"Guillermo Del Toro announced today that he is no longer directing the two movies based on J.R.R Tolkien's "The Hobbit", but will continue to co-write the screenplays. Out of respect to the legions of loyal Tolkien fans, both Guillermo and Peter Jackson wanted to break the news to The One Ring first. They are both [...]

Malcx from ADC sent this along. Wish I had more disposable income right now!
Hallo from ADC Publications,
Renowned Tolkien Artist, Ted Nasmith, has just sent us three new images ready for our August 2010 Exhibition and we can now unveil these latest Original artworks (images attached) and make them available to the public prior to [...]

Mithril Miniatures sent along this announcement - it sounds like a pretty great deal, so if you are into collecting miniatures or playing RPGs that are Tolkien related, now is the time to act! the special price for membership is 9.99 Euro, for which you will receive a free miniature (Aragorn and the Palantir) [...]

Warner Bros. and IMAX Corp. have just issued a joint press release announcing a partnership through 2013 that will include placing upwards of 20 Warner Bros. films into IMAX theaters, as well as conventional theaters. The biggest news to come out of this whole thing is a tentative release date for The Hobbit of December [...]

Bloomsbury Auctions has quite a number of Tolkien lots in their sale number 717 in the London showroom. The first item listed (a book titles Oil Paint and Grease Paint has a signature on the front of the book - the authenticity of this signature is questionable at this time, as is any reasoning [...]

Hansson is probably best known for his musical interpretation of Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings", entitled 'Music Inspired by Lord Of The Rings. Released on Charisma Records after gaining a cult following in Britain due to import copies filtering over from Sweden, the album was his biggest success, reaching the Top 20 on the UK [...]

This is a new essay by Michael Drout on Tolkien's seminal work.  I've only skimmed it so far, but it looks good.http://www.lotrplaza.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=237825&PN=1
- wellinghall

Janet Croft sends this news, along with the table of contents:
Folks, here’s the lineup for the spring issue of Mythlore. It’s at the printer now and should be on its way to subscribers by the end of next week. If you aren’t a subscriber, you should be!
J.R.R. Tolkien’s “Leaf by Niggle”: An Allegory in [...]

There are a few more interesting live auctions for Tolkien books coming up in the next few weeks. An interesting and artistic custom rebind is the new highlight for this set of auctions, in my mind.

Kiefer - Buch- und Kunstauktionen sale number 72 4/23/2010Lot Number: 2504 Tolkien,J.J.R.The Lord of the Rings. [...]

Jason Fisher has kindly provided a in-depth review of Hilary Tolkien's Black & White Ogre Country to TCG.
It’s best to judge Black & White Ogre Country not by its length but by its charm, a quality suffusing nearly every one of the volume’s eighty of so pages. The bulk of this slim book transcribes a [...]