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New 'Lord of the Rings' movies are coming after Warner Bros. Discovery secured the rights to J.R.R. Tolkien's books

Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav confirmed that the company secured the rights to Tolkien's …

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JRR Tolkien’s lawyers shut down LOTR-themed cryptocurrency

The WIPO panel members refused to believe Jensen’s defence that his token has nothing to do …

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'Lord of the Rings' TV series producers respond to backlash over diverse casting: 'Tolkien is for everyone'

The show will feature new characters, including an elf named Arondir, played by Ismael Cruz Córdova…

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The Beatles tried to make a 'Lord of The Rings' movie but J.R.R. Tolkien turned them down

Had the film made its way into production, the cast would have been McCartney as Frodo, Lennon as G…

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'You shall not pass!' Lord of the Rings-themed crypto token has been blocked by JRR Tolkien's estate

The family of Lord of the Rings author JRR Tolkein have succeeded in shutting down a "ring trilogy-…

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'Lord of the Rings' fans are trying to buy J.R.R. Tolkien's home so they can turn it into a literary center

The group, Project Northmoor, is hoping to raise $6 million to buy the home where Tolkien wrote "Th…

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15 details you might have missed in 'The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'

Each of the three movies was released in an extended-edition DVD format which included many hours o…

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J. R. R. Tolkien now shares his name with a mystical stream frog found in Ecuador — a country in the literal middle of the earth

The legacy of J. R. R. Tolkien, the author behind "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings," is bein…

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Elon Musk bashes Amazon's 'The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power' saying 'Tolkien is turning in his grave'

Elon Musk called the male characters in "The Rings of Power" cowards. Amazon Studios invested over …

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Netflix reportedly pitched a $250 million 'Marvel approach' to 'Lord of the Rings' TV shows, but it 'freaked out' the Tolkien estate

HBO also pitched the Tolkien estate on a "Lord of the Rings" series that would have essentially rem…

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Jeff Bezos wants Amazon's new 'Lord of the Rings' series to do more than just make boatloads of money: 'I hope we do Tolkien's work justice'

"Lord of The Rings: The Rings of Power" airs Sept. 2, and while some fear it to be a mere cash grab…

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A JRR Tolkien poem that just resurfaced after 70 years gives an interesting insight into one of the most powerful characters in the series

The statement read: "The sequence shows the Corrigan's increasingly powerful presence, as she takes…

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Here's The Epic Real Life Inspiration For Tolkien's 'Lord Of The Rings'

While Tolkien always denied direct parallels to history, his early life and experiences during both…

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Apple's latest addition to its $5 billion campus is built into a hillside like a modern-day Hobbit hole

You won't find any hairy-foot hobbits inside Apple's Observatory built into the hillside — just emp…

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'Lord of the Rings' made almost $3 billion, but Cate Blanchett said the actors got paid hardly anything: 'I basically got free sandwiches.'

"Lord of the Rings" actor Cate Blanchett said she did the film to work with director Peter Jackson.…

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An ultra-rare Magic: The Gathering card just sold for a record $3 million

Post Malone set the previous record when he purchased a Magic: The Gathering card for $2 million la…

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Peter Thiel plays kingmaker again as Trump picks JD Vance for veep

Former PayPal CEO Peter Thiel has played an outsize role in helping JD Vance's career rocket in a s…

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Uh-oh it looks like ChatGPT's AI model got lazy again

Some users say OpenAI's most powerful model, GPT-4, is getting lazy again, leading them to try out …

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A thrift-store manager found a first-edition copy of 'The Hobbit' in the backroom. It just sold for $13,000.

A manager at a UK thrift store found a rare first-edition copy of JRR Tolkien's "The Hobbit." The b…

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