Luke Evans played Bard’s ancestor, Girion of Dale
December 9, 2013 at 1:47 pm -While watching the live stream of the Berlin premiere, which is still running right now at Berlin Premiere Live Stream Luke Evans confirmed that he played Bard’s own ancestor, Girion of Dale. He only had to spend one day in costume, but as you can see from this image, that costume was very elaborate and heavy, similar to…
Watch the Berlin premiere LIVE Event for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug!
December 9, 2013 at 11:26 am -Today is another BIG day as we take you to the premiere of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug in Berlin, Germany! The festivities begin at 5:20pm GMT and you can watch the LIVE stream right here on this page as well as chat live with the crowd via Barliman’s chat! (Check the time for…
Collecting The Precious – Weta Workshop’s Thranduil Statue Review
December 9, 2013 at 8:00 am -One of the most beautiful pieces at Comic-Con 2013 came to us from our friends at Weta Workshop. This statue is a real eye catcher with a great likeness, amazing detail, and a fantastic mix of grace/power. The character that Weta created that mixes all of these together is the King of the Mirkwood Elves…
Oakentoons reach 1,000,000 views
December 8, 2013 at 10:05 pm -Our favourite Mirkwood bird has reached an impressive milestone this week, racking up her 1 millionth view of her wonderful Oakentoons. All of us here at theonering.net want to say a big Congratulations Peckish Owl, here’s to the next 1,000,000 and more and more Oakentoons/stills/crossovers! Here’s Peckish Owls celebratory Oakentoon for your enjoyment. Just click…
TORn Message Boards Weekly Roundup – December 9, 2013
December 8, 2013 at 8:47 pm -Welcome to our collection of TORn’s hottest topics for the week ending December 9, 2013. If you’ve fallen behind on what’s happening on the Message Boards, here’s a great way to catch up on the highlights. Or if you’re new to TORn and want to enjoy some great conversations, just follow the link to some…
Collecting The Precious – United Cutlery The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Product Announcements
December 8, 2013 at 8:19 pm -United Cutlery has announced several new products that are some of the coolest looking prop-replicas you will find for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. These prop replicas range from the Bow of Tauriel to the Mace of Azog all of which allow you, the fan, to rip Middle-earth off the big screen and bring…
Cumberbatch ‘Grab’ Fires Up The Internet
December 8, 2013 at 3:02 pm -It can be argued that the biggest internet story coming out of the premiere is not spiders and bears, but a playful behind grab caught only by TheOneRing.net cameras! During our exclusive red-carpet interview with Martin Freeman, Benedict Cumberbatch sneakily snuck up and shared a pinch and a bird with his Hobbit co-star. Animated gifs…
‘The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug’ Will Keep Fans Talking For Years
December 8, 2013 at 8:31 am -Our third staff review comes from Sarumann, host of our LIVE Weekly Program ‘TORn Book Club.’ He will be hosting a special early discussion at 11am PST today (all timezones) at our LIVE event page as a follow-up to this review. Please note, the LIVE event will be spoiler-free and allow participants to ask those…
Join us as we watch The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Extended Edition this Sunday in the Barliman’s chat!
December 8, 2013 at 5:38 am -It’s the final hurdle. Last weekend we watched The Return of the King Extended Edition. This Sunday (December 8) from Midday ET (that’s New York time), we’ll be continuing our LOTR and Hobbit marathon fun in the Barliman’s chat as we haul out our copies of An Unexpected Journey Extended Edition and all press “play”…
Hobbit: DOS Line Parties in full swing, get involved
December 8, 2013 at 5:10 am -We have just under a week until Tolkien fans around the world will pile into theaters for their first glimpse of the Chiefest of all Calamities, Smaug himself, along with Beorn, the giant spiders, and the treasures of Erebor. We set up Line Parties so that fans can arrange to see the movie with fellow…
Tune In Early This Sunday For A Special ‘TORn Book Club’ LIVE Review of ‘The Desolation of Smaug’!
December 7, 2013 at 3:41 pm -This week, ‘TORn Book Club’ will be airing early due to a scheduling issue. Instead of airing at its normal time of 3pm PST, it will be airing at 11am PST, and there will be plenty to discuss! We will be reading the winner of November’s Rewrite Tolkien contest, and Sarumann will be doing a…
A Feast of Starlight: A Review of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
December 7, 2013 at 2:07 pm -Editor Note: Our second staff review comes from staffer and author, Kili – Yes, half of the Happy Hobbit team. The Happy Hobbits were TheOneRing.net official representatives at the ‘black’ carpet premiere of ‘The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug’ this past Monday in Hollywood, CA. (You can see the unedited video coverage in our uStream archive) As a…
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…
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