Articles written by: eviebowman

Evie was introduced to Tolkien's work by her boyfriend, over a beer in the Eagle and Child pub in Oxford. She went home, read the books and, a while later, married her boyfriend. She has only recently discovered fandom, after years of eye-rolling by her husband and children, and is delighted to find it warm and welcoming and not-at-all weird. As well as tracking down bits of news and sharing them with others, she leads ponies for Riding for the Disabled and loves the cinema and theatre and her wildlife garden.

Finally, We See Beorn!

The Italian site hobbitfilm.it has posted an image of the skin-changer Beorn,  taken from the movie tie-in annual for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. You can read more about Mikael Persbrandt, who plays Beorn, here.

The Hobbit Costs Double the Amount of LOTR

The current cost of making The Hobbit trilogy is more than double that spent on the three The Lord of the Rings films and rising! APNewsBreak reports that, according to financial documents filed in New […]

New TV Spots for The Hobbit and Rereleased Trailer

Earlier this week we had the new trailer for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug and now we find that Warner Brothers have replaced it with a better looking version (same content) and given us […]

Feast Week, Day 7: Prisoners of a Barrow-wight

“When he [Frodo Baggins] came to himself again, for a moment he could recall nothing except a sense of total dread. Then suddenly he knew that he was imprisoned, caught hopelessly; he was in a barrow. A Barrow-wight […]

Happy Birthday, Mikael Persbrandt

Happy Birthday to Swedish actor Mikael Persbrandt, who is 50 today! Mikael plays one of the most exciting characters in The Hobbit movies,  the man/bear skin-changer,  Beorn. Peter Jackson says, “The story definitely has a […]

James Nesbitt’s Girls to Play Bard’s Daughters

James Nesbitt has revealed that his daughters play two of Bard’s children in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. James, who plays the dwarf Bofur, was at the Lyric Theatre in Belfast on Sunday, talking […]

Full Length Smaug Seen In HFR 3D

The trailer for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug had its first showing in HFR 3D at the IBC Awards in Amsterdam last weekend. And it included the first full body shot of Smaug! Adrian […]

Peter Hambleton And Kiran Shah Support Dwarfism Assoc.

The Hobbit actors Peter Hambleton and Kiran Shah are to visit Kenya to lend their support to the launch of  The Association of People with Dwarfism in Kenya. Peter plays the dwarf Gloin in The Hobbit and […]

The Hobbit/LOTR Cast At Cons

Cast members from The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit can often be seen at conventions but, with so many cons to choose from, it’s hard to know who will be appearing where. To […]

The Hobbit Panel 2 At Dragon Con

Here’s a look at The Hobbit Panel 2 at Dragon Con with guests Sylvester McCoy, William Kircher and Graham McTavish.  Thanks, once again, to kuailongkit for sharing these. The Hobbit Panel 2 Part 1  Becoming an actor […]