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While Tolkien's stories take place in the fictional realm of Middle-earth, the awe-inspiring landscapes of the books, films and TV shows are closer than you might imagine. The first book in J R R ...

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The child-friendly stage production of Tolkien’s fantasy novel The Hobbit ... the lost treasure of Lonely Mountain – guarded by Smaug, the dragon. The show is an indoor production, with ...

In the mood for a movie night? The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug with Martin Freeman can be streamed on Max, Max (Via Hulu), and Prime Video, so get comfy and tune in. Max: Watch for free with a ...

The writers of this show are taking some liberties with the story and filling in gaps in time and narration left by J.R.R. Tolkien and his family. In the first season of The Rings of Power ...

When J. R. R. Tolkien first set out to write The Lord of the Rings, he did so without intending for it to be seen in any way as a Catholic or religious book. As revealed in The Letters of J.

The creators of this show—Patrick McKay and J.D. Payne—took Tolkien’s work and made their own world out of it, borrowing little bits and pieces in order to market it to a wider audience.

In its second season, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is moving to locations and time periods that J.R.R. Tolkien illustrated so sparingly that the show is essentially free to invent ...

But what are showrunners Patrick McKay and JD Payne delivering that makes the continuation of the JRR Tolkien mythology ... who I assume is Gandalf, the desolation and desert scenes reminded ...