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fromwww.theguardian.com
18 hours ago

The Hunt for Gollum looks like a step too far for the endless Lord of the Rings franchise

Now in his 80s, Ian McKellen appears to have taken a strategically sedentary route for his appearance as Gandalf the Grey in the next year's Lord of the Rings weird-quel The Hunt for Gollum. You've probably heard about this thing: it's the new movie that's based on bits and pieces of JRR Tolkien's esteemed high-fantasy epic that were only mentioned in passing during the three original three-hour movies, and didn't get much more of a mention in the extended cuts that came out later.
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fromOpen Culture
1 month ago

J.R.R. Tolkien, Using a Tape Recorder for the First Time, Reads from The Hobbit for 30 Minutes (1952)

J.R.R. Tolkien recorded readings from The Hobbit in 1952 that present a hoarier, more monstrous Gollum than many later visual interpretations.
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