J.R.R. Tolkien didn’t just love maps — he ascribed the entire world-building success of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings to his cartographical exercises. And it’s no surprise that the new Amazon series […]
The first two episodes of “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power,” which were released by Amazon Prime Video on Sept. 1, have one pretty huge mystery that could have major repercussions for […]
The climax of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’s first episode is a doozy. Weary warrior Galadriel spends the whole episode wrestling with a weighty decision, and in the final scene she […]
The first two episodes of “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” set up some pretty big mysteries for the series, like the identity of the Stranger who fell out of a meteor. […]
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 […]
TEEN Mom fans are concerned for Jenelle Evans’ daughter Ensley after spotting an “odd” detail in her latest TikTok. Jenelle shared a video of herself showering the five-year-old in the morning and sending her off […]
“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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]