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First trailer for Lord of the Rings anime movie The War of the Rohirrim promises a "groundbreaking journey back to Middle-earth"

A failed marriage proposal sparks war in the epic teaser for The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim

Total Film · Aug 22, 2024

32 movies that revolutionized VFX

These landmark movies took VFX to the bleeding edge

Total Film · Aug 19, 2024

Rory Kinnear: ‘I congratulate everyone who is on the brink of baldness’

He was sworn to secrecy on Bond and is about to take on a fan-favourite character in The Rings of Power. But, for all the blockbuster roles, the British actor is a very sensible star

The Guardian - UK · Aug 17, 2024

Cate Blanchett says ‘no one got paid anything’ for Lord of the Rings: ‘I basically got free sandwiches’

Academy Award winner starred as Galadriel in the billion-dollar grossing fantasy trilogy

The Independent UK · Aug 8, 2024

21 Years Later, 'Rings of Power' Season 2 is Bringing Back One Powerful Lord of the Rings Villain

Isildur's journey back to Númenor is going to be even more difficult than we all thought. In 'The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power' Season 2, he is going to come face to face with one of J.R.R. Tolkien's most terrifying characters.

Inverse · Jul 31, 2024

‘I am devastated and furious’: 12 actors controversially recast in films

THE COUNTDOWN: From salary disputes and poor scripts to feuds and voiceovers that apparently sound ‘too old’, Hollywood is filled with stories of emergency recastings due to off-screen conflicts, writes Adam White

The Independent UK · Jul 16, 2024

Superman, Frodo and Star Wars: the stunning life of Kiran Shah – the world’s smallest stuntman

Shah has a strong claim to have appeared in more blockbuster movies than anyone else on Earth. He discusses upbraiding Brando, smoking with Christopher Reeve, slanging matches with James Cameron – and a shocking experience at a party with Freddie Mercury

The Guardian - UK · Jul 4, 2024

"John was annoyed because I didn’t say that he had written one line of this song, Taxman… I also didn’t say how I wrote two lines to Come Together or three lines to Eleanor Rigby”: George Harrison and the questions around his Beatles credits

"I think in the balance I would have had more things to be niggled with him about than he would have with me"

MusicRadar · Jul 2, 2024

Lord of the Rings Is Bringing Back the Most Overlooked Monsters That Peter Jackson Ignored

Don't go in the fog! The Barrow-wights, spirits from 'The Fellowship of the Ring,' will make their first on-screen appearance in 'The Rings of Power' Season 2.

Inverse · Jul 1, 2024

Hunt for Gollum: are Ian McKellen and Viggo Mortensen being quietly dropped?

News of Peter Jackson and Andy Serkis’s eyebrow-raising return to Middle-earth seems to have passed the two stars by. Are Aragorn and Gandalf to be replaced?

The Guardian - UK · Jun 14, 2024