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Amazon developing The Lord of the Rings open-world MMO

May 18, 2023 by Gary Collinson

After bringing the Second Age of Middle-earth to life with its blockbuster series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, Amazon has now announced that it has signed a deal with Embracer Group and Middle-earth Enterprises for Amazon Games to develop and publish a new massively multiplayer (MMO) game based upon J.R.R. Tolkien’s […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, News, Video Games Tagged With: Amazon, Amazon Games, The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings

The Lord of the Rings’ Bernard Hill ruthlessly shades The Rings of Power: “It’s a money-making venture”

December 4, 2022 by EJ Moreno

Even though The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is set millennia before Peter Jackson’s trilogy, Bernard Hill says he wouldn’t even be a part of it if they asked. The actor, known to genre fans for his role in The Lord of the Rings as King Theoden of Rohan, recently sat down […]

Filed Under: EJ Moreno, Movies, News, Television Tagged With: Amazon, Bernard Hill, The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

How The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power can restore Middle-earth to former glory

August 28, 2022 by Chris Connor

Chris Connor on The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power and its potential to restore Middle-earth to former glory after The Hobbit… Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings was a monumental cinematic achievement, managing the arduous task of bringing the world of J. R.R. Tolkien to life and introducing a new audience […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Chris Connor, Movies, Television Tagged With: Amazon, Lord of the Rings, Peter Jackson, The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

4K Ultra HD Review – Middle-Earth Ultimate Collector’s Edition

December 12, 2021 by Brad Cook

Middle-Earth Ultimate Collector’s Edition Directed by Peter Jackson. Starring Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Cate Blanchett, John Rhys-Davies, Christopher Lee, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, Orlando Bloom, Hugo Weaving, Andy Serkis, Sean Bean, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Benedict Cumberbatch, Evangeline Lilly, Lee Pace, Luke Evans, James Nesbitt, Ken Stott, Stephen Fry, […]

Filed Under: Brad Cook, Movies, Physical Media, Reviews Tagged With: Andy Serkis, Benedict Cumberbatch, Billy Boyd, Cate Blanchett, Christopher Lee, Dominic Monaghan, Elijah Wood, Evangeline Lilly, Hugo Weaving, Ian Holm, Ian McKellen, J.R.R. Tolkien, James Nesbitt, John Rhys-Davies, Ken Stott, Lee Pace, Liv Tyler, Luke Evans, Martin Freeman, Orlando Bloom, Peter Jackson, Richard Armitage, Sean Astin, Sean Bean, Stephen Fry, The Hobbit, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, The Hobbit: Battle Of The Five Armies, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, The Lord of the Rings, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Viggo Mortensen

20 Years of Tolkien: The Long Road to The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings and Beyond

November 13, 2021 by Brad Cook

Brad Cook looks back on The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings ahead of the release of the Middle-earth Ultimate Collector’s Edition 4K box set… With the first Lord of the Rings film celebrating its 20-year anniversary in 2021, I thought it would be nice to take a trip down memory lane. Many of […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Brad Cook, Movies Tagged With: Amazon, J.R.R. Tolkien, Peter Jackson, The Hobbit, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, The Lord of the Rings, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The Silmarillion

The Greatest Dragon Movies of All Time

March 22, 2021 by Red Stewart

Marvelous Videos with a selection of dragon movie gems for fantasy lovers… Dragons are such enchanting, mesmerizing beasts of legends that it’s no surprise they have been embedded with mythological folklore worldwide. Whether you live in the East or the West, there is a good chance your pop culture has been touched by these lizard-like […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Random Videos, Red Stewart Tagged With: Dragonheart, dragonslayer, eragon, george and the dragon, How to Train Your Dragon, Marvelous Videos, Pete's Dragon, reign of fire, the flight of the dragons, The Hobbit, the hobbit: the dsol

The Hobbit actor says studio interference caused problems for the trilogy and Peter Jackson’s workflow

December 7, 2020 by Liam Waddington

With The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies receiving 4K remastered box sets this month, one of the actors from the franchise has opened up about the development on the prequel trilogy. In an interview on Kiwi Talkz, Jed Brophy, who played the Dwarf Nori in The Hobbit trilogy as well as portraying the Nazgul and a variety of […]

Filed Under: Liam Waddington, Movies, News Tagged With: Jed Brophy, Peter Jackson, The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings

Peter Jackson explains why The Lord of the Rings needed a 4K remaster

December 3, 2020 by Samuel Brace

Peter Jackson, the director of The Lord of the Rings and Hobbit trilogies, has explained why they needed a 4K remaster. There have been numerous home video releases of The Lord of the Rings trilogy over the years, including the much-loved extended editions, and now the films – and The Hobbit trilogy – have been […]

Filed Under: Movies, News, Physical Media, Samuel Brace Tagged With: Lord of the Rings, Peter Jackson, The Hobbit

The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies getting 4K release this December

October 8, 2020 by Ricky Church

Middle-earth is about to be seen in a whole new way. Peter Jackson’s groundbreaking The Lord of the Rings trilogy and The Hobbit trilogy will be released on 4K Ultra HD for the first time ever this December. Sean Astin, who played hobbit Samwise Gamgee in Lord of the Rings, made the announcement and said Jackson has been personally remastering […]

Filed Under: Movies, News, Physical Media, Ricky Church Tagged With: Peter Jackson, Sean Astin, The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings

The Top 15 Film Scores of the 2010s

March 11, 2020 by admin

Hasitha Fernando on the top film scores of the 2010s… To say a film’s score is an integral aspect of it is a gross understatement. The right score can do a lot of things. It can elevate a film from the realm of mediocrity to the extraordinary, breathe life into characters, augment the emotional impact […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Hasitha Fernando, Movies Tagged With: Black Panther, How to Train Your Dragon, If Beale Street Could Talk, Interstellar, Maleficent, Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, Ready Player One, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, The Hobbit, The Shape of Water, The Wolfman, tron legacy, War for the Planet of the Apes, Wolf Totem

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