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Aspyr Confirms More Classic Lord of the Rings Games Are Coming to Modern Platforms
Following the shadow drop of War in the North – Legacy Edition, Aspyr confirms more classic Lord of the Rings game remasters are on the way.
Tolkien’s Unpublished Translation of 13th-Century Allegory “Sawles Warde” Brought to Light
Scholars have published J.R.R. Tolkien’s previously unreleased translation of the Middle English allegory Sawles Warde, along with evidence of a lost critical edition.
Elijah Wood Would Return as Frodo for ‘Shadows of the Past,’ But Film Still Awaits Greenlight
Elijah Wood confirms he’d return as Frodo ‘in theory’ for Stephen Colbert’s Lord of the Rings film, which has not yet been officially greenlit.
Fan Developer Releases Free 4K Upscale and Reshade for EA’s Lord of the Rings GameCube Games
Fan developer The128ReBits has released a free 4K upscale and reshade for EA’s classic Lord of the Rings games on GameCube.
Brandon Sanderson Delivers 2026 Tolkien Lecture at Oxford, Argues Imitation Held Fantasy Back
Brandon Sanderson delivered the 2026 Tolkien Lecture at Oxford, arguing fantasy declined when writers copied Tolkien’s approach instead of his spirit.
HarperCollins to Publish Tove Jansson’s Hobbit Illustrations in English for the First Time
Tove Jansson’s striking 1962 Hobbit drawings, unavailable in English for 64 years, are coming from HarperCollins in fall 2026.
RingConn Partners with Warner Bros. on Smart Ring Tie-In for Lord of the Rings 25th Anniversary
Warner Bros. has partnered with smart ring maker RingConn for a Lord of the Rings 25th anniversary promotion–not noting the irony from Tolkien’s own history.
Howard Shore’s Lord of the Rings Scores Return for Live Concerts Worldwide
Howard Shore’s Lord of the Rings scores return for live concerts worldwide through 2027, with dates across North America, Australia, and Europe.
Tolkien Scholar John Garth Begins Oxford Doctoral Project on War and The Lord of the Rings
John Garth, author of Tolkien and the Great War, is starting an Oxford DPhil on how world conflict shaped The Lord of the Rings. Only the second such project Oxford has accepted.
1966 Tolkien Letter Confirms Welsh Town Crickhowell Inspired Crickhollow
A 1966 Tolkien letter confirms the Welsh town of Crickhowell inspired Crickhollow in The Lord of the Rings. The letter goes to auction at Christie’s on July 8.
Anya Taylor-Joy Officially Confirmed as Sindar Elf Seren in The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum
Warner Bros. confirms Anya Taylor-Joy as Seren, a Sindar Elf agent of King Thranduil, in The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum, opening December 2027.
Unpublished Tolkien Translation Discovered in Bodleian Archives. Now Published in Critical Edition
A previously unseen Tolkien typescript found in the Bodleian Libraries is now published as Soul’s Ward in Oxford’s Review of English Studies.