Source: Stuff.co.nz
The son of author JRR Tolkien is making a last-ditch attempt to stop Hollywood from filming two movies based on The Hobbit, it has been reported.

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GUILLERMO DEL TORO, director of the The Hobbit, has spoken to fans about the project, along with its executive producer Peter Jackson - just days before a court hearing could stop the movie being made.
Del Toro and Jackson plan to make a film adaptation of JRR Tolkien's classic …

Source: Guardian Unlimited
Guillermo del Toro has officially signed up to direct The Hobbit, according to reports leaking out from a film premiere in France.

Source: One Ring
Los Angeles, CA (Tuesday, December 18, 2007) Academy Award-winning filmmaker Peter Jackson; Harry Sloan, Chairman and CEO, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc.

Source: Salon.com
I can vouch for my stepbrother -- he's a big supporter of equal rights for the gay and lesbian community. But when the issue of gay marriage came up at work, he voted against it. Same-sex marriage for U.S.

Source: Salon.com
J.R.R. Tolkien's son Christopher spent more than 30 years piecing together fragments his father left behind. Now readers can learn what happened 6,000 years before Bilbo Baggins found the One Ring.

Source: lotro.com
Free twenty day trial for the new Lord of The Rings mmorpg. Sure, it's an advertising gimmick or whatever, but who wants to play with be for free for twenty days?

Source: Joystiq
On Feb. 12 Turbine officially lifted their non-disclosure on Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar. Early word is that the game is actually a potential contender against the juggernaut known as the World of Warcraft.

Source: davidbordwell.net
On November 22, Ian McKellen put the Jackson/Walsh letter on his series, "E-Post: The Lord of the Rings" and added a comment: "The LOTR fans are already expressing a sense of betrayal.

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The kidnapped kid found after being held for 4 years by a pizza shop manager looks like Frodo from Lord of the Rings and the mom looks like a Goblin.

Source: MSN
How long does it take to drop a ring in a volcano? If you're Peter Jackson, self-appointed keeper of the JRR Tolkien flame and New Zealand's most ubiquitous export after lamb cutlets and rugby players, we're talking 11 hours.

Source: theonering.net
There's a few stories about how Peter Jackson won't be doing the films of The Hobbit. On theonering.net they have a letter from PJ saying some of the information around this.
Moments ago we received this email from Peter Jackson and his crew down in New Zealand, take a look...
Source: SCI FI Wire
Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson and his partner, Fran Walsh, won't be tackling a film version of J.R.R.

Source: phillyburbs.com
Embattled U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum said America has avoided a second terrorist attack for five years because the "Eye of Mordor" has been drawn to Iraq instead.

Source: Telegraph
An unfinished work by JRR Tolkien will be published next spring after being completed by the writer's son.

Source: BBC News
Crtics were largely unimpressed after seeing the new Lord of The Rings musical which opened in Toronto on Friday.
The production cost $25m and is four hours long.

I'm a seventeen-year-old, testosterone-filled, single male. The long-awaited March Break has just arrived. It's Saturday, March 11, and where am I? What am I doing? Well I wasn't in Cuba hammered, stoned, grinding, or any combination of the above, on this year's grad trip.

Source: worthplaying.com
BFME 2 takes part in the North where a battle is raging between Sauron's forces vs. elves and dwarves. It will be possible to create/customize your own hero, apart from known figures such as Arwin, and become more powerful as you progress in the game.