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The Great Hall of Poets
September 1, 2018 at 1:40 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…
Games Workshop: Battle of Pelennor Fields
August 31, 2018 at 11:33 am -Games Workshop, Ltd. will be releasing a new game, Battle of Pelennor Fields, the first new boxed game in their Middle-earth line of tabletop miniatures games since their Escape from Goblin Town game in 2012, and their first self-contained Lord of the Rings product since 2005’s Mines of Moria.
DragonCon is upon us! And TheOneRing.net is there!
August 30, 2018 at 10:28 pm -I feel it in the water… I smell it in the air. The beast has emerged from its lair, and DragonCon is here again! Here’s what you can expect from Middle-earth fandom, and from TheOneRing.net, this weekend: We’ll have our usual ‘fan table’ in our normal spot, in the Hyatt hotel opposite the entrance to…
Graham McTavish chats with Sideshow Collectibles
August 30, 2018 at 9:59 pm -On Tuesday 28th August Graham McTavish sat down with Susan Damon from Sideshow Collectibles, to chat about all things geeky, and about his experiences playing some iconic roles. McTavish describes how, as a geek himself, he had to force himself to stay calm in moments such as knocking on a round, green door and watching…
Enjoy the LOTR EE Trilogy in theaters this weekend in the US
August 30, 2018 at 2:32 am -If you are still looking for something to do this Labor Day weekend, you might check out Regal Cinemas’ screenings of the Lord of the Rings trilogy of films in their extended editions on RPX screens, in select theaters. The screenings run from Friday, August 31 through Thursday, September 6, and each day they change…
Newsweek’s Special Edition: J.R.R. Tolkien
August 26, 2018 at 10:48 am -Newsweek: J.R.R. Tolkien – Celebrating the Professor’s Greatest Creations [Media Lab Publishing] is on newsstands and store check-out lanes now. This is a beautiful, high-quality, glossy 100-page issue full of articles, information on both books and films, and many full-page photos. A wonderful collectible opening with an introduction by Shaun Gunner, Chair of the Tolkien…
Hall of Fire chat this weekend: Entwives and the Brown Lands
August 25, 2018 at 2:52 am -This weekend, Hall of Fire turns to one of Tolkien’s most enigmatic and mysterious creations — Entwives. ‘You never see any, hm, any Ents round there do you?’ he asked. ‘Well, not Ents, Entwives I should really say.’ ‘Entwives?’ said Pippin. ‘Are they like you at all?’ Entwives and the Brown Lands
Collecting The Precious – Weta Workshop’s Balrog, Flame of Udun Bust Pre-Order
August 23, 2018 at 8:09 am -One of my favorite pieces from Comic-Con 2018 was the amazing Balrog bust that showed up Saturday of the show. I got to see this piece up close both as what you can order now and a pre-prototype. I have to say that I very much prefer what fans will be able to order. The…
Today in Middle-earth, August 22
August 22, 2018 at 1:00 am -The following event(s) took place in Middle-earth on August 22: Bilbo fights off spiders (1341) They come to Isengard; they take leave of the King of the West at Sunset (1419)
Hall of Fire chat tomorrow: Farewell to Lórien
August 18, 2018 at 12:01 am -We return to our read-through of Fellowship of the Ring chapter discussions in The Hall of Fire this weekend to find the remaining members Fellowship faced with a difficult decision. “Now is the time, when those who wish to continue the Quest must harden their hearts to leave this land. Those who no longer wish…
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…