Sméagol's name has some interesting origins. In Tolkien's invented language Westron, his name is Trahald, which literally means "burrowing". His name is also related to the great dragon Smaug, where ...

Peter Jackson and his team had extensive plans going into The Lord of the Rings film trilogy. Pre-production began several years before cameras started rolling, giving them time to iron out the script ...

Our favorite cave-dwelling, ring-obsessed character from J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings trilogy is getting his very own game. The Lord of the Rings: Gollum is a new, narrative ...

Nadia Grace Mullings is a contributor and journalist for Game Rant, and has been a big fan of video gaming from a young age. Strong first impressions included point-and-click games on an old PC (way ...

Gollum is a disfigured humanoid creature residing in Middle Earth. Gollum first made an appearance in the novel The Hobbit by JRR Tolkein. He made his first on screen appearance in the 2001 film The ...

In the opening scene of Return of the King, we see a hobbit called Deagol discover the One Ring in a lake. Overcome by its corrupt power, Deagol is killed by his friend, Smeagol, who then claims the ...

The Lord of the Rings franchise, by J.R.R. Tolkien, is a world of magic and darkness. The warring sides of good and evil battle over complete domination of the universe in the form of a single ring.

Born with Autism (formerly classified as Asperger syndrome), Tyler B. Searle has been obsessed with storytelling since he was old enough to speak. He gravitated towards fairy tales, mythology, the ...