These are the only standalone 4K Blu-ray editions of The Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers in North America. Jackson's Tolkien adaptations are almost exclusively printed as trilogy box ...

According to The Two Towers DVD commentary for the Extended Edition by Peter Jackson and his co-screenwriters Philippa Boyens and Fran Walsh, it was Jackson’s idea to add the Elves to the battle.

Birmingham today. (Visit Birmingham) Born John Ronald Reuel Tolkien in 1892 in Bloemfontein, South Africa, Tolkien accompanied his mother and younger brother to England, at age 3, to visit her family.

Exclusive: We talk to Philippa Boyens, co-writer and co-producer on Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings movies, and the cast and crew behind new anime feature The War of the Rohirrim. Plus, an ...

In Tolkien’s books, Gandalf The White even acknowledges that he lost some of his memory in the transformation, so Gandalf may not remember visiting Middle-earth prior to the Third Age (if he did).

Adapted from the second book in Tolkien’s trilogy, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers stars Brad Dourif as Wormtongue anjd Christopher Lee as Sarumon.

For the first time, the Tolkien Estate has approved an operatic adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s words. The Estate’s response to previous attempts was: “You shall not pass.” But now, as reported on ...

The two towers were built between 1109 and 1119 by rival families, and are believed to have been a way to compete for power and status. The ground gave way soon after construction creating a tilt ...

The Garisenda, the shorter of two towers built between 1109 and 1119, currently stands at 157 feet, next to its neighbor, the Asinelli, which is twice as tall, at 320 feet.