The billion-dollar battle to make The Rings of Power
Tolkien family infighting, Hollywood lawsuits and Jeff Bezos, unexpected Middle-earth nerd – the long road to Amazon’s Lord of the…
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The Rings of Power is bold, beautiful and thrilling television
Amazon bet on its Lord of the Rings prequel, the most expensive TV show ever made. It paid off.
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Shows like The Rings of Power and She-Hulk have been runaway successes – why can’t keyboard warriors admit it?
Happily, these shows have proven to be huge hits – extremely popular with audiences and critics alike, despite the trolling.
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For Ukrainians, Russia is now Tolkien’s Mordor
Magic in The Lord of the Rings sagas mirrors today’s powerful technology – and the dark impulses it can serve.
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Leave the Queen to cosplay Lord of the Rings in peace
Our fixation with the Windsors, from Barbie dolls to family feuds, is cruel and unhealthy.
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It’s absurd to say people of colour can’t be in Lord of the Rings
“Why would there be black people in Middle Earth?!” they say, readily accepting the fact that Tolkien’s fictional land includes…
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“Lord of the Rings is racist about orcs” is not an important new front in the Culture War
The battle of the Times editorial pages.
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How (not) to write a sequel to Lord of the Rings
Dwarf FAQs, Sauron truthers and wizards reincarnated as dogs: the increasingly strange attempts to give Lord of the Rings a…
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It’s easy to be cynical, but a big budget Lord of the Rings TV show could be great
Surely there is room for a TV adaption of JRR Tolkien’s untapped work?
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Five ways the Environment Committee’s flooding report is inspired by The Lord of the Rings
The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee has released its recommendations to overhaul flood management. Here’s what they remind…
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From Aragorn’s blood pressure to Gollum’s vitamin D levels: the science of The Lord of the Rings
Fact versus fantasy.
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