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The Shire
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Coming Soon:
21 June - House of the Dragon S3
17 July – The Odyssey
July-Sep - The Mad King stage play
11 November - The Rings of Power S3
18 Dec – Dune, part 3
18 Dec - Avengers: Doomsday
25 Dec - Harry Potter S1
Late ’26 - The Witcher S5
Late '26 - Dune Prophecy S2
Late '26 - 3 Body Problem S2
Late '26? - Neuromancer TV Show
Early '27? - AKOTSK S2
Early '27? - Bladerunner 2099 TV show
481m is a big number for a trailer. A very big number. The interest is definitely there. Let's see if it delivers.
'Narnia: The Magician's Nephew' Trailer Clocks Massive 481M+ First Week Views, More Than 'Barbie' deadline.com/2026/10/narnia-…
Currently resisting the urge to buy a part of the actual Tardis for £395...
Your chance to own a piece of #DoctorWho history is here! 🟦🔘
The last remaining roundels from the set of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Doctors' TARDIS are now available to purchase from the @propstore_com website. Limited to one per purchase on a first come, first served basis, while stocks last. 🔗👉 bbc.in/4i7FCeR
It is still very early days, but so far I have heard only good things about this project.
🚨Latest on The Lord of the Rings RPG Game from Warhorse 🚨
- Connected to Middle-earth Enterprises, with leaders currently holding review meetings in Europe (potentially Amsterdam or Berlin).
- Final completion and release are estimated to be 5 to 6 years away.
- The game is seeing positive internal reception and is expected to enter full production soon.
- Early discussions for the title reportedly began years before any public announcements were made.
Source: “bertik11” on GamingLeaksAndRumors sub
Now re-listening to The Magicians Nephew.
Delighted to find an unabridged audiobook narrated by Kenneth Branagh.
Well worth a listen
We sat down with bestselling authors Tad Williams and George R. R. Martin to discuss the impact of Williams' first series (MEMORY, SORROW, AND THORN) on the fantasy landscape in 1988 🌟
Watch the full video on YouTube: buff.ly/23zfTDn
An important point ... trailers are notoriously tricksy for lore-heads like me to make judgment-calls on. This could be a dream, something completely out of context, or even something cut from the final version.
Or it could be what it looks like. We'll have to wait to see when the movie comes out.
If you ever have a spare 8 hours or so ... "The Beatles: Get Back" is genuinely one of the most fascinating studies of human nature I have ever seen.
We all know the musical outcome. This is four men, and a wide cast of extras, crafting their final masterpiece on camera in an era when fly-on-the-wall was unheard of. So no-one is playing it up for the camera.
They all suspect it will be their last time creating together. We know now that it will be.
It's the nitty gritty of creativity mixed with a massive dose of humanity and a side-slice of genius. Highly recommended.
OK, I'll now re-read The Magician's Nephew to work out for myself whether Lewis thought Jadis's magic was absent or merely diminished when on Earth...
I don't know why this is trending now, nearly a decade after the play. But this is what an actor should do ... stamp his or her own take on a speech we all know, while retaining the integrity of the original.
FWIW this is far from my favourite interpretation. I think it loses too much of the rhythm of the script. But its pace makes it far more accessible for new audiences. It is a worthy addition to the canon.
Andrew Scott delivers this speech too slowly; I know some viewers will hate the way he breaks up the verse. AND YET even in spite of that I think this is the best delivery of this soliloquy I’ve ever seen.
He makes it sound like it’s not a portentous speech everyone already knows but a morally serious real-time deliberation, by a highly intelligent person in extreme pain, considering what it would mean to end his own life.
When I see the film, my lore-geek-radar will be checking to see whether this is Jadis using magic in our world (which she shouldn't be able to) or using her supernatural strength in some way (which is 100% canon)
