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  The Hobbit Report: Online casinos take bets on ‘Hobbit’ release date

  07.01.10 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  Online betting blog Online Casino Advisory reports that in the wake of Guillermo del Toro’s defection from the planned two-part “The Hobbit” film adaptation, online casinos are taking novelty bets on when the first film will see its premiere.

• Humor, News, Videos

  Rifftrax completes comedy commentary tracks for all three ‘Lord of the Rings’ films

  07.01.10 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  Rifftrax, one of two comedy film commentary troupes formed by former members of the original “Mystery Science Theater 3000″ group, has completed tracks for all three “Lord of the Rings” films with the release this week of its “Return of the King” Rifftrax.

• Hobbit Report, News

  The Hobbit Report: Sir Peter may helm ‘Hobbit’ after all

  07.01.10 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  Mainstream media sources including “Entertainment Weekly” are claiming that LOTR director and “The Hobbit” executive producer Sir Peter Jackson is in negotiations to direct both films, despite previous disclaimers to the contrary from his camp at Wellington, New Zealand’s Wingnut Films.

• Hobbit Report, News

  The Hobbit Report: del Toro quits over “ongoing delays”

  06.01.10 | Permalink | 5 Comments

  Frustrated by “ongoing delays,” director Guillermo del Toro has stepped down as helmer of the two parts of the upcoming adaptation of JRR Tolkien’s “The Hobbit…”

• Events, Legendarium, News

  This week in Middle-earth history: April 11th – 17th

  04.12.10 | Permalink | Comment?

  This week in Middle-earth history: The Shadow of the Past; Tolkien’s parents are married; Sean Bean born; “The Children of Húrin” published.

• Legendarium, News

  This week in Middle-earth history: April 4th – 10th

  04.12.10 | Permalink | Comment?

  This week in Middle-earth history: Samwise Gamgee is born, the Gondorians praise the periannath, and Hugo Weaving is born.

• Events, Legendarium, News

  Today in Middle-earth history: March 25th and the Downfall of Sauron

  03.25.10 | Permalink | Comment?

  Today in Middle-earth history: The destruction of the One Ring, the Downfall of Barad-dûr and the final defeat of Sauron Gorthaur; also, it’s Tolkien Reading Day!

• News

  Today in Tolkien History: Tolkien marries in 1916

  03.22.10 | Permalink | Comment?

  On this day, March 22nd, in 1916, John Ronald Reuel Tolkien married Edith Mary Bratt at the Catholic Church of St. Mary Immaculate in Warwick, Warwickshire, England. He was 24; she was 27.

• Events, News

  Tolkien’s original art on display today in Oxford

  03.03.10 | Permalink | Comment?

  Original art by fantasy author JRR Tolkien will be on display today only, March 4th, at the Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford, in celebration of World Book Day.

• Legendarium, News, Web Links

  Med students diagnose Gollum with ‘schizoid personality disorder’

  02.22.10 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  A psychiatrist and a group of medical students at the Royal Free & University College Medical School in London have diagnosed Gollum, the wretched creature from The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, with schizoid personality disorder.

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