The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power has been one of the most anticipated TV series ever since it was first announced in 2017, with false trails and wild theories abounding concerning its nature and content. Audience finally had the chance to go back to Middle-earth when the first two episodes of the...
The history of Middle-earth stretches long before two tiny hobbits made the trek into Mordor. Between The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, and The Silmarillion, J.R.R. Tolkien’s writing spanned thousands of years, and the detail-oriented professor turned world-building into an art. Tolkien approached his storytelling like a particularly meticulous historian, constructing detailed timelines and...
As we have found out the full title of the new Lord of The Rings TV Series – The Rings of Power – we make a small presentation about the ringbearers. The Rings of Power were twenty magical rings forged in the Second Age, intended by Sauron to seduce the rulers of Middle-earth to evil:...
The Lord of the Rings TV series could be coming to a town near you, with the UK announced as the filming location for the next season. So far untitled, the show is set thousands of years before the events detailed in the Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit franchises. With the first season...
Lord of the Rings trilogy star Sean Astin has weighed in on Amazon’s upcoming TV series, suggesting that it could be “amazing”. The streamer’s anticipated and really expensive show is currently in the works, though not much is known apart from the fact that it will be set in the Second Age, years before Frodo...
Orcs were the primary foot soldiers of the Dark Lords’ armies and sometimes the weakest (but most numerous) of their servants. They were created by the first Dark Lord, Morgoth, before the First Age and served him and later his successor in their quest to dominate Middle-earth. Before Oromë first found the Elves at Cuiviénen,...
“Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky,Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone,Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die,One for the Dark Lord on his dark throneIn the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,One Ring to bring them all and in...
The Lord of the Rings trilogy was filmed entirely in New Zealand. Filming locations spanned more than 150 locations in both the North and the South Islands. From the towering Mount Doom in Mordor, to the dreamy Hobbiton™ in the Shire, New Zealand’s otherworldly landscapes brought the movies to life. Locations in the North Island...
The Lord of the Rings Online (LOTRO) is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game set in Middle-earth during the time of The Lord of the Rings. It is based on information from J.R.R Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings novels; as such, it deviates in small ways from Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings movie series...
Amazon’s Lord of the Rings series is shaping up to be a very interesting adaptation of Tolkien’s novels. Unlike Peter Jackson’s films, the new Amazon series will take place during the Second Age of Middle-earth, which means there won’t be many similarities between the two adaptations. In fact, there won’t even be that many characters...