Peter Jackson adapted The Lord of the Rings in his famous movie trilogy, making it the best-known fantasy, but some ...

In J. R. R. Tolkien's masterpiece of a novel, The Lord of the Rings, time seemed to move differently for mortals in the Elven ...

The remarkable tale of a stolen first edition of The Hobbit, returned to its home at The University of North Texas after ...

But Gershwin, or perhaps the character in Porgy and Bess who sings it ... great fish and was in its belly for three days – ...

Polygon sat down with Boyens to discuss adapting the world of Middle-earth to another medium and what she learned about screenwriting, moviemaking, and J.R.R. Tolkien himself on The War of the ...

You'll be waiting the entire movie for it as it comes right at the end when Saruman, now the new master of Isengard, visits the newly-crowned King of Rohan, Fréaláf. Saruman says he'll be there if ...

You can check out our full interview with Philippa Boyens below. You got to name a Tolkien character in The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim; what was the process of settling on the name ...

A gentle man: JRR Tolkien in 1955 Credit ... being a wizard. Tolkien’s greatest character: Miranda Otto as Éowyn in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Credit: Moviestore Collection ...

As an example, “Rohirrim” emphasizes Tolkien’s insistence on hoping beyond hope. In the author’s world, true heroism was not so much about abounding in courage, strength, or wit, but rather the ...

It started, of course, with J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic fantasy book series. Adaptations followed over the years, first on radio, then in animation, before Jackson finally brought the realm of Middle ...