Wir haben ja im letzten Jahr eine längere Pause eingelegt, daher wollten wir auf jeden Fall mal zurückblicken, was es da alles so gab im Extended Mittelerde-Universum [EMU]

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Show Notes

War of the Rohirrim [2024]

Offizielle Webseite

The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim | „The Rider“ by Paris Paloma (Youtube)

Making ‘The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim’ Nearly Killed Its Director (IndieWire)

Warner Bros. Flexes ‘Lord of the Rings’ Muscle Amid Conflict Over Film Rights [Hollywood Reporter]

The Travelling Tolkienist: The fan screening of “War of the Rohirrim” in Lucerne, Switzerland, was a blast (Marcels Bericht)

Filmtheater im Verkehrshaus, Luzern

IMDB | BoxofficeMojo | Wikipedia

Hunt for Gollum [2027]

The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Ideas … is a standalone Gandalf movie on its way? [Guardian]

Ian McKellen Says Gandalf and Frodo Will Return in Andy Serkis’ ‘Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum’: ‘Apart From That, My Lips Are Sealed!’ [Variety]

Elijah Wood Confirms ‘So Many’ Cameos & More In Lord of the Rings 2027 Movie, Hunt For Gollum [The Direct]

I’ve read it. It’s really good.

[Filmdrehbuch zu HfG; Woods Meinung]

Release Datum

Agent Smith hat keinen Bock mehr auf Elrond.

‘Superman’ Director James Gunn: ‘You Don’t Want Everyone to Root for You’ [Marvel Overkill etc.; paywall u.U.]

Tolkien: Dokumentarfilm arte/ ZDF (inkl. Marcel!)

Tolkien: Die wahre Geschichte der Ringe (aktuell bei Phoenix)

Zahlen zum Film vom Regisseur (LinkedIn)

New Tolkien documentary coming Dec 5th – I’m in it! (Marcels Bericht von der Weltpremiere)

Das sofort legendäre WINGMAN-MISSVERSTÄNDNIS [ca. 00:30:45 mins]

Ardapedia | Storyhouse Pro – Produktion zum Film | Reise durch Mittelerde – epd Medien

Tales of the Shire

Mountain Kings Hobbitname: BINGO DIDDLE

Jede Menge Rezensionen (siehe Merchandise & Franchise)

Beispiel: Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of the Rings Game Review [IGN]

A promising idea that turned out dreadfully boring and extremely buggy.

Playstation – Vorbericht

Inside the struggle to create a cozy Lord of the Rings game (erinnert stark an GOLLUM)

After a final version of the game was completed in November 2024, about half of the studio began working on DLC, although no contract for that work had been signed with a publisher.

Verge-Artikel

Off. Webseite | Metacritic (58 / 3.7)

Review: 2023’s Worst Game, Gollum, Has Entered The Chat [Kotaku] | Worst games [Wikipedia]

Warner Brothers shuts down iconic studio Monolith Productions [Wertzone]

Shadow of Mordor’s brilliant Nemesis system is locked away by a Warner Bros patent until 2036, despite studio shutdown [Eurogamer]

Mountain Kings Freude: Barbara Broccoli

Marcels Liebling – Jed Brophy

Einfach, weil er so eine coole Socke ist! | Wikipedia

Tolkien Society – CEO Ausschreibung | Certificate of Sponshorship hätte Marcel gebraucht

Honorary Mentions

Lord of the Rings – Musical

Plymouth – abgesagt | LotR – A Musical Tale Cancels UK Run at Theatre Royal Plymouth [Aussie Theatre]

Lord of the Rings producer collapses under shock $4m debt [Herald Sun; paywall]

Der Produzent ist Kevin Wallace [Wikipedia]

Herr der Ringe – die Oper

Musical Chapters from LotR

Return to Moria

The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria™ Celebrates 1 Million Units Sold with Brand New Content (offizielle Website)

The Lord of the Rings: Return To Moria Review (IGN)

Combat is dull and repetitive, owing to overused enemy types and braindead AI, and limited mining opportunities or freedom with settlement building throws a wet blanket over the creativity that’s typically a selling point for the genre. Throw in rough technical performance and it becomes difficult to recommend Return to Moria to even my fellow Tolkien stans. There’s a decent game in here somewhere, as the compelling progression loop and chaotic multiplayer capabilities can make for a really good time – I just can’t give you many reasons to pick this survival game over the plethora of better options when it’s only ever by-the-numbers at best. (meine Hervorhebung/ Barbanulla)

Merchandise-Ausnahme: SQUISHMALLOWS

Weil Squishmallows-Gandalf so süß ist (Instagram)

Amazon Prime

Amazon schmeißt Team der letzten Jahre raus – aus Gründen

Zu dem Thema auch (weil James Bond die Nr. 1 ist): UK’s Greatest Fictional Hero Revealed – And It’s a Close Call. Frodo #2.

Wheel of Time gecancelled – wegen der „kill fee“ für RoP?

Amazon baut Produktionskapazitäten in UK aus

Willow – die Fernsehserie [Wikipedia] | Willow nicht mehr online, weil Steuerabschreibung [Forbes]

Außerdem: Warwick Davis | Er hat eins von Bilbo’s Motorhomes [Marcels Steady]