Tauriel and Legolas Stamps and CoinsActor Evangeline Lilly says she is delighted to be featured on an official New Zealand Post stamp and coin to help celebrate the upcoming release of the epic fantasy adventure The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, a production of New Line Cinema and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures (MGM).

Lilly plays a fierce Elf warrior named Tauriel in the second film in The Hobbit Trilogy from Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Sir Peter Jackson, and is excited to feature on New Zealand Post’s latest collection of The Hobbit movie-inspired stamps and coins.

“I’m on a stamp and coin from Middle-earth. It doesn’t get much cooler than that,” said Lilly.

[Brilliant Uncirculated Coin Set] [Presentation Pack] [All Hobbit Items]

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Hobbit Sky MoviesLive in Canada? Available for about 3 hours on December 9th at 7pm? Then you should really fill out the form below to be entered into a random drawing for two free tickets to this early screening of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug! TheOneRing.net is privileged to pick random winners from all entries to attend these special screenings across Canada, including locations in: TORONTO, VANCOUVER, MONTREAL FR, OTTAWA, CALGARY, EDMONTON, WINNIPEG, and HALIFAX. We are going to be choosing winners 24 hours, so enter today and share with your friends and family. Fill out the form below! And of course, visit the official website for all the wonderful details about the upcoming release of this year’s best move! [Official Site] [Entry Form]

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film cellsThe good folks at Film Cells Ltd are celebrating the release of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug by giving YOU a chance to win one of their exclusive collectibles!  These fabulous pieces are made using real film provided directly by Warner Bros.  (If, like me, you were wondering how there is still film available, when the movies were shot digitally, here’s what Film Cells Ltd say about that: ‘We believe that the movies are available on 35mm film because there are still theaters throughout the world that are not capable of showing digital movies. We assume that one day this may stop being the case, but for now film is still available.’)

These authentic pieces of movie memorabilia are then mounted in beautiful displays, to make unique collectible items – a stunning addition to any Hobbit collection!  To be in with a chance to win one of these items, simply complete the entry form below.  The competition will run until Tuesday 10th December, and is open worldwide!

If you’re not lucky enough to win, you can still get your own film cell collectible with a discount of 10%, exclusively for TORn readers!  Enter this code at checkout: 1RING2013    The code will get you 10% off any Hobbit or Lord of the Rings purchases from Film Cells Ltd, and is valid until December 24th.  (Within the US there is also an offer for free shipping – use the code FREESHIP.)

[Click here to shop at Film Cells Ltd or visit their facebook page here]  [If the competition entry form doesn’t show below, click here for Competition Entry Form]

Richard Armitage as Thorin Oakenshield
Richard Armitage as Thorin Oakenshield
LOS ANGELES – TheOneRing.net will sit down (and stand up) with stars of “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug,” tomorrow and since we are representing fans, it seemed only appropriate to let fans submit some questions.

Interviews will play later in the week via video but we need your questions right away, in the next 12 hours.

So, in the comment section at the end of this story, its your chance to submit a question. We will take the best one for each of the actors we interview and ask!

Please specify below which of these actors your question is for, in no particular order:

Aidan Turner
Dean O’Gorman
Dan Hennah (Academy Award nominee for ‘Hobbit’ production designer)
Martin Freeman
Richard Armitage
Evangeline Lilly
Luke Evans
Benedict Cumberbatch

m3610120a_99811499018_BarrelsOutOfBondWithGiftIcon01_445x319Games Workshop produces little mini-figures that you can buy, put together, and paint yourself. These little figures are really cool when done up and painted by someone who knows how to handle a brush. Today, we’re pleased to bring you their wave of figures for the second of The Hobbit Trilogy. These figures range in price from $20 for a single figure to $65 for a set of the Dwarves in their barrels. This wave contains 11 new figures which can be pre-ordered by visiting the Games Workshop website.

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