Matt Patches is an executive editor at Polygon. He has over 15 years of experience reporting on movies and TV, and reviewing pop culture. The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is officially ...

Even if you’re familiar with J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth, much changes between the Second and Third Ages. The creatives behind The Rings of Power shared the map below to help us understand ...

Join us on a trip through thousands of years of Middle-earth history. The First Age of Middle-Earth Slightly confusingly, Tolkien’s Middle-earth time-keeping during the First Age is split across ...

We still know a little bit, though. For example, a large body of water, the Sea of Rhûn, appears on various Middle-earth maps. These maps, together with Tolkien’s writings, also confirm the ...

No one can say that The Lord of the Rings didn't have a moment in 2024, with its many locations explored in multiple productions, and Beleriand is one mysterious Middle-earth locale that has ...

The appearance of the Dwarf Rings in the latest episode of "The Rings of Power" paints a foreboding picture as Sauron’s power ...

Rings of Power has stirred up love for J.R.R. Tolkien's richly woven world of Middle-earth. It introduces new characters and ...

Two of these, Lego The Lord of the Rings and Middle-earth Shadow of Mordor, are currently free to grab for yourself. This celebration of Lord of the Rings-ness comes as Amazon winds up the hype ...

What is the mysterious Second Age of Middle-earth we keep hearing about in relation to The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power? The Rings of Power is actually a prequel to J.R.R. Tolkien’s The ...

When J. R. R. Tolkien (b. 1892) passed away in 1973, he left an immense amount of unpublished writings — much of which consisted of his own personal Middle-earth mythology, known as the ...

More Middle-earth action awaits: Warner Bros. has released the trailer for the anime feature film “The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim,” set to be released on Dec. 13. Directed by ...