Saul Zaentz Co. trademarks terms covering The Rings of Power
Saul Zaentz Co., has filed two trademark applications covering a pair of phrases now associated with Amazon’s forthcoming...
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It’s Tolkien Reading Day. What now? Celebrate with us!
Today (depending on where in the world you are) fans of The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings,...
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The War of the Rohirrim and Helm Hammerhand
Over on The Gamer, there’s a great little backgrounder about the famous king of Rohan, Helm Hammerhand. It...
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Saruman and The War of the Rohirrim
Since the announcement of The War of the Rohirrim, I’ve been pondering how it might all come together....
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Amazon completes $8.5 billion purchase of MGM (and gains Hobbit...
According to Variety, Amazon has finally completed its $8.5 billion acquisition of MGM. It was MGM’s precarious financial...
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Was Peter Jackson’s Dale inspired by an obscure 1991 animation...
In the early 1990s, Russian director Roman Mitrofanov began working on an animated version of The Hobbit. The...
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