McKellen Hopes for Role in `Hobbit'

Ian McKellen, who played Gandalf the Wizard in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, is hoping to reprise the role in another tale from Middle Earth.

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In case you missed it, there was an online chat earlier today where Peter Jackson and Guillermo del Toro fielded an assortment of questions regarding the two upcoming Middle Earth-based films (The Hobbit and follow-up) from fans. Here are a few main highlights:

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Google Middle-Earth

Google announced plans today to launch its latest application: Google Middle-Earth. A spokesperson told excited investors that it had "plans in the works with major Satellite companies" to start acquiring live Satellite feeds of all the major regions of Middle-Earth.

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Peter Jackson and New Line Cinema have reached agreement to make J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit," a planned prequel to the blockbuster trilogy "The Lord of the Rings."

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Peter Jackson, Oscar-winning director of the Lord of the Rings movies, has signed a deal to produce two films based on JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit.

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The Hobbit will be made!!!!!!!

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In J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy (1955-56) the ring is at the center of an epochal ecological struggle over the fate of Middle Earth.

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If there's a dorkier combination out there than the Lord of the Rings trilogy and Massive Multiplayer Online RPGs, I'm not quite sure what it is. But hey, embrace your inner nerd, and dive headfirst into Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar.

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Fans of the Lord of the Rings movies and books will be keen to try out the ultimate Middle-Earth experience, after the first online game based on Tolkein's classic went live today.

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The first new Tolkien novel for 30 years is to be published next month.

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Christopher Tolkien has spent the past 30 years working on "The Children of Hurin," an epic tale his father began in 1918 and later abandoned.

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You want to write your name in Elvish, but every place you go seems to make it harder than it ought to be.

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Barrowdowns has a funny middle earth name generator I hope you all enjoy. My partial results:

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Join the open beta for the Battle for Middle-earth II, and real-time strategy game from EA.

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