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Amazon and Warner Bros in talks for new 'Lord of the Rings' adaptation

Collecting The Precious - Weta Workshop King of the Dead, Farmer Maggot's Farm, and Dwarven Helm Pre-Orders

LOTR TV series: some background and more information

As is to be expected, the internet, our discussion forums, and comments to our story from yesterday are abuzz with the news broken by Variety magazine yesterday of talks between Warner Brothers and Amazon to make a series adaptation based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings. Since there are many outstanding questions, we…

Amazon and Warner Bros in talks for new ‘Lord of the Rings’ adaptation

Check your calendars. This is not, I repeat NOT one of our famous (or infamous) TORn April fools jokes. Variety broke the story tonight that Warner Bros. is in talks with Amazon to develop a series based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings novels! According to Variety, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is personally involved…

Collecting The Precious – Weta Workshop King of the Dead, Farmer Maggot’s Farm, and Dwarven Helm Pre-Orders

Tonight our friends at Weta Workshop have a trio of new items that fans can add to their collections. These pre-orders cover multiple types of collectibles ranging from mini-statues to the very Hobbit Holes. The mini-statue is the King of the Dead as we saw him during The Lord of the Rings: The Return of…

The following event(s) took place in Middle-earth on November 3, Battle of Bywater, and Passing of Saruman. End of the War of the Ring (1419)

Collecting The Precious – Weta Workshop’s The Mouth of Sauron on Steed Review

During Comic-Con 2017 our friends at Weta Workshop released what very well may turn out to be a statue of the year contender. The Mouth of Sauron on Steed impressed fans with just how detailed the paint, and pose were, during Comic-Con and now that the production piece has shipped we’re blown away again. Everything…

Collecting The Precious – Weta Workshop’s Ringwraith of Forod at Dol Guldur Pre-Order

Our friends at Weta Workshop have another fantastic piece launching for pre-order. This new statue comes from The Hobbit Trilogy and covers the really cool Dol Guldur sequence. Fans have a chance to add another one of those awesome Ringwraith designs we saw during The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies. The Ringwraith getting…

Medieval Fantasy Convention in Germany: a report from TheHutt

Ringer TheHutt was recently at the 2017 Medieval Fantasy Convention in Germany. Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit actors Adam Brown, Sean Astin, Manu Bennett and David Wenham were among the many guests. Read on for TheHutt’s full report! Medieval Fantasy Convention in Germany: a report from TheHutt By TheHutt Photos: Silv Originally published…

Hall of Fire this weekend: what are the powers and uses of the Great Rings?

The Rings of Power, forged by Celebrinbor and the Gwaith-i-Mirdain in Eregion long ago. But why? What were the Great Rings good for? What were they meant to acheive for their users? This is the topic that Hall of Fire will broach this weekend. We know a little. We know The One can turn its…

Welcome to The Great Hall of Poets, our regular monthly feature showcasing the talent of Middle-earth fans. Each month we will feature a small selection of the poems submitted, but we hope you will read all of the poems that we have received here in our Great Hall of Poets. So come and join us by…

The following event took place in Middle-earth on October 25: The Dwarves venture into the Mountain (1341) The Elvenking’s host leave Mirkwood for Erebor (1341) The Council of Elrond (1418)

The following event(s) took place in Middle-earth on October 23: An angered Smaug searches the mountain (1341) Bilbo returns to Smaug’s chamber in the afternoon (1341) Smaug smashes the secret door (1341) Smaug attacks Lake-town (1341) Lake-town in the aftermath (1341) Elrond’s third day in his battle to save Frodo (1418)

Collecting The Precious – Weta Workshop’s King Thorin on Throne Review

Announced not long after Comic-Con 2017,  King Thorin on Throne gives us a look at Thorin during The Hobbit Trilogies third and final film. This fantastic piece, sculpted by Lindsey Crummett, does a great job of capturing Thorin at the height of his dragon sickness, as well as showing how run down Erebor has become…

TORn panel at Stan Lee’s Los Angeles Comic Con next week

Join several staffers from TheOneRing.net next weekend for the last big TORn hosted event of the year. We will have a panel at Stan Lee’s Los Angeles Comic Con on Saturday, October 28 at 10am, room 403A at the LA Convention Center. Our panel is titled “80 years in Middle-earth, why Tolkien is still so…

Hall of Fire this weekend: The Shadow of the Past

This Saturday (October 21) at 6pm ET, Hall of Fire returns to our chapter-by-chapter read-through and discussion of Fellowship of The Ring. “I wish it need not have happened in my time.” Frodo Baggins is the new master of Bag End. And, to the enduring curiosity of his fellow-Hobbits, over the next 17 years he…

The following event(s) took place in Middle-earth on October 20: Bilbo and the Dwarves think of what to do next at the Hidden Door (1341) Escape across the Ford of Bruinen (1418) Gandalf and Elrond perceive the Black Riders at the Ford of Bruinen (1418) Frodo is brought to Rivendell (1418) Return of the King…

Collecting The Precious – Weta Workshop’s Isildur Statue Pre-Order

Weta has been on one heck of a roll since SDCC 2017, and they keep things going this October with tonight’s surprise pre-order: yet another piece fans have been hoping would get made, and one that is near the top of this collectors list. Our friends at Weta Workshop have unleashed the stunning Isildur statue!…

Collecting The Precious – Weta Workshop’s Grond Environment Review

Grond is one of the pieces on the list of never-been-made collectibles that our friends at Weta Workshop have now checked off for us. This amazing piece made its first appearance during NYCC a couple years ago, and was also at the last two San Diego Comic-Con’s. After years of waiting, fans were chomping at…

Hall of Fire this weekend: Concerning Hobbits

This weekend in The Hall of Fire, we’ll be turning our attention back to the prologue of The Lord of the Rings, examining the information presented to us about Hobbits. “I suppose hobbits need some description nowadays, since they have become rare and shy of the Big People, as they call us.” The Lord of…

Collecting The Precious – Weta Workshop’s Fell Beast Bust Pre-Order

Some of the coolest creatures created during The Lord of the Rings Trilogy were the Fell Beasts. Too few collectibles of these awesome looking creatures have been available for fans to add to their collections. Now, our friends at Weta Workshop add a fantastic piece that captures some of the fabulous detail of these creatures….

Hall of Fire livechats The Fellowship of the Ring this weekend

This weekend Hall of Fire will once again be doing a chapter-by-chapter weekly livechat about The Lord of the Rings — starting with The Fellowship of The Ring. “It will have to be paid for,” they said. “It isn’t natural and trouble will come it!” FoTR Book 1, Chapter 1: A Long-Expected Party It’s a…

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