J.R.R. Tolkien News

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London, Gandalf's got a bad hobbit...watching the X Factor, says McKellen By Louise Jury and Alistair Foster, Evening Standard Last updated at 10:59am on 24.11.09 Sir Ian McKellen 's reprise of his most famous role as the wizard Gandalf in the forthcoming film version of The Hobbit has been eagerly awaited by millions.

Stephen Spielberg's Tintin film is in the can, but it will take two years for the computer animation to be completed, producer Peter Jackson has said.

Would you like to explore J.R.R. Tolkien's classic stories in greater depth, under the guidance of a dedicated college professor who loves Tolkien as much as you do? So begins Corey Olsen's introduction to his website TolkienProfessor.com. Professor Olsen teaches English at Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland.

So, tell us something we don't know. In other words, what media company wouldn't be interested in buying MGM -- whose 4,000-title movie library includes valuable rights to the James Bond franchise and J.R.R. Tolkien's classic "The Hobbit" -- at a bargain-basement discount? When asked at an investment conference today in New York whether Lions Gate ...

Photo via wikimedia . Much of the editorial focus of JRR Tolkien Examiner will be on the upcoming, two-part film version of The Hobbit , to be released at Christmas 2011 and 2012.

As adventures go, the "Ratchet & Clank" series reminds me of the work of both J.R.R. Tolkien and George Lucas.

J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings , Part II , Book III, Chapter IV : 'There were rowan-trees in my home,' said Bregalad, softly and sadly, 'rowan-trees that took root when I was an Enting, many many years ago in the quiet of the world.

Before J. R. R. Tolkien wrote "The Lord of the Rings," he penned "The Hobbit," an engrossing children's fantasy that follows the adventures of Bilbo Baggins.

It's no real surprise that Wikipedia has a thorough list of these , but it's interesting to parse through the many, and find a neat collection of songs and albums that were based on, or influenced by books.

Photo via wikimedia . Much of the editorial focus of JRR Tolkien Examiner will be on the upcoming, two-part film version of The Hobbit , to be released at Christmas 2011 and 2012.

New Zealand director, perhaps best known for his film adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien 's The Lord of the Rings trilogy.

Michael Jackson's untimely death has put him straight in at number three in Forbes Magazine's latest list of celebrities chalking up a fortune from beyond the grave.

John Rhys-Davies has ruled out appearing in The Hobbit films. Rhys-Davies, who portrayed dwarf Gimli in the Lord Of The Rings trilogy, told Empire , that he has no desire to come back and play Gimli's father Gloin, who appears in author JRR Tolkien's novel on which the new films are based.

J.R.R. Tolkien and Agatha Christie were authors who kept to very different parts of England geographically, occupationally, and socially.

If the actor dies, the singer quits or the writer can't work fast enough, that's no reason to stop churning out culture.

WALES will become a world centre for Tolkien fans next year when a landmark gathering of scholars and devotees takes place.

The tale of a hobbit-turned-hero will take on bigger proportions with the aid of giant puppets next week.

Whoever said you can't take it with you forgot to say how much you can leave behind.

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