The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Trailer – We’ve Got You Covered!
June 11, 2013 at 8:16 am -Today is the big day! The first trailer for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug will be released worldwide at 1pm EDT/10am PDT (All Timezones). TheOneRing.net’s staff will be on hand both LIVE and behind the scenes to digest, analyze and report on all the juicy tidbits from the new trailer. Will we see more…
Another Taylor Swift parody: We are never ever beating Sauron together
June 10, 2013 at 11:23 am -Sometimes things just snowball. So, in the name of procrastination and work avoidance, here’s another (our last, honest!) Tolkien-style parody of a Taylor Swift song. This time we’re riffing off a little tune (you may have heard of it) called We are never, ever getting back together. This parody is 90% the sterling work of…
No Wellington premiere for Desolation of Smaug
June 9, 2013 at 9:47 pm -Hot on the heels of the poster release and trailer news, we’ve received word via Stuff.co.nz that Wellington will not host the premiere of the second Hobbit movie. Part of a deal signed with Warner Bros and New Line Cinema said at least one of the world premieres had to be held in New Zealand….
TORn Message Boards Weekly Roundup – June 9, 2013
June 9, 2013 at 9:20 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 up on the highlights. Or if you’re new to TORn and want to enjoy some great conversations, just follow the links to some of our most…
Collecting The Precious – Weta Workshop’s ‘Gollum Enraged’ Statue Review
June 9, 2013 at 8:05 pm -This thing all things devour: Birds, beasts, trees, flowers; Gnaws iron, bites steel; Grinds hard stone to meal; Slays kings, ruins towns, And beats high mountains down. – Gollum to Bilbo The Hobbit – Riddles in the Dark We’ve now reached the “we haven’t seen this before” phase of reveals for statues from The Hobbit:…
New official Hobbit poster and trailer debut details!
June 9, 2013 at 2:22 pm -Now this is some proper poster art. Fresh off the presses, enjoy this great teaser poster for The Hobbit: the Desolation of Smaug. One observation, could Bilbo be on the Ravenhill? Though, perhaps it’s too close for that. Plus now we know for certain, the teaser trailer will debut on Tuesday, June 11th, at 10am…
Bifur, Bofur, and Dwalin Invade Dragon*Con!
June 9, 2013 at 9:43 am -William Kircher (Bifur), James Nesbitt (Bofur), and Graham McTavish (Dwalin) have been announced as guests at Dragon*Con, held August 30- September 2 in Atlanta, Georgia. Tolkien’s Middle-earth Track will be presenting panels on costuming, literature, music, art, and of course TheOneRing.net will be there with all the latest news on ‘The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug”. TOR.n will also…
No. This is not the Official Poster from ‘The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug’
June 9, 2013 at 8:01 am -Without hearing from our official entities, this reporter will unequivocally state the following poster is NOT the first poster for ‘The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug.‘ Why? There are a variety of reasons, some I will outline below with a ‘fake factor’ rating. The closer to 10, the more obvious the error should raise a…
A Taylor Swift Tauriel (and Kili) parody: I thought hot dwarf
June 9, 2013 at 7:24 am -So, you’ve probably seen and heard Ian Walters’ hilarious filk Gollum-style parody of the Taylor Swift hit I Knew You Were Trouble. If you haven’t go here — it’s superb. Then I began thinking about Tauriel… and Kili. And those rumours. So, of course, having too much time on my hands and an over-active mind,…
Hall of Fire chat log: Isildur
June 7, 2013 at 10:56 pm -A couple of weekends ago, we discussed the character of Isildur in Hall of Fire. Was he, we asked, the true shaper of the Third Age? For those who couldn’t attend, here’s a log. And a reminder: tomorrow (Saturday June 8 at 6pm EDT) we’ll be returning to the Hobbit movies for the first time…
Hall of Fire chat this weekend: Tauriel, captain of guards
June 7, 2013 at 10:13 pm -Earlier this week, the Hobbit production crew released the first official still (if you missed it, head here) of the Silvan elf and captain of Thranduil’s guards, Tauriel. So, this Saturday at 6pm EDT New York time Hall of Fire will be dedicating an entire, and probably spoiler-filled, session to exploring this new character that…
Just in time for Father’s Day – The Misty Mountains Beer T-Shirt
June 7, 2013 at 3:13 pm -Far over the Misty Mountains cold… Comes a brand new geeky shirt that is perfect for fans of both Tolkien and…beer! If you look closely at the design, you’ll find nine hidden references to our favorite film of 2012! Each shirt is Royal Blue and 100% cotton and we are offering both standard and women’s…
Updated: Desolation of Smaug trailer Youtube debut on June 12?
June 6, 2013 at 8:44 pm -A first-time anonymous source informs TheOneRing.net that the Hobbit trailer will debut on Youtube on June 12. Our anonymous tipster’s news seems to be reinforced by this story that popped up just a couple hours earlier on The Lebanese Cinema Movie Guide. The key part: The first trailer from The Desolation Of Smaug, will be…
Stuff.co.nz: Hobbit set fires up for new movie shoot
June 6, 2013 at 3:36 pm -With The Hobbit back in production this month, a couple of new sets are up at Mt Crawford in Wellington for a 10 week stint of new and pickup shots: Fairfax NZ news spoke to to Sir Peter Jackson’s spokesman, Matt Dravitzki, said the site on Miramar Peninsula was being prepared for a few days’…
BBFC approves The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug trailer
June 6, 2013 at 7:35 am -We’ve been waiting and waiting for some official word on the first trailer for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. Rumours have persistently indicated it would debut on around June 14, potentially attached to Man of Steel. Now, finally, the British Board of Film Classification has given its stamp of approval for the next Hobbit…
EW.com: First look: Evangeline Lilly’s elf warrior in ‘The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug’
June 5, 2013 at 10:04 am -SPOILER WARNING. Entertainment Weekly has a new shot of Tauriel from ‘The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug.’ In the accompanying article, Evangeline Lilly, who will play this completely PJ-created character, talks at length about her role. Since this is EW’s scoop, jump on over to the article for all the juicy details! And of course, share…
Collecting The Precious – Sideshow Collectibles Frodo and Samwise Gamgee Statue Review
June 4, 2013 at 11:28 pm -“I made a promise, Mr Frodo. A promise! ‘Don’t you leave him Samwise Gamgee.’ And I don’t mean to! I don’t mean to.” — Samwise Gamgee to Frodo The Fellowship of the Ring Last year at Comic-Con 2012 two Hobbits made an appearance as one of the newest entries to Sideshow Collectibles…
ALL ABOUT THORIN — Part 6 of Dwarven History on *TORn TUESDAY* Live Webcast Today!
June 4, 2013 at 6:38 pm -Welcome to our weekly live webcast — TORn TUESDAY — concluding our popular two month long specials on the History of the Dwarves who undertake the Quest of Erebor. Today we wrap up with the big bang theory of Dwarven tragedy and honor: it’s all about THORIN OAKENSHIELD (played with great swagger by our very…
LOTR fans get sucker punched by preview for new Chrome app
June 4, 2013 at 4:12 pm -When Configura Equipos, a Spanish-language website featuring technology and gaming reviews and forums, posted this video last week it seemed like we were seeing something new. A preview for Google Chrome’s upcoming “A Journey Through Middle-earth” interactive map featured clips from The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey as well as the brief shots from Google’s own preview for the…
Researching THE FRODO FRANCHISE: Part 4, Now It Can Be Told: Secrets and Spoilers
June 4, 2013 at 10:42 am -Of the three trips I took to New Zealand in 2003 and 2004 to conduct interviews for my book, only the first happened before the release of The Return of the King. I didn’t go thinking that I would suddenly be privy to spoilers and secrets. Shooting was over, I assumed (wrongly), and I figured…
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