LONDON, Feb. 18 (UPI) -- "The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun," a book penned by late British author J.R.R. Tolkien at least 80 years ago, is to be published for the first time in May.

LONDON, Sept. 26 (UPI) -- Mexican filmmaker Guillermo del Toro said he is working on a series of vampire novels with crime writer Chuck Hogan.

LONDON, April 30 (UPI) -- British actor Ian McKellen said he will reprise his "Lord of the Rings" role of Gandalf the wizard in two upcoming big-screen adaptations of "The Hobbit."

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 11 (UPI) -- The Tolkien Trust is suing Hollywood's New Line Cinema over money it claims it is owed from the "Lord of the Rings" films.

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 28 (UPI) -- Mexican filmmaker Guillermo del Toro is reportedly in talks to direct a pair of movies based on J.R.R. Tolkien's classic fantasy novel "The Hobbit."

UPI Almanac for Thursday, Jan. 3, 2008.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Jan. 30 (UPI) -- A prominent U.S. paleoneurologist claims the skeletal remains of an 18,000-year-old "Hobbit"-sized human is that of a new species.

UPI almanac for Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2007.

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- Warner Bros. Pictures has bought the film rights to the fantasy novel, "Here, There Be Dragons," prior to the U.S. release of the children's book next week.