Andy Serkis to read The Lord of the Rings Audiobook

To accompany his reading of The Hobbit, Andy Serkis and Harper Collins UK will be releasing a brand new complete audiobook of The Lord of the Rings in September of this year.

Animated “The War of the Rohirrim” Film Announced

A new anime film based on Helm Hammerhand and the story of Helm’s Deep, set 250 years before The Lord of the Rings.

Unfinished Tales Audiobook Released

HarperCollins has just released an audiobook of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Unfinished Tales, a collection of narratives from all the ages of Middle-earth.

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Andy Serkis to read The Lord of the Rings Audiobook

To accompany his reading of The Hobbit, Andy Serkis and Harper Collins UK will be releasing a brand new complete audiobook of The Lord of the Rings in September of this year. There is a current Lord of the Rings audiobook narrated by Rob Inglis (published in 1965), it...

Animated “The War of the Rohirrim” Film Announced

New Line Cinema is fast-tracking a Lord of the Rings anime film titled, "War of the Rohirrim". While Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh will not be working on this project, screenwriter Philippa Boyens (who won an Academy Award along with Jackson and Walsh for Return of the...

Unfinished Tales Audiobook Released

I'm a huge fan of Martin Shaw's reading of The Silmarillion audiobook -- in fact, I love listening to Tolkien's works, and believe have all of them on audiobook already! I was then pleasantly surprised to learn that HarperCollins and Audible released Tolkien's...

Tolkien Letter Describing his Vision of Hobbits to Sell for $25,000

Feb 26, 2021

A letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to illustrator Doris Sykes will be sold by Hermitage Fine Art Monaco for £15,000 ($25,0000).

Tolkien Society Posts Theme for Summer Seminar : Tolkien and Diversity

Feb 24, 2021

The Tolkien Society–an”educational charity, literary society, and international fan club, devoted to promoting the life and works of J.R.R. Tolkien–has announced the theme for this year’s Summer Seminar: Tolkien and Diversity.

The Babylon Bee reads The Lord of the Rings: Chapter 8, Fog on the Barrow Downs

Feb 22, 2021

The Hobbits leave Tom Bombadil and Goldberry, and quickly encounter one of the most frightening sequences in The Lord of the Rings.

The Babylon Bee reads The Lord of the Rings: Chapter 7, In the House of Tom Bombadil

Feb 17, 2021

This week, we’re reading Chapters 5 and 6, A Conspiracy Unmasked and The Old Forest, and we look at how the first steps of the Hobbit fellowship are begun, and their initial encounter with Tom Bombadil.

The Babylon Bee reads The Lord of the Rings: Chapters 5 and 6, A Conspiracy Unmasked and The Old Forest

Feb 8, 2021

This week, we’re reading Chapters 5 and 6, A Conspiracy Unmasked and The Old Forest, and we look at how the first steps of the Hobbit fellowship are begun, and their initial encounter with Tom Bombadil.

The Babylon Bee reads The Lord of the Rings: Chapter 4, A Short Cut to Mushrooms

Feb 2, 2021

This week, we’re reading Chapter 4, A Short Cut to Mushrooms. In this chapter, Frodo, Sam, and Pippin evade the Ringwraiths, visit Farmer Maggot, and eventually connect with Merry.

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