When exactly is Durin’s Day in The Hobbit?
When exactly is Durin’s Day? For various reasons, including the non-exact correlation of the Shire Calendar and our...
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Hall of Fire chat today: Hobbit trailer discussion and analysis!
This weekend (Saturday at 6pm ET) the Hall of Fire will be detouring from our regular book chats...
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See Orlando Bloom and Ian McKellen talk Hobbit trailer on...
As you might recall, when the trailer for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug debuted during the week,...
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Was the Beorn of The Hobbit a were-bear?
With the human face of Beorn finally revealed (Warning: visual spoilers on that link!), I thought readers might...
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Lego surpasses Hasbro as second-largest toy company
One wonders how much Middle-earth’s Hobbits, wizards, elves and dwarves have contributed to the success and growth of...
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Hobbit film trilogy has cost $561 USD million so far
That figure includes the major 266 days of filming with actors that was completed last year, although it...
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