J.R.R. Tolkien Archives

Despite ‘The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power’ Including Hobbits, J.R.R. Tolkien Made It Clear They Were Not In The Second Age

August 10, 2022

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power will be including Hobbits despite J.R.R. Tolkien making it very clear that they did not appear until the Third Age following the events that The Rings of Power is expec...

‘The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings of Power’ Actor Lloyd Owen: “[Tolkien] Hasn’t Fleshed Out These Characters To The Extent That The Other Characters Are”

John F. Trent

August 8, 2022

Television

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power actor Lloyd Owen, who plays Elendil in the upcoming Prime Video series, recently claimed that author J.R.R. Tolkien did not fully flesh out his character and others as ...

The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power Showrunners’ Façade For Their Respect Of Tolkien Completely Falls Apart At San Diego Comic-Con

John F. Trent

July 27, 2022

Television

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power showrunners JD Payne and Patrick McKay attempted to hype up the upcoming Prime Video series during a Hall H panel at San Diego Comic-Con. However, the opposite happened...

The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power Actors Confirm Show Aims To Erase Tolkien’s Work For The Sake Of Modernity

John F. Trent

July 25, 2022

Television

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power actors completely stripped away any kind of façade that might have been built for the Prime Video series that it would be faithful to Tolkien's literary work. Instead t...

The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power Director Makes It Clear He Does Not Understand Tolkien’s Work

John F. Trent

July 19, 2022

Books, Television

One of the directors for the upcoming Prime Video series, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, made it abundantly clear he does not understand author J.R.R. Tolkien's work while discussing the tone of the...

Rumor: The Lord Of The Rings Scholar Tom Shippey Fired For Telling Prime Video They Were “Polluting The Lore”

John F. Trent

July 18, 2022

Television

A new rumor claims that Tom Shippey, The Lord of the Rings scholar and former consultant on The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, was fired from the Prime Video show because he was warning them that they w...

Harper Collins And Prime Video Compared To “Bacteria Attaching Itself To Healthy Tissue” After Revealing New Rings of Power Themed Covers For J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings

John F. Trent

July 13, 2022

Books, Television

Fans of J.R.R. Tolkien and his The Lord of the Rings series were not happy after book publisher Harper Collins announced at the beginning of this month they would be selling new editions of The Lord of the Ring...

Tolkien Society To Feature Paper Titled “J.R.R. Tolkien, Culture Warrior: The Alt-Right Religious Crusade’s Appropriation of ‘Tolkien'” At Oxonmoot 2022

John F. Trent

July 5, 2022

Books

Hot off their Summer Seminar 2021 where they put the focus on "Tolkien and Diversity," The Tolkien Society will now feature a paper at their upcoming Oxonmoot event claiming there is an alt-right religious crus...

The 10 Most Evil Lord Of The Rings Characters, Ranked

Slade Hale

June 6, 2022

Books, Movies

J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord Of The Rings novels are nothing short of a literary phenomenon. All the major archetypes are there, and it could be argued that Tolkien helped create some of them. It's a timeless tale not...

Film Threat Founder Chris Gore Explains Why Movie Franchises Fail When They Are Made By Studio Committee

JB Augustine

May 9, 2022

Movies

Film critic and pundit Chris Gore has made his point about what is wrong with Hollywood and cinema a few times already, but he has more left to say. Source: Film Courage YouTube Channel, Chris Gore Intervie...

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