Where is the money in Middle-earth?
Just the other day, I was pondering the 12 silver pennies that Barliman Butterbur uses to buy Bill...
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Finnish ticket sales for The Hobbit: The Battle of the...
Barliman’s chat op Miriel writes to tell us that tickets for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five...
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The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Special Extended Edition buyer’s...
If you’re in the market for a physical (BluRay or DVD) copy of The Desolation of Smaug Special...
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Jackson talks with Total Film about The Battle of the...
Playing a bit of catch-up. This isn’t exactly new anymore, but in case you missed it, Total Film...
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Benedict Cumberbatch behind-the-scenes footage: conversations with Smaug
New behind-the-scenes footage from The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug reveals more about how Benedict Cumberbatch created the...
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Hobbits films’ production costs head north of US $745 million
Hollywood movie studio accounts are famously opaque, but in New Zealand Warner Bros. is obliged to file detailed...
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