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J.R.R. Tolkien

Questions! Questions That Need Answering

Watch James Franco Get Utterly Schooled Trying to Out-Geek Stephen Colbert On Tolkien [VIDEO]

by Rebecca Pahle | 5:30 pm, March 6th, 2013

James Franco was on The Colbert Report last night to promote Oz the Great and Powerful. And the Oz portion of his interview is fine. But if you skip to 5:19 you can see the good stuff: Franco tried to tried to trip up Colbert—who is the biggest Tolkien geek Peter Jackson has ever met, if you’ll remember—with a question about The Silmarillion. It doesn’t end well for him.

(via: MTV Movies Blog)

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Not all that glitters is gold

You Might Be Able To Play A Hobbit Slot Machine At The Newly Trademarked Middle-Earth Theme Park

by Jill Pantozzi | 11:01 am, February 4th, 2013

Two Tolkien estate stories in one day? Are they trying to steal Beyonce’s thunder or something? 

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My Precious!

Rumored Tolkien Theme Park: The Hobbitest Place On Earth

by Jill Pantozzi | 11:45 am, January 4th, 2013

Look, New Zealand, you’re really far away from us and it’s really expensive to get to you. Odds are, most of us won’t ever be able to experience your beauty, never mind Hobbiton. So it’s with a great amount of glee we report a theme park may be in the works as a joint venture between Universal, Warner Bros., and the Tolkien estate. Get ready for Mr. Frodo’s Wild Ride! 

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Things We Saw Today

Things We Saw Today: A Medic Alert Bracelet for the Perfectly Healthy

by Susana Polo | 5:05 pm, January 3rd, 2013

As the daughter of an attorney, I feel compelled to say that this is something you can always work out with a loved one beforehand, in writing. (CubicleBot)

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Questions! Questions That Need Answering

Ian McKellen Says Which Female Tolkien Character Will Show Up In The Hobbit Extended Release

by Jill Pantozzi | 11:45 am, December 24th, 2012

The Hobbit, as well as The Lord of the Rings, are lacking in women in a big way. You can blame the guy who wrote the first book in 1937 if you feel the need, but when adapting those stories to film in 2013, the absence is noted. Peter Jackson went so far as to add a new elf, Tauriel, to his Hobbit trilogy but it turns out a few of the women who already existed in J.R.R. Tolkien’s world didn’t make the cut for theater viewings. Sir Ian McKellen explains who.

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May the Odds Be Ever in Your Favor

The Inhabitants of Middle-Earth Enter The Hunger Games Arena [VIDEO]

by Jill Pantozzi | 5:59 pm, December 22nd, 2012

I should probably stop being surprised when two fandoms I thought would never meet, collide in an epic parody mash-up. Today’s entry: J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit/The Lord of the Rings and Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games. And yet, not as strange as you might have thought.

(via io9)

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Questions! Questions That Need Answering

Cast of The Hobbit Tries To Name All The Dwarves [VIDEO]

by Jill Pantozzi | 1:15 pm, December 18th, 2012

We saw GIFs of this on tumblr recently, and while the entirety of it eludes me (seriously, the internet failed me just now), I’m glad this video crossed my path because it’s so much better with sound. Now I’ll admit, it would probably take me a while to recite all the dwarves names from The Hobbit but it’s really fun seeing the actors try it. Maybe time yourself first?

(via Empire Online)

Previously in The Hobbit

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Things We Saw Today

Things We Saw Today: These Hobbit Cupcakes Would Make for a Great Second Breakfast

by Rebecca Pahle | 5:30 pm, December 16th, 2012

Cupcakes are appropriate for every meal, OK? Pics of the individual cupcakes, by Wellington, New Zealand’s Imaginarium Cakes, can be found at Between the Pages.

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My Precious!

When Can I Move into This Awesome Hobbit House?

by Rebecca Pahle | 12:55 pm, December 15th, 2012

What do you do if you’re a lifelong J.R.R. Tolkien fan who has a ton of memorabilia and is—this part is essential—rich? You have a custom-designed Hobbit house built for you collection, of course!

Stephen Colbert, this isn’t you, is it?

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Oh Hollywood

LOTR Ripoff Age of the Hobbits Is Changing Its Name, Warner Bros. Is Still Suing Just to Be Sure

by Rebecca Pahle | 2:00 pm, December 13th, 2012

Looks like that’s game, set, and match to Warner Bros. A few months back we got word that A) a company called The Asylum was producing a Lord of the Rings ripoff called Age of the Hobbits and B) Warner Bros. subsidiary New Line Cinema, which is producing The Hobbit trilogy, was planning to sue the pants off them. Now it appears that Warner Bros. has secured their victory, as Asylum has changed the name of of the film (which co-stars Christopher Judge, aka Teal’c from Stargate, interestingly enough) to the non-copyright-infringing Clash of the Empires.

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