The Lord of the Rings cast is crowdfunding to buy J.R.R. Tolkien’s home and turn it into a literary centre – 9TheFIX

J.R.R. Tolkien’s home in Oxford, England, is where Middle Earth was made. Where Bilbo Baggins first met Gandalf, and orcs and elves and hobbits sparred while one ring threatened to rule them all.
The house on Northmoor Road, where Tolkien penned The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings trilogy, will soon hit the market. To preserve it for fans and writers, the actors who brought Tolkien’s worlds to film are crowdfunding to buy it.
Actors including Gandalf himself, Sir Ian McKellen, and Martin Freeman,…

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