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Gaia Wise on lending voice to Héra in The Lord of the Rings The War of the Rohirrim: ‘She’s a kick-ass character’

The original anime feature The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim, directed by Kenji Kamiyama, returns audiences to the epic world brought to life in The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, based on the revered books by J.R.R. Gaia Wise Speaking about her introduction to The Lord of the Rings, Gaia Wise, who voices the character of …

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‘The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim’ movie review: A dazzling yet cautious canter through Middle Earth’s lore

The Hindu

There’s always been a curious magnetism to Middle Earth’s rich mythology of untold tales — the whispered legends tucked into appendices, or the histories that get only a fleeting nod in Tolkien’s pages. The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim Director: Kenji Kamiyama Cast: Brian Cox, Gaia Wise, Luke Pasqualino, and Miranda Otto Runtime: 134 minute Storyline: …

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‘The Lord of the Rings’ franchise introduces its first female protagonist to the big screen

CNN

CNN — When Gaia Wise got the call confirming she’d been cast as the lead in the new animated film “The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim,” she screamed so loudly her neighbors called the police. “I told them, ‘I’ve got a new job!’ and they looked at me like I was mad.” In the upcoming film …

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1 week, 3 days ago

The War of the Rohirrim is the first Lord of the Rings film in a decade, but can it compare with the originals?

ABC

Once a staple of the pre-Marvel multiplex, The Lord of the Rings universe has been missing from movie screens for an entire decade, ever since series director Peter Jackson wrapped up his painfully distended adaptation of The Hobbit in 2014. Entitled The War of the Rohirrim, it's set nearly two centuries before the One Ring found its way to Bag …

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1 week, 4 days ago

"The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim" is another barrel-scraping twist on Tolkien

Salon

For all “Lord of the Rings” fans disappointed by the “Game of Thrones”-ification of their favorite franchise with Prime Video’s middling “Rings of Power” series, the announcement of a new feature-length film based on J.R.R. “The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim” is set 183 years before the events of Jackson’s films, but takes place in a …

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Movie Review: A 'Lord of the Rings' tradition turns small-scale in the anime 'Rohirrim'

Hindustan Times

It’s a discombobulating experience, after a “Lord of the Rings” trilogy that was built, down to every frame and hobbit hair, for the big screen, to see something so comparatively minor, small-scaled and TV-sized as “The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim.” Movie Review: A 'Lord of the Rings' tradition turns small-scale in the anime 'Rohirrim' The …

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Movie Review: A ‘Lord of the Rings’ tradition turns small-scale in the anime ‘Rohirrim’

Associated Press

It’s a discombobulating experience, after a “Lord of the Rings” trilogy that was built, down to every frame and hobbit hair, for the big screen, to see something so comparatively minor, small-scaled and TV-sized as “The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim.” The film, set 183 years before the events of “The Hobbit,” is a return to …

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3 months ago

A Tolkien trail: Where to find the real-life Middle-earth

BBC

A Tolkien trail: Where to find the real-life Middle-earth Getty Images While Tolkien's stories take place in the fictional realm of Middle-earth, the awe-inspiring landscapes of the books, films and TV shows are closer than you might imagine. And while Tolkien's stories take place in the fictional realm of Middle-earth, the awe-inspiring landscapes of the books, films and TV shows …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Genetic analysis of Neanderthal named for Tolkien character reveals history of inbreeding

Salon

Sharing the name of a legendary dwarf in J. R. R. Tolkien's classic fantasy novel "The Hobbit," a Neanderthal now known as Thorin wandered the Earth up to 42,000 years ago. This means Thorin's genome was full of the variants one usually sees with recent inbreeding, a striking feature given other modern humans lived nearby with whom Thorin's Neanderthal community …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

The Rings of Power’s Tom Bombadil is finally here. It’s a real mess-adillo.

Slate

Tom Bombadil may be the most argued-about character in J.R.R. The series depicts Rhûn, a little-known land in Tolkien’s fiction, as a desert roamed by masked soldiers in bedouin-style garb serving a “dark wizard,” who may or may not be Saruman. Whether you can become so we shall soon discover.” Tom explains that the dark wizard in the desert must …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Sir Ian McKellen hints he may play Gandalf again in new Tolkien movie

The Telegraph

Sir Ian is recovering after his fall on stage earlier this year and also revealed that he is looking to “take the rest of the year off” from acting. Sir Ian was two months into a season of Player Kings as John Falstaff when he fell from the stage into the first row of the audience He said he has …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

A full circle and then, some more

New Indian Express

‘You Can’t Please Everyone’ Australian actor Charlie Vickers on playing Sauron in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, and catering to Tolkien’s fandom across generations and geographies We were introduced to you as Halbrand in Season 1 of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. I just thought if I can focus everything on healing …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

‘LOTR: The Rings of Power’ interview: Charlie Vickers, Charles Edwards and creator JD Payne on the return of Sauron

The Hindu

What would J R R Tolkien have made of modern Singapore? “In the new season, we see Sauron going to Eregion to meet Celebrimbor, who is the Leonardo da Vinci of the elves,” says showrunner JD Payne, who has created the series with Patrick McKay. That process of driving someone to insanity in order to get them to do what …

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Priyanka Chopra's Bluff co-star calls her 'India's beloved national treasure': She's a superstar in every sense

Hindustan Times

It was a gift to work with Priyanka Chopra, India's beloved national treasure in The Bluff, says The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power breakout star Ismael Cruz Cordova about his collaboration with the actor. Asked about the trolling he faced on social media after appearing in the first season, the actor, who is one of the first …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

The Quest for the Perfect Cracker

Slate

Harley Morenstein leaned into the camera, preparing to unveil his latest creation. It’s not a coincidence that Tolkien wrote magical crackers into his world at a time when many people were arguing about how to make human diets more efficient. Meanwhile, over in America, a physician named John Harvey Kellogg was working on a recipe for granola—essentially, crumbled-up crackers that …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

'Human stories are always about one thing – death': Why the shadow of death and WW1 hang over The Lord of the Rings

BBC

'Human stories are always about one thing – death': Why the shadow of death and WW1 hang over The Lord of the Rings Getty Images In a 1968 interview, the BBC spoke to author JRR Tolkien about his experiences during World War One, how they had a profound effect and influenced his epic fantasy novel, Lord of the Rings. The …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Romantasy brings dragons and eroticism together. At last

Hindustan Times

Perhaps it is Frodo’s hairy feet. The generation which grew up reading “Harry Potter” and other young-adult fantasy books are now adults, who are still interested in one kind of fantasy—but also in another. These books are being read by a generation that came of age after #MeToo; a generation in which women at least equal and often beat their …

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7 months, 4 weeks ago

Exploring Oxford’s literary past and present

Hindustan Times

“And that sweet city with her dreaming spires, She needs not June for beauty’s heightening, Lovely all time she lies, lovely tonight.” The city of dreaming spires: A view of Oxford In Thyrsis, inspired by the stunning golden architecture of Oxford, Victorian poet Matthew Arnold coined the phrase that best describes the medieval metropolis: “the city of dreaming spires”. Every …

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1 year ago

American Fiction: Jeffrey Wright’s Oscar favourite has more to say than your average author film

The Independent

Political correctness doesn’t come easy to Thelonius “Monk” Ellison, the anti-hero played by Jeffrey Wright in American Fiction, Cord Jefferson’s coruscating new satirical comedy adapted from the 2001 novel Erasure by Percival Everett. I’m Black and it’s my book.” open image in gallery Issa Rae stars as an author gaming a hypocritical system in ‘American Fiction’ The versatile Wright, who …

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1 year ago

Two decades after "The Return of the King," we still remember Aragorn's warning about US militarism

Salon

Tolkien foresaw that his intentions would always be misunderstood. I think that many confuse ‘applicability’ with ‘allegory’; but the one resides in the freedom of the reader, and the other in the purposed domination of the author.” Tolkien was a realist, so in the same way that he wrote his trilogy and “The Hobbit” without much expectation that it would …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Decolonising sci-fi and fantasy books | South Asian authors reclaiming literature

The Hindu

The first fantasy book I remember reading is Tolkien’s classic The Hobbit. Having said that, there are huge gaps in these works.” So, while she still appreciates Tolkien’s work, it’s worth noting that Lakshminarayan’s own debut novel, Analog/Virtual: And Other Simulations of Your Future, published internationally as The Ten Percent Thief in 2022, is set in Bengaluru of the future, …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Alan Wake 2 review: Wake up to the joys of Bright Falls - a small town with big secrets, writes PETER HOSKIN

Daily Mail

Alan Wake 2 Verdict: Mystery masterpiece Rating: It's starting to get silly. In a year of some of the greatest games of all time, Alan Wake 2 comes along and manages to be one of the best of them all Alan Wake 2 follows the titular lead character who is a Stephen King-esque horror writer It also follows a new …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Fandom beyond borders

China Daily

The cosplayer Yunqi creates various looks inspired by the British writer J.R.R. When discussing fans, one might think of fanquan culture, which literally translates to "fan circles". In the 2010s, the advent of fan fiction website AO3 and social media apps like Sina Weibo and Lofter marked a significant shift, becoming central to the "digital fandom" era. Many of them …

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1 year, 3 months ago

50 facts to rule them all: A look at Tolkien’s way with worlds

Hindustan Times

Fantasy fiction had existed before JRR Tolkien, but he essentially made it what it is today. Bilbo and Frodo Baggins live at Bag End, for instance, which was the real name of the Tudor home, dated to 1413, of Tolkien’s aunt Jane Neave, in the village of Dormston in Worcestershire, England. A Danish group named The Tolkien Ensemble created “the …

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Gaia Wise on lending voice to Héra in The Lord of the Rings The War of the Rohirrim: ‘She’s a kick-ass character’

‘The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim’ movie review: A dazzling yet cautious canter through Middle Earth’s lore

‘The Lord of the Rings’ franchise introduces its first female protagonist to the big screen

The War of the Rohirrim is the first Lord of the Rings film in a decade, but can it compare with the originals?

"The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim" is another barrel-scraping twist on Tolkien

Movie Review: A 'Lord of the Rings' tradition turns small-scale in the anime 'Rohirrim'

Movie Review: A ‘Lord of the Rings’ tradition turns small-scale in the anime ‘Rohirrim’

A Tolkien trail: Where to find the real-life Middle-earth

Genetic analysis of Neanderthal named for Tolkien character reveals history of inbreeding

The Rings of Power’s Tom Bombadil is finally here. It’s a real mess-adillo.

Sir Ian McKellen hints he may play Gandalf again in new Tolkien movie

A full circle and then, some more

‘LOTR: The Rings of Power’ interview: Charlie Vickers, Charles Edwards and creator JD Payne on the return of Sauron

Priyanka Chopra's Bluff co-star calls her 'India's beloved national treasure': She's a superstar in every sense

The Quest for the Perfect Cracker

'Human stories are always about one thing – death': Why the shadow of death and WW1 hang over The Lord of the Rings

Romantasy brings dragons and eroticism together. At last

Exploring Oxford’s literary past and present

American Fiction: Jeffrey Wright’s Oscar favourite has more to say than your average author film

Two decades after "The Return of the King," we still remember Aragorn's warning about US militarism

Decolonising sci-fi and fantasy books | South Asian authors reclaiming literature

Alan Wake 2 review: Wake up to the joys of Bright Falls - a small town with big secrets, writes PETER HOSKIN

Fandom beyond borders

50 facts to rule them all: A look at Tolkien’s way with worlds