Tom Beasley sits down with three of the cast members of Tolkien to chat about forming the film’s crucial central ‘fellowship’… With Peter Jackson’s epic Middle Earth saga now consigned to cinema history, fans of J. R. R. Tolkien may be a little bereft when it comes to the cinema. That’s set to change this […]
New poster for Tolkien featuring Nicholas Hoult and Lily Collins
Following last week’s trailer for Tolkien, Fox Searchlight Pictures has released a new poster for the upcoming J.R.R. Tolkien biopic featuring Nicholas Hoult as The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings author and Lily Collins as his wife Edith; take a look here… The film explores the formative years of the orphaned author as he finds friendship, […]
J.R.R. Tolkien biopic Tolkien gets a new trailer
Fox Searchlight Pictures has released a new trailer for Tolkien, the upcoming biopic exploring the formative years of legendary author J.R.R. Tolkien (Nicholas Hoult), the man responsible for creating the Middle-earth adventures The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings; watch it here… The film explores the formative years of the orphaned author as he finds […]
Nicholas Hoult is J.R.R. Tolkien in first trailer for biopic Tolkien
Fox Searchlight Pictures has debuted the first trailer for the upcoming biopic Tolkien. Directed by Dome Karukoski, the film stars Nicholas Hoult as J.R.R. Tolkien and explores The Lord of the Rings author’s formative years during the outbreak of World War I and his relationship with his future wife Edith Bratt (Lily Collins); watch it […]
First images of Nicholas Hoult and Lily Collins in Tolkien
Fox Searchlight Pictures has released four images from the upcoming biopic Tolkien which gives us our first look at Nicholas Hoult as The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings author J.R.R. Tolkien along with Lily Collins as his wife Edith; take a look here… The film explores the formative years of the orphaned author as he […]
J.R.R. Tolkien biopic Tolkien set for release in May
Fox Searchlight Pictures has announced that it is set to release Tolkien, the upcoming biopic of The Lord of the Rings author J.R.R. Tolkien starring Nicholas Hoult (X-Men: Dark Phoenix) on May 3rd 2019. The film explores the formative years of the orphaned author as he finds friendship, love and artistic inspiration among a group of […]
Dome Karukoski to direct J.R.R. Tolkien biopic
According to Deadline, Finnish filmmaker Dome Karukoski (The Home of Dark Butterflies) is set to direct Tolkien, a biopic of The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit author J.R.R. Tolkien. The project is being produced by Chernin Entertainment for Fox Searchlight, and is based on a script from David Gleeson and Stephen Beresford. The film […]
Nicholas Hoult in talks for J.R.R. Tolkien biopic
It looks like Nicholas Hoult could be following up his role as J.D. Salinger in Rebel in the Rye by potraying another legendary author, with Variety reporting that he is in talks to play J.R.R. Tolkien in the biopic Tolkien. The film is set to be directed by Dome Karukoski (The Home of Dark Butterflies) and […]
Production wraps on Tolkien starring Nicholas Hoult and Lily Collins
Fox Searchlight Pictures has announced that filming has wrapped on Tolkien, director Dome Karukoski’s (Tom of Finland) biopic of The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit author J.R.R. Tolkien, which stars Nicholas Hoult (Rebel in the Rye) as Tolkien and Lily Collins (Rules Don’t Apply) as his wife Edith. “As a lifelong fan of […]
Colm Meaney joins the cast of Tolkien
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine’s Colm Meaney has joined the cast of the upcoming J.R.R. Tolkien biopic, Tolkien. He joins X-Men: Apocalypse’s Nicholas Hoult and To The Bones‘ Lily Collins in the film with, Dome Karukoski directing from a script by David Gleeson and Stephen Beresford. Per Deadline, Meaney will portray Father Francis, one of Tolkien’s school teachers. Tolkien will […]
