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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 …
Samantha Delouya,Lucia Moses
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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…
Zac Ntim
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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…
Zac Ntim
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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-…
Camomile Shumba
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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…
Debanjali Bose
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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…
Kim Renfro
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HBO reportedly pitched a 'Lord of the Rings' series remaking the movies, but the Tolkien estate passed — even though Christopher Tolkien once said the film trilogy 'eviscerated' his father's books
Both HBO and Netflix pitched the Tolkien estate on "Lord of the Rings" TV shows, but Amazon ultimat…
Travis Clark
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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…
Hannah Getahun
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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 …
Samantha Grindell
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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…
Travis Clark
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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…
Katie Canales
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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…
Anjelica Oswald
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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…
Christina Sterbenz
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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…
Matthew Fox
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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 …
Hasan Chowdhury
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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…
Joshua Zitser
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'Magic: The Gathering' debuted a Black Aragorn on Twitter, and it sparked a bitter online debate about the fictional character's race
The character art is part of the card game's new "The Lord of the Rings" set, which designers said …
Matthew Loh
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The elves who came to Helm's Deep to relieve the forces of Rohan were a bunch of weenies who just wanted to jump the line to Valinor, there I said it
The valiant defense of Helm's Deep was aided by the selfless sacrifice of elves. Or was it?
Walt Hickey
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Harvard's president resigning means more drama for other universities
In today's big story, we're looking at the resignation of another Ivy League president and the knoc…