The Lord of the Rings (film series) September 2009, the dispute was settled. The success of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy led to Jackson directing a trilogy of prequels based on Tolkien's children's book "The Hobbit". The films, which were released between 2012 and 2014, used much of the cast and crew of "The Lord of the Rings", including Ian McKellen, Andy Serkis, Hugo Weaving, Elijah Wood, Ian Holm (as older Bilbo), Christopher Lee, Cate Blanchett and Orlando Bloom who reprised their roles. Although the "Hobbit" films were even more commercially successful than "The Lord of the Rings", they received mixed reviews from critics. Numerous video
The Lord of the Rings Online camps or lone NPCs. In addition to regular free updates, six expansion packs have been released: There are six playable races in "Lord of the Rings Online": Dwarf, Elf, High Elf, Hobbit, Beorning and Man. Players can choose a male or female sex for each race apart from Dwarves, for whom male is the only playable gender. There are seven classes that can be played in "The Lord of the Rings Online", Champion, Guardian, Hunter, Burglar, Captain, Minstrel and Lore-master, with two additional classes () playable in the "" expansion. A tenth class, the Beorning, was introduced in Update 15