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(Tom Bombadil by The Brothers Hildebrandt) J.R.R. Tolkien’s character of Tom Bombadil was based on one of the author’s beloved childhood toys—a doll that accidentally got flushed down a toilet. Many Tolkien aficionados wish that the enigmatic inhabitant of the Old Forest had stayed in that loo, never to resurface in Tolkien’s subconscious. I’m not one of those Bombadillo bashers, ...

During one of their panels while at HobbitCon in Bonn, Germany 2014, Ken Stott and Graham McTavish talk about how they found their inner dwarf while preparing for The Hobbit. HobbitCon follows the explosively successful HobbitCon 2013 by popular demand. 2014 will be even larger in scale, filled with special guests, celebrities, expert panels and lectures. The Maritim Hotel will ...

Day 3: Over Rock and Under Tree by Rachael Ashdown Continue the “Middle-Earth” adventure with Legendarium reporter, Rachael Ashdown, as she tours New Zealand! Some days I feel like a Hobbit, some like a Dwarf.  But on this day, I felt like an elf.  Most of the day was just taken up driving south to reach the heart of Tolkien-fandom ...

Hobbiton Adventure: One Does Not Simply… by Rachael Ashdown Continuing on her Hobbiton Adventure: Day 2: One Does Not Simply… Drive into Mordor? In reality, it is that simple. Our day started with eggs and po-ta-toes (a meal certainly fit for a Hobbit), and then began questing once more. Shadowfax flew through the countryside, but had to stop when we ...

Legendarium continues our EXCLUSIVE interviews from HobbitCon 2014 in Bonn, Germany. Jay Johnstone, Legendarium Director of European Media Operation, talks to Mark Hadlow (Dori), John Callen (Oin) & Adam Brown (Ori) in this fun interview! Follow Legendarium on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LegendariumMedia Twitter: https://twitter.com/LegendariumNews Google+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/108579002301798661223/posts Tumblr: http://legendariummedia.tumblr.com/

After weeks of rumors and a bitter taste left in many fans’ mouths after the release of the initial casting list in April, two actresses have been added to the next installment of the Star Wars saga: Lupita Nyong’o, who was rumored to have been in talks with Disney/Lucasfilm for a role in the film, and Game of Thrones actress ...

Disney struck box office magic again this weekend as Maleficent knocked off X-Men: Days of Future Past from the top spot, taking in over $70 million! Maleficent is the “untold story” of how the iconic villain from the classic animated film, Sleeping Beauty, turned to evil. It stars Angelina Jolie as Maleficent, Sharlto Copley as the King Stefan, Elle Fanning ...

Hobbiton Adventure: A Journal from New Zealand by Rachael Ashdown Day1: I’m going on an adventure! Smaug greeted me upon landing in Auckland (you know, the Air New Zealand plane). It hit me like one of Sam’s frying pans: I am in Middle Earth! And so my two weeks of questing began. Hopping on Shadowfax (our magnificent white rental van), ...

Anaria:Fantasy, Metal, and Epic Cover Songs by Robyn Stone-Kraft Metal music and fantasy have a long history together. Bands like Led Zeppelin, Rush, Styx, Black Sabbath, and Blind Guardian, among many others, have all released songs, or entire albums, drawing inspiration from high fantasy, especially The Lord of the Rings. Even Saruman himself, the indomitable Christopher Lee, has felt the ...

Legendarium Media talks to Mark Atkin who was the scale double for Richard Armitage as Thorin Oakenshield in Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit. Follow Mark on his Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/mark.atkin4XS