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Watch The Lord of the Rings' Frodo and Sam play Baldur's Gate 3 and sow violent, hilarious Dark Urge chaos

Elijah Wood and Sean Astin join Larian CEO Swen Vincke to check out the studio's GOTY-winning RPG.

Windows Central

How J.R.R. Tolkien's novels were inspired by Medieval poems of 'northern bravery'

In a moment of distraction from the laborious work of marking an “enormous pile of examination papers”, J.R.R. Tolkien flipped to a blank page on a student essay and scribbled, “in a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit”.

The Conversation

7 best movies like Lord of the Rings on Max, Hulu and Disney Plus

Fans of The Lord of the Rings should check out these epic fantasy films next, including Willow, Time Bandits and more.

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Are we right to be nervous about the new Lord of the Rings movies?

Elijah Wood has expressed his ‘surprise’ over plans for new movies of Tolkien’s fantasy classic – but they couldn’t be any worse than the book-butchering Hobbit trilogy

The Guardian - UK

Elijah Wood Weighs In On Warner Bros.' Plan To Make New Lord Of The Rings Movies

Original Lord of the Rings actor Elijah Wood gives his thoughts concerning the planned movie remakes.

Cinemablend

Outlander's Sam Heughan 'desperate' to star in The Lord of the Rings prequel

He has also revealed that his name is Sam after Samwise - the hobbit and Frodo Baggins best friend - while his brother Cirdan was also named after a Tolkien character.

Daily Record

You Need to Watch the Most Surprisingly Successful Epic Trilogy on Netflix ASAP

With Peter Jackson’s 'Lord of the Rings,' New Line Cinema took a crazy bet. It somehow paid off.

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All the roles James Corden missed out on - and claim 'chubby' actors are excluded

The Late Late Show host James Corden found fame on Gavin and Stacey - but he could have been part of one of the largest movie franchises of all time

Daily Mirror

James Corden admits he auditioned for a major Lord of the Rings role earlier in career

James Corden has been in the hot seat of his popular CBS talk show The Late Late Show since 2015 but he could have had a different career path had he been successful in his audition for Lord of the Rings

Daily Mirror

Woman asks hairdresser for 'bangs' but leaves 'looking like Frodo Baggins'

The curly-haired woman was shocked to realise she looked like the the character from one of her favourite films.

Daily Record

Woman asks hairdresser for a fringe - and comes out looking like Frodo Baggins

The curly-haired woman was shocked to realise she looked like the the character from one of her favourite films after asking her hairdresser to give her 'bangs'

Daily Mirror

Woman embraces new haircut that makes her look like Frodo Baggins

Annie says she now hopes to meet the actor who played him, Elijah Wood

Wales Online

17 best HBO Max movies in May 2025

The best movies on Max to watch right now range from amazing biopics to touching dramas and mind-boggling animated features.

Tom’s Guide

'Rings of Power' theory solves a classic Bilbo Baggins mystery

Durin IV gifts Elrond a shard of mithril. Is that same mithril converted into a chainmail shirt famously worn by Bilbo and Frodo Baggins?

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Review: 'Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power' is a new fantasy classic in the making

Amazon’s 'The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power' is an epic, at times unwieldy, fantasy adventure. The series' first two episodes premiere Friday, September 2 on Amazon Prime Video.

Daily Mirror

Rings of Power: Everything you need to know about Amazon's £1bn Lord of the Rings prequel

Fans of epic fantasy tale Lord of the Rings, written by a First World War soldier, are already clamouring for details of The Rings of Power, will be a prequel to the book the author started writing in 1937

Inverse

'Game of Thrones' Jon Snow sequel could ruin the best part of the series finale

A surprising new report claims HBO is currently developing a 'Game of Thrones' sequel series that will follow Kit Harington's Jon Snow as he builds a new life for himself beyond The Wall.

Salon

Americans with the best British accents

Oscar Isaac might have failed in his faux-Cockney accent on "Moon Knight" but a few Americans have met success

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How the Oscars have, and haven’t, changed since Halle and Denzel’s historic victories

LOS ANGELES — Twenty years ago, Ron Howard’s “A Beautiful Mind” won four Academy Awards including best picture, beating out “Gosford Park,” “In the Bedroom,” “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring” and “Moulin Rouge!”

The Guardian - UK

Hoard of the rings: ‘lost’ scripts for BBC Tolkien drama discovered

Original manuscripts show how author rewrote scenes for 1950s adaptation of his Middle-earth epic Lord of the Rings

Daily Mirror

Lord of the Rings cast now - married to pop star, controversy, cancer and tragic death

The stars of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring bonded so much on set they all got matching tattoos - but what have the cast been up to since the film came out 21 years ago?

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