Who’s behind the books of the world’s top-grossing films? The answer won’t surprise you.
Lisa Campbell of The Bookseller reported yesterday that “UK books power world’s top-grossing films.” In it, she reveals that 40% of the highest-grossing films since 2001 were adaptions of novels… Read more »
Join the Navy, read The Lord of the Rings at the bottom of the sea
Sounds great, right? You, Frodo, Gandalf, and a hundred-and-forty seamen who really, really don’t want to take your “Which LOTR character are you?” quiz again? But they may not have… Read more »
Christopher Lee, legendary actor/Saruman, releases heavy metal album inspired by “Don Quixote” on his 92nd birthday; or we can all go home now
That’s it, it’s over—the world’s greatest nexus of unlikely elements has been created. It will be not equaled, it will not be surpassed, it may in fact constitute a new… Read more »
Tolkien’s tower purchased for a million pounds
The Guardian reported earlier this week that a tower in England that might have inspired J.R.R. Tolkien has been sold to a charity for £1m. The tower known as Perrott’s Folly is… Read more »
Could Peter Jackson turn The Hobbit into a trilogy?
Peter Jackson—Oscar-winning director of the Lord of the Rings film trilogy—recently completed filming his follow-up project, the film adaptation of The Hobbit. His plan is to split the book into… Read more »