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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Hall of Fire this weekend: your favourite Middle-earth hero
In Tolkien’s Middle-earth, heroism appears in all shapes and sizes. But who is your favourite? And why? Those...
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Hall of Fire this Saturday: Many Partings
This Saturday at 6pm ET, Hall of Fire rejoins our four heroic Hobbits as they begin the long...
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High-resolution Bilbo poster for The Battle of the Five Armies
I’ve been a bit out of the Hobbit movies loop since the arrival of the teaser trailer back...
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Listen to legendary British actor Nicol Williamson’s 1974 abridgement of...
In 1974, Argo Records released a dramatised four-record LP audio abridgement of The Hobbit. In an interesting quirk...
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