One of the appeals of a sprawling prequel series like The Rings of Power is in seeing the world you love from the Lord of the Rings movies (and the Hobbit trilogy, we see and […]
In the world of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth, a reprieve is temporary. While the forces of good enjoy periods of peace, evil gathers in secret—unseen until it’s too late. Such is the landscape of Middle-earth’s Second […]
It almost never bodes well when a studio leads with its desire for a new project to become the Next Big Thing™ the way Amazon has with its ultra-expensive Lord of the Rings prequel series, […]
For a massive show rumored to have a production budget of more than $1 billion, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’s first moments are decidedly small. Evocative of the quote from Bilbo in […]
And so it came to pass, in the 21st year after the arrival of “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring” — and eight years after “The Hobbit: The Battle of the […]
Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power arrives on Prime Video this week burdened by outrageously high audience expectations. Not only does the streaming series have to live up to J.R.R. Tolkien’s […]
“All shall love me and despair.” The line from Peter Jackson’s The Fellowship of the Ring is the apex of Cate Blanchett’s striking turn as the elven sorceress Galadriel. In an instant, all hell seems […]
Sometimes, a personal experience or a famous person will inspire an actor to create and embody their character with charm and aplomb. Those are the normal, boring times, because ever so often we get to […]
The latest in the ‘Lord of the Rings’ series follows the adventures of the three kingdoms thousands of years before the original trilogy If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link […]
As the follow-up to his groundbreaking “Mad Max: Fury Road,” the high-energy desert chase action movie that won six Oscars, Australian filmmaker George Miller is set to surprise audiences again with “Three Thousand Years of […]
Amazon has dropped off a new trailer for The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. The upcoming series, which takes place thousands of years before what went down in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit and The […]
Amazon has dropped off a new trailer for The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. The upcoming series, which takes place thousands of years before what went down in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit and The […]
It is a lyrical, beautiful fantasy story about a mythical beast who sets out on a quest into a world that no longer believes in her to find out if she is truly the last […]
credit: Lord of the Rings Some folks might be in the mind to finally let the Lord of the Rings die down since the movies came out years ago. Despite the Rings of Power coming […]
Embracer Group, the ambitious, acquisition-hungry Swedish gaming conglomerate, has bought the rights to make films, games, merchandise, and theme parks based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. The deal comes […]
Embracer Group has embarked on an acquisition spree today that includes Limited Run Games, Tripwire Interactive, and the IP rights to Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. There are five acquisitions in total today, […]
The stars are stepping out for night two of the 2022 HCA TV Awards! Brett Goldstein joined Melanie Lynskey and Hannah Eindbinder at the 2022 HCA TV Awards: Streaming ceremony on Sunday evening (August 14) […]
Getty Image In 2004, The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King tied a record at the Academy Awards by racking up a total of eleven Oscars at a ceremony that was essentially devoted […]
Amazon’s new Lord of the Rings project needs to be a success. By some degree the most expensive television series ever made, it will arrive at an incredibly perilous time for the platform. People have […]
Big flashy CGI, huge explosions, powerful wind and lightning and hyper realistic stallions coming out of a river to douse what are clearly ghosts: Tolkien would have hated it. When master wordsmith and jolly British […]