Collecting The Precious – Weta Workshop’s Balrog Mini Epic Review
August 5, 2018 at 6:09 am -One of the new Mini Epics revealed at Comic-Con 2018 last month was my favorite creature within Middle-earth The Balrog. This guy has had me mesmerized ever since I saw it on the big screen, when I first saw The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. I’ve got several collectibles of him…
The Great Hall of Poets
August 1, 2018 at 5:27 am -Welcome to The Great Hall of Poets, our regular monthly feature showcasing the talent of Middle-earth fans. Each month we will feature a small selection of the poems submitted, but we hope you will read all of the poems that we have received here in our Great Hall of Poets. So come and join us by…
Breaking news from Amazon – Lord of the Rings Original Series
July 28, 2018 at 3:36 pm -News just in from our friends at Amazon Studios – team JD Payne and Patrick McKay are on board to develop The Lord of the Rings Original Series. Here’s what the press release tells us: After a long process and extensive search, which involved going to Middle Earth and back, Amazon Studios is thrilled to…
“Gollum” on the brink of extinction
July 27, 2018 at 10:05 pm -No, it doesn’t reside in the depths of the Misty Mountains, or mutter “My precious, my precious…” in the dark. However, the possible fate of a particular toad from Malaysia, that gets its name from everyone’s favorite duplicitous, conniving, yet lovable, precious-coveting character from The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, is concerning scientists…
TOR.n Exclusive! Empire Classics: Return to Middle-earth Magazine Special
July 27, 2018 at 4:21 pm -TOR.n received an exclusive announcement today from Empire -the worlds biggest movie magazine- that they will be publishing a special edition on The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies, due out next week! Per Empire: “It’s a comprehensive look at all six films using both our archive on-set material and new features….
Oscha Slings – fabrics of special magnificence!
July 27, 2018 at 10:22 am -Earlier this summer, TORn staffer greendragon had the great pleasure of going across to Edinburgh to meet with the good folks at Oscha Slings, a Scottish company who are our fellow licensees with Middle-earth Enterprises. This company, created by a father and daughter who are both big fans of Tolkien, makes beautiful fabrics, primarily for…
Graham McTavish’s directorial debut – an update!
July 26, 2018 at 5:04 am -A week or so ago, we reported that Graham McTavish (aka Dwalin) is going to be directing his first movie, a horror comedy called This Guest of Summer. He’ll be joined in it by fellow dwarf actors Adam Brown (Ori) and Dean O’Gorman (Fili), along with Graham’s Outlander chums Stephen Walters (Angus) and Duncan Lacroix (Murtagh). Having…
Collecting The Precious – Weta Workshop’s Comic-Con 2018 Recap
July 25, 2018 at 6:47 am -Comic-Con 2018 is in the books, and if you followed us on Social Media you had a chance to see us share what was going on at our friends at Weta Workshop’s booth. Now that I’m back, I wanted to share all the pics I took of the wonderful things I saw at their booth….
Today in Middle-earth, July 19
July 19, 2018 at 1:00 am -The following event(s) took place in Middle-earth on July 19th: Bilbo’s lost in the caves (1341) Riddles in the dark (1341) Bilbo finds the dwarves and the wizard (1341) The Company is trapped in the trees (1341) The funeral escort of King Théoden sets out (1419)
Collecting The Precious – Weta Workshop’s Thranduil on Elk Review
July 17, 2018 at 6:43 am -Easily one of the show stealing pieces last year at SDCC, Thranduil on Elk just drew you in when you visited the Weta Workshop booth. This had fans online chattering at just how amazing it looked through the pictures posted by TORn and other collectors at SDCC. Needless to say, all of us were looking forward…
Graham McTavish’s directorial debut to co-star Adam Brown and Dean O’Gorman
July 16, 2018 at 4:56 pm -Exciting news for dwarf lovers! Graham McTavish, better known to Hobbit fans as Dwalin, is directing his first movie. McTavish will also appear in the film, and is joined by fellow dwarf actors Adam Brown (Ori) and Dean O’Gorman (Fili). Their director is roping in a few of his Outlander co-stars too, for good measure…
Collecting The Precious – Collectors Club Winners Announced
July 16, 2018 at 8:31 am -First, we want to thank all of you who have joined TheOneRing.net Collectors Club and shared some of your very cool Middle-earth related collectibles. This has been so much fun having you all involved with Collecting The Precious. As you all are aware we ran a contest with our friends at Gemr until the end…
Hall of Fire chat tomorrow: Lothlórien
July 13, 2018 at 9:26 pm -This Saturday, Hall of Fire resumes reading through Fellowship of the Ring as Aragorn assumes command of the Company. The Ranger leads them away from the Khazad-dum toward the Elvish refuge of Lothlórien. ‘There lie the woods of Lothlórien!’ said Legolas. `That is the fairest of all the dwellings of my people. There are no…
Today in Middle-earth, Midsummer’s Day [Mid-year’s Day]
July 1, 2018 at 1:00 am -The following event(s) took place in Middle-earth on Midsummer’s Day: Gandalf, the Dwarves and their Burglar leave Rivendell for the Lonely Mountain (1341) Aragorn and Arwen – A promise is born (1380) Gandalf meets Radagast the Brown (1418) The Wedding of Elessar and Arwen (1419) Frodo resigns office of mayor, and Will Whitfoot is restored…
The Great Hall of Poets
June 30, 2018 at 11:55 pm -Welcome to The Great Hall of Poets, our regular monthly feature showcasing the talent of Middle-earth fans. Each month we will feature a small selection of the poems submitted, but we hope you will read all of the poems that we have received here in our Great Hall of Poets. So come and join us by…
Collecting The Precious – Weta Workshop’s Samwise Gamgee Mini-Statue Pre-Order
June 30, 2018 at 8:00 am -One of my favorite lines from our freinds at Weta Workshop is the mini-statue line. As I’ve mentioned before, these statues are really super well done, and done at a price that allows for collectors on a budget to get some Middle-earth goodness. A statue of Samwise was long over due, as he has not…
Hall of Fire chat tomorrow: The Bridge of Khazad-dûm
June 30, 2018 at 1:15 am -Standing beside the tomb of Balin, the Fellowship read in mounting horror of the demise of the son of Fundin’s attempt to retake Moria. The final page of the record, hastily scrawled, is terrifying in its vagueness. “We cannot get out . . . drums in the deep . . . They are coming.” This…
Collecting The Precious – TORn’s Collectors Club Giveaway Ending Tomorrow
June 28, 2018 at 9:44 pm -As you will recall, late in May we announced the TORn Collectors Club, and we announced it with a contest for new and current members. We wanted to remind you, if you haven’t joined yet and you want to win a pretty cool prize, that the contest ends tomorrow at midnight PST. So do not…
Today in Middle-earth, June 22
June 22, 2018 at 1:00 am -The following event(s) took place in Middle-earth on June 22nd: Bilbo returns to the Shire with the Ring (1342)
Additional details on Amazon’s Lord of the Rings TV series
June 12, 2018 at 2:02 pm -Out of the recent interview with the Head of Amazon Studios Jennifer Salke, more details are being reported by various outlets about the series direction, the Tolkien estate involvement and talks with Peter Jackson.