If you’re keen to attend one of the LIVE FAN EVENTS being held next week on November 4 in various (or November 5 in Sydney and Wellington), then best hurry as many of the competitions to win tickets close today.
Below are links to all the contests we know about right now (and if you know of one that’s not listed, please e-mail us at spymaster@theonering.net). Note: tickets to these events cannot be purchased.
Continue reading “Today is your last chance to enter many Desolation of Smaug LIVE event contests!”
You just might be in for a frightful tale if you’re brave enough to join Fili and Kili to learn how to make caramel apples… Happy Halloween! If you want another thrilling tale, check out Kili’s book here. WARNING: This caramel is dangerously sticky/chewy! The recipe is below if you’d like to try it out yourself! Continue reading “Happy Hobbit: Caramel Apples (Halloween Special)”
Welcome to your latest dose of the Oakentoons 🙂
Don’t forget to check out the Oakenstills and Oakencrossovers while you’re there and to say hi to PeckishOwl.
As always just click the images to see the full size ones.
Continue reading “Oakentoon #10 – They’re Taking The Hobbit, Oakentoon #11 – Majestic Equipment, Oakentoon #12 – Minty Unleashed”
Ringer Rohirrim Rider — an insider in the UK cinema industry — provides the following news that provides additional support for our October 18 report about the running time for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug.
We’ve now got our Hobbit screenings programmed in — we’re working with a runtime of 160 minutes.
Continue reading “UK cinemas programming 160 mins for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug; UK tix on sale from Nov 1”
Empire Magazine is debuting a special The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug edition this week, and (similar to last year), their talented artists have created four different limited-edition Hobbit covers.
Your choices are Thorin Oakenshield (Richard Armitage) in Mirkwood, Gandalf the Grey in the dark domain of Dol Guldur and Bilbo clutching Sting as he treads through Smaug’s lair in Erebor. Last but not least is Luke Evans’ Bard the Bowman, a debutant in the second part of Peter Jackson’s trilogy, seen here defending Lake-town from fiery menace.
Empire’s December issue will be on newstands both physical and digital from Thursday. Continue reading “Check out Empire Magazine’s four covers for their Desolation of Smaug edition!”
Courtesy of Warner Bros., we have this glorious high-definition clip of a very young Bilbo watching fireworks and pestering Gandalf at one of The Old Took’s famous parties from the Extended Edition of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. Continue reading “See a young Bilbo in this high-definition clip from the Extended Edition of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey”