The Third Hobbit Movie

Published on: 6th June, 2009

While New Line Cinema are not saying much about a possible third Hobbit movie they aren’t ruling it out either although Guillermo Del Toro says it will not be him directing the film as he is only committed to his 2 Hobbit movies.
A third Hobbit movie would be the so called ‘bridging movie’ which would [...]

Bilbo Baggins Actor Close To Being Named

Published on: 5th June, 2009

Guillermo Del Toro told MTV movies today that they would soon be announcing which actor would be replacing Ian Holm for The Hobbit movies.  “I believe we’re very close now to saying one name” and he also added that an announcement was no more than a couple of weeks away.
In January Del Toro had said [...]

Tolkien Battle Goes To Court

Published on: 2nd June, 2009

Round 1 went to the Tolkien trust today in its battle with New Line Cinema over an alleged $220 million it claims is owed from the profits made from The Lord of the Rings trilogy.
Judge Ann Jones turned away arguments from the defense that the nature of all the lawsuits claims were such that a [...]

Lord of the Rings: Aragorn’s Quest

Published on: 29th May, 2009

It has just been announced that the gaming arm of Warner Bros. known as WB Interactive Entertainment has signed up to a long term partnership with The Saul Zaentz company allowing them to develop and publish future games based on The Lord of the Rings trilogy and The Hobbit.
The first game is already in development [...]

Del Toro And Jackson Talk Hobbit Movies

Published on: 26th April, 2009

This months special edition 20th anniversary copy of Empire magazine is on the stands today and features an interview with both Peter Jackson and Guillermo Del Toro about plans, hopes and progress of The Hobbit movies.
The two reveal more about dropping the idea of the ‘bridging’ movie and their new idea of filming The Hobbit [...]

The Hunt For Gollum

Published on: 24th April, 2009

The Hunt For Gollum gets its world premiere at the London Sci-Fi Festival on May 3rd.
The Hunt for Gollum is another fan made unofficial Middle Earth movie that has received acclaim based on the 2 teaser trailers released so far.
The 45 minute movie follows the Heir of Isildur; the “greatest huntsman and traveler in Middle [...]

The Hobbit Goes Digital

Published on: 20th April, 2009

The Hobbit was today (20th April) released by publishers HarperCollins as an ebook and is now available for the Amazon Kindle.
As well as The Hobbit  joining the digital world, HarperCollins have also released The Lord of the Rings trilogy and The Children of Hurin in the same format and plan to release all of Tolkien’s [...]

The Hobbit Movie In Two Parts

Published on: 17th April, 2009

According to Empire magazine The Hobbit is now to be filmed over 2 movies rather than one and a so called ‘bridging’ movie that would fill in the gaps between the end of The Hobbit and the start of The Fellowship.
“We’ve decided to have The Hobbit span the two movies, including the White Council and [...]

Lord of the Rings on Blu-Ray

Published on: 16th April, 2009

Its just been announced that the 3 Lord of the Rings movies will be released in high definition Blu-Ray some time this Summer and Amazon are already taking pre-orders for the entire trilogy and guaranteeing the low price of $69.99 for anyone ordering before the official release dae is announced.
Pre-order your copy here.
Middle Earth fans [...]

The Hobbit Musical?

Published on: 15th April, 2009

Kevin Wallace, the Director of the much troubled Lord of the Rings stage show hopes to follow up by bringing The Hobbit to the stage.  “The stage rights to The Hobbit are controlled by the [Saul] Zaentz company, my co-producers. I’d certainly like to raise the question. A first-class production of The Hobbit would be [...]

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