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SPOILER ALERT: This video contains details & exclusive behind-the-scenes looks from the second episode of Prime Video's The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, which debuted on September 1. A new episode of Inside The Ring will drop every week of Season 1 of Rings of Power. Check out Episode 1 from earlier today her…

SPOILER ALERT: This video contains details & exclusive behind-the-scenes looks from the first episode of Prime Video's The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, which debuted on September 1. A new episode of Inside The Ring will drop every week of Season 1 of Rings of Power. Stick around for Episode 2 later…

Swedish video game company Embracer Group has acquired Middle-earth Enterprises, a division of The Saul Zaentz Company, which owns the intellectual property catalogue and worldwide rights to The Lord of the Rings trilogy and The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien. The financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. But…

Lord Of The Rings and Planet Of The Apes star Andy Serkis is to give a continuous, live reading of novel The Hobbit, which is expected to take around 12 hours. Serkis will read the entire J.R.R. Tolkien work from start to finish with no breaks as he looks to raise money for UK charities NHS Charities Together and Best…

Christopher Tolkien, the son of Lord of the Rings author J.R.R. Tolkien who helped to expand understanding of the mythical world of Middle-earth, has died. He passed in Provence, France at age 95, according to his brother-in-law and the Tolkien Society. J.R.R. Tolkien died in 1973, and his son worked to illuminate…

A new Fox Searchlight trailer might have a familiar ring to it, but this journey to Middle-earth comes via the true story of the magical world’s one-of-a-kind creator. Tolkien, in theaters this May, stars Nicholas Hoult as author J.R.R. Tolkien, born in South Africa, raised in England and elevated to immortality on…

There’s never been any indication that they celebrate the Fourth of July in Middle Earth, but fireworks of legal independence will be going off anyway. After a grueling five-year court battle, Warner Bros. and the estate of author J.R.R. Tolkien have settled an $80 million rights dispute over The Hobbit and The Lord of…

I don't know many prime ministers. Actually, just one, John Key, who has been prime minister of New Zealand since 2008. So I was chagrined to see that Key is planning to resign his post as of December 12, clearing the way for a succession vote, and capping the political career of The Hobbit‘s best friend. In 2010, Key…

EXCLUSIVE: Evangeline Lilly has signed with UTA. The actress, best known for starring in Lost and the second and third installment of The Hobbit, aligns with the agency as she moves up to co-lead in Ant-Man And The Wasp, the sequel to Marvel’s Ant-Man. Lilly played Hope Van Dyne opposite Paul Rudd in the first film…

Hobbits, Orcs, Ents and maybe even some Na’vi are getting their own museum in New Zealand’s capital city. A long-gestating $90M project backed by private interests led by Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh and their longtime collaborator Richard Taylor today won approval from the Wellington City Council. A combined movie…

Stepping up efforts to mine literature for new projects, New Line Cinema has created the new internal position of Literary Scout, and the company has tapped Jake Bauman, formerly of Chernin Entertainment, for the job. Bauman will serve as the studio’s primary liaison with the publishing industry, and in that capacity…

This is why it’s a good idea for studios to diversify. MGM’s theatrical and home entertainment revenues were down in Q1, but global TV licensing saved the day, according to the privately held company’s financial report to its investors today. MGM generated net income of $56.8 million, up 27.4% compared with the period…