The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien, Movies, Art, Literature, Gaming 
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.
Benedict Cumberbatch says working with Peter Jackson was “amazing”. In an interview with Hollywood Outbreak the British star, who plays the dragon Smaug in the upcoming movie The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, says it was […]
Martin Freeman’s film The World’s End is to get a premiere in New Zealand. Martin (who plays Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit trilogy) stars alongside Simon Pegg (Star Trek) and Nick Frost in this new film. The Dominion […]
News is coming in that the additional filming for The Hobbit has begun. The French site Tolkiendrim says an insider told them that filming would start in Stone Street Studios on 15 May and continue until late […]
Richard Armitage, who plays Thorin Oakenshield in The Hobbit, says the Battle of Five Armies in The Hobbit: There and Back Again will be ‘ …possibly …bigger than you may have seen in Lord of the Rings…’ […]
Benedict Cumberbatch plays Smaug the dragon in the second film in The Hobbit trilogy The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. In an interview with Time Out, this is what he had to say about the role: “Working […]
While Jed Brophy, who plays Nori in The Hobbit, was being interviewed for his recent project The Minister of Chance, he touched on The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. The interview is being shown […]
Richard Armitage, who plays Thorin in The Hobbit, talks to IGN about the trilogy. Watch the interview with IGN here. He reveals that, like the fans, he is desperate to see Smaug in the coming movie […]
The Hobbit dwarves Aidan Turner (Kili), Adam Brown (Ori) and Jed Brophy (Nori) are going to Supanova in Australia! Aidan, Adam and Jed will be at Supanova in Sydney on 22-23 June and in Perth […]
A facsimile signed copy of the first run, of the first print, of the first edition of Tree and Leaf by JRR Tolkien is to be auctioned for charity at the Burren Tolkien Society Festival. […]
When Richard Armitage, who plays Thorin in The Hobbit, was interviewed by Alice Tynan for The Vine recently, she had the chance to ask him some questions that had come through from fans on Twitter. […]
