‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’ Season 2 Episode 6 Recap: “Where Is He?”
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‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’ Season 2 Episode 6 Recap: “Where Is He?”

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What a wunderkammer of an episode. From its opening moments, in which grumbling orcs desert Adar’s army rather than fight, to its closing image, of catapults hurling flaming rocks that arc through the night sky on their way to rain death and destruction on the sprawling Elf city of Eregion,…

‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’ Season 2 Episode 4 Recap: “Eldest” (Featuring Tom Bombadil!)
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‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’ Season 2 Episode 4 Recap: “Eldest” (Featuring Tom Bombadil!)

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Ents. Orcs. Elves. Barrow-wights. Wizards, good and evil. Two different kinds of proto-hobbit. A Galadriel battle sequence. A Watcher in the Water. Tom freaking Bombadil. “Pulling out all the stops” is a perfectly valid, even noble, approach for any series belonging to a genre that shows us the spectacular —…

Cate Blanchett claims ‘no one got paid’ for ‘Lord of the Rings’
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Cate Blanchett claims ‘no one got paid’ for ‘Lord of the Rings’

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“The Lord of the Rings” made billions — but not for Cate Blanchett. The actress shocked “Watch What Happens Live” host Andy Cohen Wednesday when he guessed she got “the biggest paycheck” acting as Galadriel in the film franchise. “Are you kidding me?” she asked. “No one got paid anything…

Embracer Group Acquires Rights to The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit: All Details

Embracer Group Acquires Rights to The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit: All Details

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Embracer Group AB, one of Europe’s biggest gaming firms, ramped up its acquisition pace after striking deals for six companies including the intellectual property rights for The Lord of the Rings Trilogy and The Hobbit. “Gaming is the best way to monetize IPs in the long term but not necessarily the most…