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SuperMegaFest Announces Its Biggest Event Yet

Just when it seemed as though the New England conventions had died down for the season, my father found out about another local event from some coworkers: SuperMegaFest, a convention chock full of famous guests, […]

‘The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug’ Premiere Roundup

Catch up with what’s happening where with The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug  premiere roundup. Updated 11 December: The Spanish premiere will be live streamed on warnerbros.es  from 20.30 h local time (2.30 pm EST) Please be aware […]

EXCLUSIVE GIVEAWAY – New Hobbiton Props Shop Creates Handmade Collectibles for Fans

**This giveaway is now over. Congratulations to the winner, Harry!**   Maybe it’s because I’m an obsessed tea lover, but since The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring film came out, I’ve always […]

‘Rise of the Fellowship’ DVD Coming December 3

Our good friend, Ron Newcomb, happens to be the Producer and Director of the soon to be released fan film, Rise of the Fellowship. The story follows Randal Dooley who embarks on a quest to […]

‘Book of New Zealand’ Hobbit Installation in L.A.

Gosh! This sounds quite magical. The Book of New Zealand is a pop-up book type of installation based on The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug and brought to Los Angeles by Tourism New Zealand. It […]

New Tolkien Game, Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, Announced

Several months ago, gamers began noticing that Warner Bros. had registered a new domain, Shadow of Mordor; many members of the gaming community began to speculate on the nature of this new game. Game Informer […]

Gold Medal for ‘The Hobbit’ Plane

  The Hobbit aeroplane won an international gold medal  for its designers, Admark Visual Imaging, at the  Specialist Graphic Imaging Association’s Golden Image Awards in Florida.   The awards, which were held at the end of October, are […]

‘The Lord of the Rings’ Musical World Tour to Launch in 2015

Earlier today Playbill announced that The Lord of the Rings Musical will embark on a world tour starting in 2015. The “extravagant, three-act stage production” was created by Olivier Award winning director Matthew Warchus and […]

Realms Of Magic Through Eyes Of Craft

Recently, we got a chance to truly look at the magic behind the film productions through the craft of propmaking thanks to Chelsea Mainwaring, who spent eight months as a prop assistant in The Hobbit […]

Denny’s Exclusive Video of Beorn’s House

Denny’s not only have a special The Hobbit menu, they also have an exclusive video.  The video features Beorn’s house with comments by Mikael Persbrandt, Martin Freeman and Ian McKellen, among others. It’s very telling […]