Be sure to check out our weekly Sideshow Collectibles update! Each week we provide an update on your favorite Sideshow goodies, from busts to premium figures and more! Take a look! [More]

So you signed every petition you could find and wrote lengthy letters to every New Line and MGM-adress you could find and you still feel a little frustrated over all this PJ/Hobbit-news? You still feel a little disappointed and glum? Let’s try and channel that into something fun and creative! Because like Pete said; there is no positive value in bitterness and rancor. Check out our Photoshop and caption ‘contests!’ [More]

We’ve updated TheHobbitFilm.com with the latest contact details of all the parties associated with bringing The Hobbit to theaters – now including the Saul Zaentz Company details! (Thanks to LithQ) We encourage all Tolkien and PJ fans out there to use our letter and postcard templates to let your voice be heard – or at the very least sign a petition that fits your opinion on the subject. [See the Update]

TheOneRing.net community would like to wish all of you a healthy and safe Thanksgiving Holiday.

Saul Zaentz, the owner of Tolkien Enterprises, and ultimate holder of the film rights to The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings was very recently interviewed about the Hobbit and Peter Jackson’s involvement. His comments accord with what we learnt from Jackson and Walsh’s open letter to the fans – New Line’s right to produce the Hobbit will expire next year. [More]

Jack writes: Here is a short 4:12 minute podcast from New Zealand’s National Radio which includes some of the local reactions to the stunning news (even though they get it wrong, we are TheOneRing.net not .com!). It includes soundbites from NZ LOTR tour operators, I thought you and your readers would like to hear it. [More]