As the family of Hobbit author JRR Tolkien disowns a new biographical film about his life, new evidence has emerged that shows J.R.R. Last year, the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse heard evidence of how Father John Tolkien abused young boys while a Catholic priest in Birmingham and Stoke-on-Trent. A new financial agreement was reached in 2009 and Christopher Tolkien agreed that The Hobbit films could be made. None of the family seems to welcome the spotlight being cast by the new biographical film, Tolkien, which comes out this week. In a snappy statement, the Tolkien Estate said they had no part in its making and ‘do not endorse it or its content in any way’.

Source: Daily Mail April 28, 2019 21:45 UTC