Quickbeam’s Desolation of Smaug Film Review: Splendid Smaug Splits Fandom?
December 7, 2013 at 5:15 am -[Editor's Note: Fear not, dear readers, TORn staffer Quickbeam presents our first official review of DOS *spoiler-free* until loudly noted in the later section (with plenty of buffer space) where inquisitive minds may read further with spoiler-iffic abandon.] The Great Schism: Splendid Smaug Splits Fandom? or Hobbit Version 2.0: Jackson Does it Differently I know…
Transcript: ‘The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug’ world premiere press conference
December 6, 2013 at 11:00 pm -This is a word-for-word transcription of a press conference held for “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug,” in a hotel in Los Angeles after the World Premiere of the film. Seated were: Philippa Boyens, Benedict Cumberbatch, Richard Armitage, Peter Jackson, Evangeline Lilly, Luke Evans, Aidan Turner and Dean O’Gorman. Press were given microphones by moderators….
First ‘The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug’ reviews released as embargo lifts
December 6, 2013 at 10:46 pm -As some of you may have noticed – something rather unexpected happened today. While reviews for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug were expected to begin getting published this coming Sunday – the embargo was lifted early and we began getting reviews today! TORN staffers, who have been lucky enough to see the film already,…
Experience ‘Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug’ red carpet with TORn; interviews with Martin, Lilly, Dean, Aidan and more!
December 6, 2013 at 9:59 pm -LOS ANGELES — TheOneRing.net covered all kinds of events this week surrounding the World Premiere of “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug.” None was more exciting than the film’s red (black) carpet experience where the stars can greet fans and walk the press line to talk about the film. Many clips end up on news and…
The cast of The Hobbit play “Whose feet are those?”
December 6, 2013 at 8:04 pm -At the press interviews for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug in Los Angeles, Yahoo!’s Meriah Doty put Martin Freeman, Benedict Cumberbatch, Evangeline Lilly and Luke Evans through a quick quiz to see if they could ID their co-stars’ feet. Because Peter Jackson thinks shoeless-ness is the new black, and Bilbo Baggins is also shoe-averse…
The golden potential of The Desolation of Smaug? BoxOffice.com crunches the numbers.
December 6, 2013 at 6:43 pm -Here’s a story for the bean counters. BoxOffice.com offers the following analysis of what they believe is The Desolation of Smaug’s likely box office potential, supported by social media metrics and some insider industry tracking. My take, it looks good. Well, I think it’s good — I certainly wish I could write something that earned…
Is Peter Jackson bringing his earliest movies to blu-ray next year?
December 6, 2013 at 12:01 pm -This is a really nice short bio interview about Peter Jackson from CBS reporter John Blackstone. I don’t think there’s anything startling or new, except this one very interesting comment that TORn staffer Magpie noted that Jackson made in the context of discussing his early movies, and particularly Bad Taste. And it’s one that I…
Benedict Cumberbatch on playing the bad guys in The Desolation of Smaug
December 6, 2013 at 10:26 am -Benedict Cumberbatch sits down with Drew McWeeny from HitFix to discuss playing the dragon Smaug in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. Cumberbatch also goes into detail about his vocal training and learning the Black Speech in order to play the role of The Necromancer. Speaking of which, he does along the way divulge something…
Six degrees of Sauron: discovering the character connections between The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit and The Silmarillion
December 6, 2013 at 6:41 am -In this guest post, Henry Herz interviews Emil Johansson about his website LOTRproject and their recent collaboration Six Degrees of Sauron. Emil (@LOTRproject) maintains LOTRproject.com, through which he shares creative projects related to Tolkien’s works. Henry (@Nimpentoad) and his young sons write fantasy and science fiction books for kids. Their blog is henryherz.com. …
‘Take a Flight’ through the filming locations of Middle-earth
December 6, 2013 at 5:38 am -It’s undoubtedly the dream of many a Tolkien fan to set foot in Hobbiton – or, really, any of the countless other locales you will find in The Lord of the Rings and Hobbit films. Many have, in fact, traveled to the beautiful country of New Zealand to do just that. However, not all of…
Photos and video highlights from The Desolation of Smaug world premiere
December 6, 2013 at 5:29 am -Did you watch the red (black!) carpet for the world premiere for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug? If you missed it (or even if you watched it) here are a few photo and video highlights to tide you over while we all wait for the movie to open in cinemas for the general public….
Getting to know William and Nicole Kircher
December 6, 2013 at 12:42 am -Welcome to this months “Getting to know you” Q&A, this month we’re talking to the amazing and wonderfully talented couple, William and Nicole Kircher. Kelvarhin: Nicole, you’re a wife, mother, singer and manager, how do you manage to juggle it all? What do you think of all the fan attention? Nicole: My husband is in every…
Watch the “Rap and Roast” highlights from the Regal Super Ticket Desolation of Smaug Fan Event
December 5, 2013 at 11:24 pm -Regal Cinemas invited TheOneRing’s Cliff Broadway to host the first-ever Super Ticket Hobbit Fan Event at Meltdown Comics in Hollywood a little over a week ago. Los Angeles fans assembled to geek out and win Super Tickets that would make them among the very first to download The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug once it’s…
Recap: the big news from The Hobbit from yesterday December 4
December 5, 2013 at 4:20 pm -Since news for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug is starting to flood out the door (we posted 15 new stories yesterday), we thought we’d try to recap the big news for readers. We’ll be doing this every day or two from now up until the movie debuts on December 13 to make sure you…
An interview with Smaug, aka Benedict Cumberbatch
December 5, 2013 at 10:14 am -Once you get past the weirdly silenced bits where his lips move, but there’s no sound (are they hiding stuff from us?), this interview with Benedict Cumberbatch has a lot to offer. His enthusiasm for the character is especially obvious. Warning for potential movie spoilers! And thanks to Ringer Thranduil05 for the heads-up. A choice…
Amazing Hobbit Poster Signed by Everyone! Auction Coming Soon
December 5, 2013 at 8:30 am -As part of our fundraiser a few months back, Sir Peter Jackson and 3Foot7 kindly showed their support for TheOneRing.net by very generously donating to the website a poster, signed by pretty much ALL the cast from the three Hobbit movies! This is an extraordinary item, and a true one-of-a-kind. The regular movie sized poster…
A tribute to Tolkien and Lewis illustrator Pauline Baynes
December 5, 2013 at 8:28 am -Artist Pauline Baynes worked as an illustrator for both J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis. In this feature, Tolkien scholar John Garth muses on how her seemingly effortless ability to capture a scene, and how her art awoke in him a love of literature. John Garth on Pauline Baynes It was an illustrator that taught me…
Check out this 56-inch-tall model of Erebor made from 80,000 pieces of LEGO!
December 5, 2013 at 7:24 am -You might recall that we’ve previously profiled the incredible Middle-earth LEGO dioramas of Blake Baer here on TheOneRing.net. Now he’s back with his biggest piece yet — a 56-inch-tall model of Erebor made from 80,000 pieces of LEGO that weighs close to 200 pounds! This time he’s working with fellow LEGO aficionado Jack Bittner. When…
Rough transcript of Google+ Hangout with Peter Jackson, Richard Armitage & Evangeline Lilly
December 5, 2013 at 12:07 am -Earlier today, Peter Jackson, Richard Armitage and Evangeline Lilly participated in a Google+ Hangout – answering questions from fans and debuting a new clip from The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (which you can view here). The Hobbit Movies has written up a rough transcript of the hangout (they describe the quotes more as “summaries”,…
Two Great Eagles swooped into Wellington Airport
December 5, 2013 at 12:01 am -Two Great Eagles swooped into Wellington Airport’s main terminal building on Monday morning, giving Gandalf a glimpse of the runway. The sculptures show Gandalf atop one of two Great Eagles, bringing news to the Middle of Middle-earth. Weighing in at one tonne each with a wingspan of 15 metres, they have been developed by Weta…
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