When J. R. R. Tolkien (b. 1892) passed away in 1973, he left an immense amount of unpublished writings — much of which consisted of his own personal Middle-earth mythology, known as the ...

Go back 23 years, and the road was far more perilous when New Line ... and fly in the sets to replicate Middle-earth haunts like The Shire for a blowout bash at a nearby castle.

When The Fellowship of the Rings came out in theaters in 2001, I was amazed at how beautiful the world of Middle-earth was, and the movie captivated me. I imagine this is how children felt when ...