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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 [...]

Most Expensive Tolkien Book Of All Time

Published on: 17th December, 2008

GTC Roadshow AG announces the acquisition of the most expensive Tolkien book ever sold; a signed first edition of “The Lord of the Rings” dedicated to the “Queen of the Hobbits”, for 104.000 USD.
A further 5 lots were acquired in the same auction: the first translation of The Hobbit dedicated to E. Griffiths, a signed [...]

The Hobbit Movies Raise Tolkienalia

Published on: 27th October, 2008

In March of this year a first edition copy of The Hobbit sold for $40 000 at Bonham’s in London. Would it have raised such a figure at auction if it weren’t for The Hobbit movie due for release in 2010?
The making of the Lord of the Rings movies certainly raised the profile of Tolkien [...]

John Noble Says No To The Hobbit Movies

Published on: 27th August, 2008

John Noble is the second actor who had a major role in The Lord Of The Rings trilogy to publicly state that he wouldn’t return to Middle Earth should Del Toro make the call.
His character Denethor doesn’t make an appearance in The Hobbit but Del Toro has hinted the second movie could feature the story [...]

Christopher Lee Ready To Return As Saruman

Published on: 4th June, 2008

Christopher Lee says he will return to his role as Saruman IF he gets the phone call. He was speaking to Empire magazine about Saruman, Wizards and Middle Earth happenings in general.
Although Saruman doesn’t feature in The Hobbit he could well play a major part in Film 2 as he explains:
“Somewhere, somehow, and it was [...]

One Last Crusade In The Battle For The Silmarillion

Published on: 24th May, 2008

Christopher Tolkien who is the son of J.R.R. Tolkien and who in 1977 published The Silmarillion from his fathers notes following his death has called for “One Last Crusade” as he sets off from his home in England for a date in the courts of California on June 6th in an attempt to stop work going ahead on The Hobbit movies.
Tolkien [...]

The Return Of The King, Again

Published on: 21st May, 2008

Viggo Mortensen looks set for a return to his role as Aragorn son of Arathorn. Once confirmed, he joins Sir Ian McKellen and Andy Serkis who have already agreed to reprise their roles from The Lord Of The Rings movies.
We can only assume (or hope) that Del Toro wants Viggo on board for the second [...]

An Unexpected Party

Published on: 16th May, 2008

You are  invited to an unexpected party next Saturday hosted by Peter Jackson and Guillermo Del Toro who will be your hosts for the evening. Well I suppose that depends on where you live and its for an hour rather than a full evening but you get the picture.
They will be answering 20 of the [...]

Can Guillermo Del Toro Conquer Middle Earth

Published on: 25th April, 2008

So now its official I can stop wondering who will be directing and start worrying if Del Toro will be able to do The Hobbit movies justice?
Lets remember that by the time the first Hobbit movie is released it could well be the most eagerly awaited movie ever made.
At first look he seems the perfect choice to replace Peter [...]

Del Toro To Direct The Hobbit Movies

Published on: 24th April, 2008

Its a done deal and as Guillermo promised last week, the announcement has just been made via Variety.com
As expected filming will once again be in New Zealand and Del Toro said he would be moving to New Zealand for 4 years while filming the 2 movies so we can expect the first Hobbit movie around [...]

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