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.

UPI Almanac for Saturday, Jan. 3, 2009.

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

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- After searching for a suitable scriptwriter, movie producer Peter Jackson will write "The Hobbit" himself, U.S. industry sources say.

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.