Peter Jackson’s much anticipated The Hobbit hits theaters today. Resident Tolkien-ite Anna Klassen compares the film to the original novel, revealing 19 differences between the Tolkien classic and the ...

The book’s discovery would be a once-in-a-lifetime moment for any rare books specialist. While out on a routine appraisal of the contents of a home in Bristol, England, Caitlin Riley spotted an ...

The ending of Peter Jackson's 'The Hobbit' trilogy boasts one change that's significantly darker than J.R.R. Tolkien's novel, for better or worse.

Both in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings novel and Peter Jackson's trilogy of film adaptations, one of the first Elven characters to appear was Elrond, the Lord of Rivendell. Between his ...

Love and Thunder" wasn't always making big-budget Marvel movies. Earlier in his career, he had to get creative.

In 1937, English author J.R.R. Tolkien penned a children’s book called “The Hobbit,” or “There and Back Again,” which ignited what would become one of the most popular franchises of all time across ...

At first glance, Peter Jackson's trilogy of epic films based on "The Hobbit," a slender children's book, might appear to leave its source behind in order to make more capital out of the "Lord of the ...

A recently found jawbone, arm bone fragment and teeth collected from an archaeological site in Indonesia revealed a diminutive ancestor of humans dubbed a "hobbit" who lived around 700,000 years ago.

Twenty years ago on an Indonesian island, scientists discovered fossils of an early human species that stood at about 3 1/2 feet tall, earning them the nickname "hobbits." Now a new study suggests ...

When The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power first hit Prime Video in 2022, some were likely a little confused as to the nature of the Harfoots. They weren't called Hobbits, but they were the same ...

Editor's Note, December 10, 2013: With the second chapter of The Hobbit trilogy opening in theaters soon, and the third and final film to be released next winter, refresh your memory about what ...

Trent Cherry has never seen or read “The Lord of the Rings,” and he has no idea who Bilbo Baggins is. But that didn’t stop him from building a replica of Baggins’ house in The Shire — a full-blown ...