hobbit botfa scroll hi-res preview Id you’ve wanted to create your own custom desktop or mobile wallpaper, Twitter skin or Facebook cover or a profile icons, Warner Bros. is making it easy over on their wallpaper generator site.

They’ve stitched together all three of their Hobbit tapestries (one for AUJ, one for DOS and one for BOTFA).

You just hone in on any section you want (although be warned, at full zoom there is a noticeable fall-off in resolution quality — and an increase in jagginess — on some sections) and crop out your desired image.

You can also download the image in full if you so desire. It is a pretty neat Triptych, I have to say. Just click the image below to visit WB’s special site.

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Want to see The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies a little sooner than December 17th?  Movie theaters around the U.S. will be hosting a Hobbit Trilogy marathon on Monday, December 15th. The trilogy is to be shown in IMAX, and tickets go on sale Friday, November 14th. Tentative showtimes are:  An Unexpected Journey theatrical edition) at 1:00 p.m., The Desolation of Smaug (theatrical edition) at 4:05 p.m., and The Battle of the Five Armies at 7:00 p.m.. Check with your local theater to find out if they’ll be participating and for pricing information.

 

 

Hobbit Smaug Poster I’m not much into box office chest beating, but IB Times has done some interesting number crunching on The Hobbit versus The Lord of the Rings.

Turns out that if The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies hits $942 million US, the total take for the Hobbit films will top that of Peter Jackson’s three The Lord of the Rings films.

That might seem a lot, but maybe it’s not in a series where the US box office take is becoming less important overall. Continue reading “How much does The Battle of The Five Armies need to make for The Hobbit to outsell Lord of the Rings at the box office?”

Just a week or so back Graham McTavish (Dwalin), William Kircher (Bifur), Dean O’Gorman (Fili), and Peter Hambleton (Gloin) went on Canadian breakfast telly to talk about their experiences on the set of The Hobbit in the lead-up to their appearance at the C4 Central Canada Comic Con over the weekend.

It’s a fun interview — made all-the-more amusing by the presenter mixing up who is which character right at the start. Have a watch and see if you pick it up right away. Continue reading “Four of The Hobbits’ dwarves go on Canadian breakfast telly”

JedAsNoriA very Happy Birthday to the only actor to span all Middle-earth films (besides that grey wizard) Jed Brophy! Thanks for all the Orc, Nazgul, Elf and Dwarf mischief!

Here’s to many many more! HAPPY BIRTHDAY JED!

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And many thanks to Tamara, admin of The Jed Brophy Fanpage on Facebook for the use of the above image 🙂

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wetabook20SlipCasealrg6Over the last week, in conjunction with New York Comic-Con, we teamed up with our friends at Weta Workshop to give away a signed copy of their The Art of Film Magic: 20 Years of Weta. Through our Instagram account and Weta Workshop’s Instagram account we received a lot of great pictures that fans have sent to us of their favorite Middle-earth collectible made by Weta or their favorite Middle-earth moment.

We are very pleased to announce that the winner is Heather H. of Florida! Thank you to everyone who took the time to send us your wonderful entries and thank you to Weta Workshop for allowing us to give away such a fantastic item.