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The Costume Designers Guild announced their nominations for the 16th Annual Costume Designers Guild Awards today, and it will come as no surprise that The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug earned a nomination in the […]
Several of us here at the Middle-earth News are huge fans of The Lord of the Rings Online, the popular MMO from Turbine. Some of us have been playing for years, while others have only […]
Congratulations to The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug for receiving two nominations in the EE British Academy Film Awards announced today! The nominations are for special visual effects and make up and hair. Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, […]
Thanks to our friends over at Heirs of Durin, we have discovered these videos featuring NEW behind-the-scenes footage from The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug. Each video highlights a different area worthy of an award. Directing: http://youtu.be/emUFXWS7rh0 […]
ComiXology shares a new collection of figures inspired by The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. The figures are in 1:25 scale “with incredible attention to detail from the patterns in the cloth to the runes […]
Ever wanted to start a Middle-earth related collection or expand your existing collection? Then maybe there is something new that might interest you! In February 2014, Eaglemoss releases the official Hobbit collector’s model magazine in Germany. With […]
Enjoy a night of adventure and magic at a Desolation of Smaug screening with special guest Adam Brown. On Tuesday, January, 14 at the Corn Exchange Auditorium in Berkshire, Adam Brown will appear for a […]
Flora Moody, hair and makeup artist for The Hobbit trilogy, has just released some new behind the scenes shots from the films. Here are some of her pictures but you can view more from The Hobbit and […]
What is fantasy? Fantasy and its place in our culture is the topic at this year’s Mythcon, an annual Tolkien and Inklings-based conference put together by the Mythopoeic Society. This year’s Mythcon will take place […]
Games Workshop, the battle strategy group, have just added four new figures to their collection The Hobbit:The Desolation of Smaug. The new characters are the Master of Lake-town, Alfrid the Councilor, Bard the Bowman and Gandalf the Grey. In […]
