The Middle-earth magic is back
By Ruel S. De Vera
As unthinkable as it is, it has now been nearly a decade since moviegoers have visited JRR Tolkien’s fantastical Middle-earth, nine years since director Peter Jackson conquered this earth with—and received Oscars for—2003’s “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.” Since then, the people in front of and behind the camera of enchantment have gone their separate ways, done different things, just like the epic’s fictional Fellowship.








