Click through this gallery and read up on the life and work of J.R.R. Tolkien, and discover what inspired him to write his epic masterpieces of literary magic. You may also like: Microsoft and our ...

Tuesday September 2nd 2003 is the 30th anniversary of the death of JRR Tolkien. His parents both came from Birmingham but his father, Arthur, who was a bank clerk, moved to South Africa in the ...

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Opening in UK cinemas on 3 May, Tolkien charts the relationship between ... “biopics typically take considerable licence with the facts, and this one is no exception”. What have the filmmakers ...

J. R. R. Tolkien's books have been adapted several times, with varying degrees of accuracy. The novels are detailed and expansive, containing more lore than could ever fit into a film. The most ...

Christopher Tolkien, who edited and published the posthumous works of his father, Lord of the Rings writer JRR Tolkien, has died aged 95. The news was confirmed by the Tolkien Society, which ...

JRR Tolkien Credit: Haywood Magee All of which meant that, in the summer of 1978, Ralph Bakshi was both the best and worst person to adapt Lord of the Rings. Like many Tolkien fans, he was a ...

It started, of course, with J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic fantasy book series. Adaptations followed over the years, first on radio, then in animation, before Jackson finally brought the realm of Middle ...

For the first time, a live-action adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s “Lord of the Rings ... and the same is true for our 20 facts about the second film in the series, and the trilogy in general.