Warning: some spoilers for Tolkien follow. David Gleeson and Stephen Beresford’s script begins with Tolkien in the trenches of World War I. Suffering from trench fever, Tolkien searches for a friend ...

“I grew up with Tolkien’s work. It was a big part of my life. I was a fan. But I didn’t know anything about him. And then this script came through and I was like, ‘Hang on a minute…’” What of the man ...

With the wild box office and critical and awards success of The Lord of the Rings trilogy, not to mention The Hobbit trilogy, it seemed only a matter of time before Hollywood knocked on the door of ...

So, did J.R.R. Tolkien invent the Orc as we know it today? Well, yes and no. Although the word "orc" is actually derived from the Old English "orcneas" as it first appeared in Beowulf, Tolkien only ...

Editor’s Note: This article was originally published on forward.com Jul. 26, 2019. We’re republishing it today on the occasion of J.R.R. Tolkien’s birthday. In 1938, with the world tipping toward war, ...

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power's fourth episode opens with a terrifying and deeply important vision. Númenor's Queen-Regent Míriel (Cynthia Addai-Robinson) dreams that a great wave crashes ...

A self-styled Smaug had the tapes hidden away, but thankfully someone persuaded him Tolkien’s speech shouldn’t stay lost. Back in 1958 J.R.R. Tolkien attended a dinner in his honor, hosted by devoted ...

The Rings of Power opening credits may just look like some pretty patterns forming from earthly materials, but it turns out, the meaning behind the title sequence is actually more special. The Lord of ...

Kenji Kamiyama's animated film The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim was not as direct an adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien's novel as Peter Jackson's live-action trilogy had been. It turned ...