lord of the rings universe

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...

Orcs have played important roles throughout The Lord of the Rings franchise, but the creators behind The Rings of Power intend to showcase the creatures more than ever before. In preparation, we’ve got a first look at some of the variations we’ll see throughout the series. At the end of Tolkien’s First Age, the Orcs...

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:...

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...

There are five Lord of the Rings Movies including the animations: The Lord of the Rings by Ralph Bakshi (1978) The Return of the King by Jules Bass and Arthur Rankin Jr (1980) The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring by Peter Jackson (2001) The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers...