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Jackson to produce Hobbit movies
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7150644.stm
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.

Could Peter Jackson Be Back 'In' for 'The Hobbit?'
http://www.ifmagazine.com/new.asp?article=4886
Talks to repair the damage between New Line and the Lord of the Rings director are in the works...

'LOTR is a platform we can build from,' says exec
http://tinyurl.com/2b4uah
Turbine Entertainment is not ruling out a console version of its MMO The Lord of the Rings Online, exec producer Jeffrey Steefel has revealed.

Composer Timothy Powell Releases 'New Places' Song
In anticipation of the filming of The Hobbit, there is an emerging world-wide grass-roots campaign to include the music of songwriter and composer...

New Tolkien Book to be Published Next Month
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070325/ennew_afp/entertainmentbritain
An unfinished book by "Lord of the Rings" author J.R.R. Tolkien, which was completed by his son, will go on sale on next month, a newspaper said. "The Children of Hurin", which Tolkien began in 1918, will be in bookshops on April 17...

Dominic Monaghan Weighs In On 'The Hobbit'
http://www.ifmagazine.com/new.asp?article=4007
Dominic Monaghan while promoting the next portion of this season of ABC’s hit series LOST, stopped to comment on the state of affairs with THE HOBBIT movie which is locked in a battle between New Line Cinema and director Peter Jackson.

Help Tim Get His Song in 'The Hobbit' Movie
http://www.myspace.com/timothymichaelpowell
Timothy Powell has composed a piece of music that he would like to see in the film version of "The Hobbit." Find out how you can help make this happen.

'The Hobbit' in 2007?
http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/16/1157077653
An interesting sighting on a calendar in the New York offices of New Line Cinema...

Exploring Tolkien: A New Course at Cardiff
http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/learn/english/exploring_tolkien.php
Cardiff is again offering a Tolkien course this year. The course will examine Tolkien's awareness of northern European mythologies and languages as well as other aspects of his scholarly background.

Daily Reports from ELF 2006
http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/8/1155402612
TheOneRing.net has been posting daily news updates and images from the ELF 2006 convention. Their latest update is from this past Sunday...

'Shadows of Angmar' Game Reaches Alpha
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=18732
A new highly-anticipated Rings computer game, titled "The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar," has entered the alpha phase of development. Over 125,000 fans have already registered as beta testers.

New Study of LotR Announced
http://tolkiennews.net/article.php?story=20060617110012729
TolkienBooks.net has published plans for a series of fourteen articles tracing the early publishing history of The Lord of the Rings.

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