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Ian McKellen reveals he’ll return as Gandalf in Lord of the Rings movie – on one candid condition

‘They hope that I’ll be playing him,’ actor said

The Independent UK

Hugo Weaving says he spent too long on Middle-earth. But he’s not the first actor to detest a classic

Marlon Brando had to be lured from his trailer with food to play Superman’s dad and Alec Guinness asked for Obi-Wan Kenobi to be killed off to spare him from the ‘awful lines’

The Guardian - UK

Is Shelob in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season 2?

Did Isildur do battle with Shelob in the third episode of The Rings of Power season 2? Let's find out.

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The Rings of Power season 2's blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment has ties to Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy

Ithildin, you say?

Total Film

Who is Tom Bombadil in The Rings of Power? Tolkien's most mysterious and surprisingly powerful character explained

Meet Tom Bombadil, who is finally making his on-screen debut in The Rings of Power season 2

Total Film

‘It was bloody hard work’: what it’s like to be a 16ft TV troll

As a giant monster prepares to rampage around the return of the megabudget Lord of the Rings prequel, we meet the actors behind characters Tolkien saw as ‘strong, mean and dumb’

The Guardian - UK

Almost 100 years after Tolkien introduced him, Tom Bombadil actor Rory Kinnear shares why the character’s time has finally come in The Rings of Power season 2

Exclusive: Rory Kinnear tells us that this version will be used in a "different way" to Tolkien’s books

Total Film

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Lord of the Rings is Revealing a New Side of Sauron That Peter Jackson Never Could

The titular Lord of the Rings is also a lord of shapeshifting. Here's how 'The Rings of Power' is revealing Sauron's most important evil power.

Inverse

'We looked at it': The Rings of Power season 2 pays tribute to The Fellowship of the Ring movie in the most precise way possible, its creators confirm

The Rings of Power's showrunners explain how one scene in season 2 directly ties to The Fellowship of the Ring's opening sequence.

TechRadar

23 Years Later, Peter Jackson Is Revealing a Surprising Lord of the Rings Backstory

'The War of the Rohirrim' is a new essential part of Middle-earth history. Here's how the new 'Lord of the Rings' anime fits into the bigger picture.

Inverse

First trailer for Lord of the Rings anime movie The War of the Rohirrim promises a "groundbreaking journey back to Middle-earth"

A failed marriage proposal sparks war in the epic teaser for The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim

Total Film

32 movies that revolutionized VFX

These landmark movies took VFX to the bleeding edge

Total Film

Rory Kinnear: ‘I congratulate everyone who is on the brink of baldness’

He was sworn to secrecy on Bond and is about to take on a fan-favourite character in The Rings of Power. But, for all the blockbuster roles, the British actor is a very sensible star

The Guardian - UK

Prime Video just got the best movie trilogy of all time — and it’s 93% on Rotten Tomatoes

Amazon Prime Video just got the complete "Lord of the Rings" trilogy ahead of the premiere of "Rings of Power" season 2.

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Bored Panda

45 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Could Change The Way You Think About Things (New Pics)

Here's a new round of intriguing discoveries from the 'Today I Learned' subreddit that might surprise you as much as they surprised others. The post 45 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Could Change The Way You Think About Things (New Pics) first appeared on Bored Panda.

Inverse

Tolkien's Most Overlooked Character Could Finally Unlock a 'Rings of Power' Mystery

Tom Bombadil didn't fit into Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings films, but Amazon's 'The Rings of Power' finds a perfect place for the character.

Total Film

Lord of the Rings star says "no one got paid anything" for the epic fantasy trilogy

Cate Blanchett said she was paid in "free sandwiches" for all three Lord of the Rings movies

The Independent UK

Cate Blanchett says ‘no one got paid anything’ for Lord of the Rings: ‘I basically got free sandwiches’

Academy Award winner starred as Galadriel in the billion-dollar grossing fantasy trilogy

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Inverse

21 Years Later, 'Rings of Power' Season 2 is Bringing Back One Powerful Lord of the Rings Villain

Isildur's journey back to Númenor is going to be even more difficult than we all thought. In 'The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power' Season 2, he is going to come face to face with one of J.R.R. Tolkien's most terrifying characters.

The Independent UK

‘I am devastated and furious’: 12 actors controversially recast in films

THE COUNTDOWN: From salary disputes and poor scripts to feuds and voiceovers that apparently sound ‘too old’, Hollywood is filled with stories of emergency recastings due to off-screen conflicts, writes Adam White

The Guardian - UK

Superman, Frodo and Star Wars: the stunning life of Kiran Shah – the world’s smallest stuntman

Shah has a strong claim to have appeared in more blockbuster movies than anyone else on Earth. He discusses upbraiding Brando, smoking with Christopher Reeve, slanging matches with James Cameron – and a shocking experience at a party with Freddie Mercury

MusicRadar

"John was annoyed because I didn’t say that he had written one line of this song, Taxman… I also didn’t say how I wrote two lines to Come Together or three lines to Eleanor Rigby”: George Harrison and the questions around his Beatles credits

"I think in the balance I would have had more things to be niggled with him about than he would have with me"

Inverse

Lord of the Rings Is Bringing Back the Most Overlooked Monsters That Peter Jackson Ignored

Don't go in the fog! The Barrow-wights, spirits from 'The Fellowship of the Ring,' will make their first on-screen appearance in 'The Rings of Power' Season 2.

The Guardian - UK

Hunt for Gollum: are Ian McKellen and Viggo Mortensen being quietly dropped?

News of Peter Jackson and Andy Serkis’s eyebrow-raising return to Middle-earth seems to have passed the two stars by. Are Aragorn and Gandalf to be replaced?

The Independent UK

13 times actors were fired from Hollywood movies: ‘The low point of my career’

THE LIST: The film industry is notoriously fickle – and that means that often directors aren’t afraid to unceremoniously ditch their actors. Katie Rosseinsky looks back at some high-profile Hollywood firings

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