July 22, 2014 sees the release of digitally remastered versions of Rankin/Bass Productions’ animated television specials “The Hobbit” and “The Return of the King”. Time to reevaluate how films brought Tolkien’s worlds to life...
A wizard’s backdrop: Corby’s Crags, Edlingham castle and a disused railway viaduct This year will see the end of (another) Tolkien-inspired film trilogy and I thought it might be nice to look back on...
For those of you with a love for films and alternative endings (or rather, let’s squeeze any film into three minutes) “How it should have ended” should be a well-known source of hilarious entertainment....
This coming Monday the European premiere of the second installment of the “Hobbit” film trilogy will be taking place at Sony Center in Berlin, Germany. As I happen to live in said city I...
“The Hobbit” is coming. When you play with dragons, you win or die. The world premiere of “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” is happening pretty soon and as you may have noticed things...
The Hobbit is coming. Again. Last week saw the world-wide fan event on The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug with fans from all over the world gathering to see a 20 mins sneak peek...
Welcome to the third installment of “Fun Facts on Middle-earth related Media (F2M2)” in which I would like to introduce you to the outstanding actor Sir Michael Hordern. He is next on my list...
In the second installment of my on-going series “Fun Facts on Middle-earth related Media (F2M2)” I would like to introduce you to the man who inspired me to start it – Bill Nighy. My...
As of today I will start another series on TheTolkienist.com playing on some fun facts readily available in the media and what set me off was Bill Nighy. I’ll turn to him in a...
It may look like a rather unusual post to the Tolkienist but I am a fan of many fandoms (as any proper nerd/ geek/ etc. would be) and I have always had a love...
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