J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings ending could have been a darker one instead of the hopeful one it originally had. Early drafts indicate that Tolkien once considered killing off one of his most ...

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It has been over 20 years since the release of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King in 2003, which wrapped one of the greatest trilogies in movie history. Despite being over two decades old, ...

Julio is a Senior Author for Collider. He studied History and International Relations at university, but found his calling in cultural journalism. When he isn't writing, Julio also teaches English at ...

Merry and Pippin are two iconic hobbits from J.R.R. Tolkien's epic fantasy series The Lord of the Rings and are portrayed by Billy Boyd and Dominic Monaghan in the legendary film series. Throughout ...

Merry, Frodo and Pippin, and Legolas, aka your favorite hobbits (and elf), just reunited in a much-needed The Lord of the Rings (LOTR) get-together. Dominic Monaghan, Elijah Wood, Billy Boyd, and ...

Obviously, Peter Jackson and the creators of The Lord of the Ringstrilogy couldn't directly lift every element of the pages ...

Tolkienites had reason to rejoice at the kick-off of FanX — the three-day Salt Lake City-based pop culture and comic convention — because three hobbits and a dwarf gathered to reminisce their ...

Even if it ended shortly after it began, the formation of the Fellowship was vital to Frodo destroying the Ring in The Lord of the Rings. Frodo and Sam carried the Ring itself. Gandalf, Aragorn, ...