JRR Tolkien

The Hobbit First Edition Sold for $206K at London Auction

The UK 1st edition of The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien fetched £137,000 ($206,000) at Sotheby’s in London. The 1937 book,…

9 years ago

JRR Tolkien’s translation of Beowulf to be published after 88 years

JRR Tolkien’s translation of the Old English poem Beowulf is to be published for the first time, nearly nine decades…

10 years ago

Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie and more celebrities turned in Gollums to celebrate The Hobbit’s release

With The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey just released you can decide for yourself comparing that film to these hysterical images…

11 years ago

The Hobbit breaks box office records on opening weekend to become biggest Christmas film of all time

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey has broken two records at the US box office to become the highest grossing Christmas…

11 years ago

The Hobbit producers sue The Asylum for trademark infringement over its new film Age of Hobbits

The Hobbit movies producers are suing low-budget company The Asylum for trademark infringement, over its new film Age of the…

11 years ago

Peter Jackson unsurprised by critics of The Hobbit footage presented at CinemaCon

Filmmaker Peter Jackson says he is unsurprised by the mixed reaction to footage from his long-anticipated film The Hobbit presented…

12 years ago

Dickens and Tolkien descendants join for two new fantasy books for children

Poet Michael Tolkien, the eldest grandson of JRR Tolkien, and Gerald Dickens, the great-great grandson of Charles Dickens, are to…

12 years ago