One of the reasons that Gandalf took part in the Quest of the Lonely Mountain was that he wanted to avoid Smaug joining ...

and Smaug. Of course, two of the most powerful villains in Middle-earth lore are Morgoth and Sauron, the first and second Dark Lords, respectively. These are Ainur, angelic spirits who predate ...

The Hobbits go back to the Shire, and the Fourth Age begins. But what exactly happens in Middle-earth after Sauron's final defeat? Fortunately, J. R. R. Tolkien explored more of Middle-earth's ...

“Shooting Celebrimbor was when I was like, Yeah, this is cool,” Vickers says with a grin, describing the Rings of Power season-two finale scene in which Sauron, the Dark Lord he ...

Scientists have named a new group of butterflies after the villain Sauron from the Lord of the Rings novels. Experts hit on the name Saurona because the black rings on the insect's orange wings ...

Smaug was always going to be the foundation on which this movie -- and indeed, probably the entire prequel trilogy -- rested. The production would largely rise or fall depending on whether it got ...

While the characters no longer have to worry about Smaug, the fate of the Lonely Mountain ... that Gandalf discovers belonged to the Dark Lord Sauron, he and others form the eponymous group ...

Here’s who faded away in season two. Durin III was overcome by the power of the dwarven ring Sauron gave him. Under the thrall of the ring, he dug, and dug, and dug too deep, so deep that he ...

Edward Snowden is the NSA whistleblower who gave Top Secret documents to Glenn Greenwald. He’s hiding out in a hotel room in Hong Kong, and is now going public. You’ve got to read this ...

The final scenes of season 2 episode 8 saw Galadriel (Morfydd Clark) prevent Sauron from wresting her ring, Nenya, from her. While Sauron injured her, Elrond (Robert Aramayo) is able to save her ...

The Hobbit collection is a three-part epic fantasy-adventure film directed and produced by Peter Jackson and based on J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy novel of the same name. The trilogy of films are ...