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Tag: the hobbit

The Fall of Gondolin: a final foray into Middle-earth

4th May 20185th May 2018Iona Todd

Over the past few years there has certainly been no shortage of Middle-earth inspired projects for fans to get excited about. From the controversial Shadow of War video game series to the upcoming biopic starring Nicholas Hoult, Tolkien’s cultural influence is showing no signs of slowing down. Now, from out of the blue, HarperCollins has […]

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Five easy ways to turn a great book into a crap film

19th December 201419th December 2014Cecilia Wright

So you’re a hotshot studio executive looking to churn out the next big thing (you’ve got that mortgage on your second LA beach house to be thinking about, after all), and, as usual, you’re flat out of ideas. And then one day it hits you: scripts have words in them. Books have words in them. […]

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Review: The Hobbit, The Battle of the Five Armies

15th December 201417th December 2014Nasim Asl

We return to Middle Earth one last time for the finale of Peter Jackson’s second epic trilogy.

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The Hobbit review: a tasty tale of knives and orcs

18th December 201218th December 2012Tom Ough

An Unexpected Journey takes place not only in the shadow of Erebor, the mountain homeland towards which Bilbo Baggins, Gandalf the wizard and a company of dwarves travel through a hostile Middle-Earth, but also in that of The Lord of the Rings, the wildly successful trilogy to which the new Hobbit films are a precursor. […]

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Have sequels gone too far?

23rd August 201223rd August 2012Rachael Goddard-Rebstein

Now post production and only a few months away from widespread theatrical release, Peter Jackson’s long-awaited ‘Lord of the Rings’ prequel, ‘The Hobbit’, has already generated considerable hype. It hearkens back to the success of the original ‘Lord of Rings’ series while at the same time tapping into contemporary cultural trends, particularly with the inspired […]

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Two Parters: We’re not hungry for seconds

19th January 20121st December 2012Samantha Shannon-Jones

It’s the latest Hollywood-made plague, and it’s coming to a cinema near you. We’ve done remakes. We’ve done 3D. Love ‘em or hate ‘em, two-part films are taking the film industry by storm. But is there any point to them? Two-part films are not to be confused with sequels. Sequels give rise to new characters, […]

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Forget Batman and The Hobbit, 2012 will be remembered for Lincoln

11th January 2012Ross Jones-Morris

While 2011 was not short on good films, it has proven to be a year with few awards darlings. Drive is a bit too edgy for conservative voters, films like The Tree of Life and The Help came out way before the winter period (usually considered necessary in order to sustain momentum and secure votes), […]

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Why we can’t wait for 2012

24th November 201124th November 2011Rebecca Gillie

The film team look forward to the big releases of next year. It all looks very promising.

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