LOS ANGELES — TheOneRing.net covered all kinds of events this week surrounding the World Premiere of “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug.” None was more exciting than the film’s red (black) carpet experience where the stars can greet fans and walk the press line to talk about the film.
Many clips end up on news and entertainment websites but we bring you an edited version with our own Happy Hobbits behind the microphones and in front of the stars including Martin Freeman, Evangeline Lilly, Luke Evans, William Kircher, Dean O’Gorman, Aidan Turner, Philippa Boyens, Manu Bennett, Ryan Gage, Sean Astin, Ed Sheeran and the already-famous pinch from Benedict Cumberbatch.
Posted in:
- Aidan Turner
- Benedict Cumberbatch
- Crew News
- Dean O'Gorman
- Ed Sheeran
- Evangeline Lilly
- Events
- Fans
- Film Screenings
- Headlines
- Hobbit Cast News
- Hobbit Movie
- Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug
- Joe Letteri
- Luke Evans
- Manu Bennett
- Martin Freeman
- Peter Jackson
- Philippa Boyens
- Premieres
- Ryan Gage
- Sean Astin
- The Hobbit
- The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
- TheOneRing.net Community
- William Kircher
At the press interviews for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug in Los Angeles, Yahoo!’s Meriah Doty put Martin Freeman, Benedict Cumberbatch, Evangeline Lilly and Luke Evans through a quick quiz to see if they could ID their co-stars’ feet.
Here’s a story for the bean counters. BoxOffice.com offers the following analysis of what they believe is The Desolation of Smaug’s likely box office potential, supported by social media metrics and some insider industry tracking. My take, it looks good. Well, I think it’s good — I certainly wish I could write something that earned $75 million in a day in one small corner of the world. And if it’s underhyped, well we all know that it’s better to undersell and over-deliver than the converse.
This is a really nice short bio interview about Peter Jackson from CBS reporter John Blackstone. I don’t think there’s anything startling or new, except this one very interesting comment that TORn staffer Magpie noted that Jackson made in the context of discussing his early movies, and particularly Bad Taste. And it’s one that I hadn’t heard previously either, which makes me wonder if it’s the first time Jackson has floated this thought.
Regal Cinemas invited TheOneRing’s Cliff Broadway to host the first-ever Super Ticket Hobbit Fan Event at Meltdown Comics in Hollywood a little over a week ago. Los Angeles fans assembled to geek out and win Super Tickets that would make them among the very first to download The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug once it’s released to home video.