Thirteen highlights from the teaser for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
July 28, 2014 at 3:49 pm -Well, the teaser trailer is here. and I think we can all agree that it was well worth the wait. Here are thirteen highlights from it that we totally love! Bilbo thinks Garfemaio: This may well be before the battle, he is considering what steps to take next. Deej: Could this be Bilbo in Erebor,…
Five official stills from The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies teaser trailer
July 28, 2014 at 9:39 pm -Check these five official stills from The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies teaser trailer. The resolution is a lot higher than on any of the other stills floating around right now. The one of Smaug strafing Lake-town is amazing.
Comic-Con Montage: New Shots from Desolation of Smaug Extended Edition?
July 28, 2014 at 7:53 pm -With all the excitement over the teaser trailer for The Battle of Five Armies, we shouldn’t forget that the Warner Bros. presentation on The Hobbit at Comic-Con on Saturday started with a montage of shots from the five films so far released. It lasted a few minutes and mixed together shots from The Lord of…
New The Hobbit: the Battle of the Five Armies teaser poster
July 28, 2014 at 2:12 pm -Hot off the press. Check this one folks.
The teaser trailer for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies is here!
July 28, 2014 at 2:02 pm -Moments ago, the teaser trailer for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies went live on the internet. One minute and forty-eight seconds of epic, set to Billy Boyd heartbreaking tune from The Return of the King, The Edge of Night. At this point we think it’s worth reminding you of what one of…
We’ve got you covered for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies teaser trailer!
July 28, 2014 at 7:24 am -Today is the big day! The teaser trailer for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies will be released worldwide at Midday PT/3pm ET. If you’re not sure when that is in your timezone, go HERE to check. The Battle of the Five Armies Barliman’s LIVE Trailer chat! TheOneRing.net’s staff will be on hand…
TORn Message Boards Weekly Roundup – July 27, 2014
July 27, 2014 at 8:01 pm -Welcome to our collection of TORn’s hottest topics for the past week. If you’ve fallen behind on what’s happening on the Message Boards, here’s a great way to catch the highlights. Or if you’re new to TORn and want o enjoy some great conversations, just follow the links to some of our most popular discussions. …
Collecting The Precious Weta Workshop Comic-Con Photo Tour Part 1
July 27, 2014 at 6:59 pm -Our friends at Weta Workshop have some really fantastic stuff this year at Comic-Con from both The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. As they announced last year at Comic-Con, The Lord of the Rings 1:6 statue line is back in the hands of Weta and this year we get two fantastic pieces to…
Watch the 15-second Hobbit 3 pre-teaser in 1080p widescreen!
July 27, 2014 at 6:50 pm -Teaser Trailer Monday is what the Warner Bros. marketing brainstrust wants to call it, and it’s happening tomorrow at Midday PT/3pm ET. But what’s that in YOUR timezone, you ask? Follow this link to work out when the trailer will debut in YOUR timezone. Warner Bros. UK has also uploaded a higher resolution (up to…
Warner Bros. announces teaser trailer debut for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
July 27, 2014 at 2:21 pm -For the eleventy bajillion readers who keep asking, “when is the teaser trailer coming?” we finally have a concrete answer…. and a 15-second sneak peek. (A teaser for the teaser. How recursive.) The new teaser trailer for #TheHobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies will be unveiled tomorrow at 12pm PT / 3pm ET! http://t.co/CpJnmXfPbV…
Post Hall H Cast Interviews
July 27, 2014 at 8:14 am -Several Cast interviews have started showing up on YouTube after The Hobbit Panel on Saturday. Message board regular Arannir shared these ones on the boards and we thought we’d share them with you here. Something else for us all to enjoy while we impatiently await the teaser trailer to appear online.
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies in Hall H: the details and the spoilers!
July 27, 2014 at 6:49 am -Warner Bros. behind-the-scenes efforts mark this as more than merely another panel — despite the fact it’s sharing a slot with Mad Max Fury: Road, Jupiter Ascending and Batman vs Superman. The enormous, multi-scened wraparound panaorama that muralises the walls of Hall H declares the pre-eminence of The Hobbit: the Battle of the Five Armies…
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Panel, SDCC 2014
July 27, 2014 at 4:25 am -Many thanks to Ringer Piet for bringing this video of The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Panel to our attention. Before you get your hopes too high, the teaser trailer has been excised from the video, so it only shows the Panel, but it’s still worth watching for that. Meanwhile we’ll all keep hoping…
Amazing scroll panorama of The Hobbit: the Battle of the Five Armies revealed in Hall H!
July 26, 2014 at 11:31 pm -We had heard that Hall H had been turned into a massive surround screen for The Hobbit, but now we understand precisely what people mean! Even better, Warner Bros. used the panoramic montages that they created for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and the Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. Why? Because they also revealed the…
Breaking: Peter Jackson presents The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies in Hall H!
July 26, 2014 at 4:24 pm -Well, the long wait is over. Peter Jackson and his team brought much Hobbit goodness to San Diego Comic-Con’s Hall H today, and blew everyone’s minds. To say the event zoomed past at an overwhelming pace would be a massive understatement. We’re digesting everything seen and said, and will continue to update as we work…
Rolling updates on The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies presentation from Hall H!
July 26, 2014 at 12:07 pm -Things are hotting up as the Hall H presentation approaches. We’re going to try to bring you as many rolling updates as we possibly can as often as we can about what’s going on! Update #1 Andy Serkis and Lee Pace stopped by the Hall H line late last night. Apparently some 10,000 people have…
Evangeline Lilly speaks about shooting her final scene
July 26, 2014 at 10:08 am -Evangeline Lily spoke to Clevver Movies at Comic-Con about her book The Squickerwonkers, as well as the experience of shooting her final scene in the trilogy. She says that it comes near the end of the final film, in the last fifteen minutes, and was her favorite experience from the shoot, though it left her…
We’ve got you covered for Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies presentation at SDCC
July 26, 2014 at 8:41 am -Today is the big day! Sometimes after 10am Pacific time, Peter Jackson will stroll onto the Hall H stage at San Diego Comic-Con to provide some 6,000 people a “first look” at The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies. TheOneRing.net’s staff will be on hand to report all the details, and we’ll be bringing…
Regarding Aragorn: a matter of age
July 26, 2014 at 8:24 am -Over the years J.R.R. Tolkien corrected a number of typographical errors and inconsistencies within The Lord of the Rings. The 50th anniversary edition, released in 2004 and overseen by Christopher Tolkien, remains the most recent such revision. In this TORn library article Barliman chatter and Hall of Fire regular Puma examines one error regarding Aragorn’s…
Analysis: Bard, the Black Arrow and the Windlance
July 26, 2014 at 6:44 am -One of the more interesting things to pop out of the TORn mega-spoiler list relates to Bard, the Black Arrow and the weapon known as the Windlance. Readers, of course, already know that Bard’s Black Arrow plays a critical role in Smaug’s attack on Lake-town. “Arrow!” said the bowman. “Black arrow! I have saved you…