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Returning Cast Series — Lee Pace Lee Pace is confirmed as Thranduil, Elvenking of Mirkwood, in The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum, releasin..

The Kawarau River in the Queenstown region of New Zealand's South Island served as the Anduin River in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the ..

Returning Cast Series — Elijah Wood Elijah Wood is confirmed as Frodo Baggins in The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum, releasing December 17, 2..

The best Lord of the Rings gift is officially licensed sterling silver jewellery — handcrafted in New Zealand, the country where Middle-earth was fi..

The Hunt for Gollum — December 17, 2027 At 86 years old, Sir Ian McKellen is returning to Middle-earth to play Gandalf one final time. At a fan event..

Returning Cast Series — Kate Winslet Kate Winslet is confirmed as Marigol in The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum, releasing December 17, 2027...

May 5, 2024 — May 5, 2026 Remembering Bernard Hill King Théoden of Rohan — 1944 to 2024 Two years ago today, Bernard Hill died at the age of 79. H..

Returning Cast Series — Updated April 2026 The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum releases December 17, 2027. Warner Bros. confirmed the cast at ..

The Lord of the Rings and Hobbit trilogies were filmed entirely in New Zealand, across more than 150 locations on both the North and South Islands. ..

New Movie — December 17, 2027 The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum is the first new live-action Lord of the Rings film since 2014. Directed by ..

Middle-earth is not a backdrop. It is a character — ancient, layered, and as carefully constructed as any person in the story. J.R.R. Tolkien spent ..

The barrel escape from the Woodland Realm is one of the most inventive sequences in The Hobbit — a daring plan hatched by a burglar with a stolen se..