Articles written by: Britta Siemen

Britta first read The Hobbit when she was ten years old and has since devoted the majority of her time to studying and writing about Tolkien's legendarium. When not immersed in maps and books, she can be found battling the agents of Sauron in The Lord of the Rings Online.

Hobbit Trailer Will Be Available Online

Not much of an update here, but for those of you who saw our last story regarding the December 20 (tomorrow!) streaming of the Hobbit trailer and wanted a few more details (which we didn’t […]

Joe Letteri on the Evolution of Gollum

In a recent interview with MovieWeb.com, senior visual effects supervisor Joe Latteri talked about his collaborations with actor Andy Serkis, who recently brought to life the ape Caesar in Rise of the Planet of the […]

Tolkien-Inspired Gift Ideas

Christmas is just six days away, but if you still have some shopping to do, fear not! We’ve compiled a list of Tolkien-inspired gift ideas which can still be purchased and shipped in time for […]

Hobbit Trailer to Stream December 20

There has been a lot of hype surrounding the release of the first trailer for Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, to be released on December 13, 2012. If you’ve been keeping track of […]

More Hobbit Trailer Details Emerge

The Internet is abuzz again as new details emerge on the trailer for The Hobbit, which was recently shown at the Butt-Numb-A-Thon (BNAT) Film Festival. For those of you hoping to keep the trailer a […]

Fans’ Reactions to Hobbit Trailer

Two days ago, audiences at the Butt-Numb-A-Thon geek film festival in Texas were shown the teaser trailer for The Hobbit, and Twitter has been buzzing with fan reactions ever since. The trailer, originally set to […]

Hobbit Cast ‘Like Family,’ says Abbington

Martin Freeman’s partner, actress Amanda Abbington, has taken the couple’s two children, Joe and Grace, to New Zealand to watch their father portray Bilbo Baggins in Peter Jackson’s adaptation of The Hobbit. Before the cast […]

Elijah Wood’s ‘Mixed’ Hobbit Emotions

Elijah Wood, reprising his role as Frodo Baggins in The Hobbit, admitted he had “mixed emotions” during filming. “It was amazing, a mix of emotions, I think. It was slightly surreal and felt oddly normal,” […]

Couple Builds Hobbit Holes in Maine

Melissa and Rocy Pillsbury of Unity, Maine, run a business called Wooden Wonders, where they have been custom designing and building miniature Hobbit homes for the past two and a half years. When Rocy Pillsbury, […]

No ‘Hobbit’ for Viggo Mortensen

Actor Viggo Mortensen recently told Movies.com that he would not be reprising the role of Aragorn in the upcoming Hobbit films. “At one point, the producers asked if I would do it and I said […]