in the middle of the group – but, really, it’s poor Bombur who seems to hog all the attention with a mouthful of food. We need to get […]
Happy Hobbit Day
Today is Hobbit Day. Bilbo and Frodo share a birthday – but different years. Both Hobbits were born on September 22, with Bilbo born in 2890 and Frodo in 2968 in the Third Age. Hobbit Day parties are the appropriate way to celebrate. This means food, fun and friends. A worthy celebration.
Games Worshop deny leaked miniature production list
Games Workshop have contacted The One Ring to refute the accuracy of a leaked list of planned miniatures. The One Ring was interested in the list because it included a significant number of models based on The Hobbit – and warned their readers about spoilers. The research was based on a Pastebin document that looks […]
New Guardians of Middle-earth trailer pitches Sauron against a hobbit
Guardians of Middle-earth from Warner Bros is a multiplayer RTS or online battle. The Lord of the Rings / The Hobbit game lets players pick from about 20 iconic characters – like Gollum, Galadriel, Legolas (these elves do live a while) in a PVP arena. You can also play a hobbit (called Hildifons) or Sauron. […]
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LOTR’s Rivendell rendered in LEGO
The LEGO wizards Blake Bear and Jack Bittner have crafted an impressive hamlet out of LEGO. This is no ordinary and wonderous hamlet, though, this is Rivendell – the beauty from Lord of the Rings.
Morgoth’s amazing elven warrior
This is impressive cosplay. The leatherwork alone must have taken days of painstaking work. The character is an Elven Warrior from Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle Earth. The artist is a deviant Artist from Slovakia who users the name Morgoth87.
Goblin riders for your dog’s costume
I’ve mixed feelings about dressing up for dogs for any occassion. However, if the dog likes the attention (and some seem to) and is nicely rewarded then I guess it’s okay. It also helps if the costume is cool. If you’re a Lord of the Rings fan and know all about those dangerous goblins riding […]
