J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings ending could have been a darker one instead of the hopeful one it originally had.

A new Oxford exhibition offers unusual artifacts of the famed writer. TOLKIEN TREASURES. Above, the final design of The Hobbit dust jacket is part of ‘Tolkien: Maker of Middle-Earth.’ Tolkien not only ...

J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings is celebrated for its hopeful ending; however, it was reportedly supposed to have a ...

Guillermo del Toro explained how scouting locations for The Lord of the Rings' prequel film, The Hobbit: An Unexpected ...

HarperCollins will publish a new illustrated edition of The Hobbit for the first time since the fantasy novel’s original publication in 1937. It will feature a gallery of 50 paintings, maps, and ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Following the massively successful release of new illustrated editions of The Lord of the Rings ...

Steven Weintraub launched Collider in the summer of 2005. As Editor-in-chief, he has taken the site from a small bedroom operation to having millions of readers around the world. Over the years, he ...

In time for the release of the second installment in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy comes Tolkien scholar Douglas A. Anderson's The Annotated Hobbit: Revised and Expanded Edition. Anderson has ...

For many of us, it began with a hole - a hobbit hole. But for J.R.R. Tolkien, he started elsewhere. Born on Jan. 3, 1892, in South Africa, Tolkien had a difficult childhood. While he may be best known ...

There’s no denying that “Stairway to Heaven” has major Hobbit vibes, but Robert Plant’s Led Zeppelin bandmates never realized ...

There's no writer quite like J.R.R. Tolkien, who is far and away one of the most influential authors of all time, laying the groundwork for so many fiction-fantasy novels to come. To this day, I ...

Robert Plant weaved in some Tolkien in his Led Zeppelin's songs, and his bandmates never even knew. “Tolkien opened the door ...