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The Hobbit: AUJ Extended Edition Appendices 7 and 8

Warner Brothers have posted the videos from the appendices 7 and 8 of extended edition of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey on You Tube.  Windy beard is my favourite. What’s yours?   Appendices Part 7 – […]

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Fan Event is Tomorrow

Fans all around the world won’t have to wait much longer until The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug‘s Worldwide Fan Event! Join Peter Jackson and many of the cast members during the special LIVE presentation tomorrow, […]

There and back again: An Interview with Shane Rangi

Often enough, stuntmen and stuntwomen play a vital part in some of the most iconic scenes in films. Yet, stuntmen and stuntwomen are invisible to the audience due tp the magic of movie making. Unknown […]

This Week in Middle-earth

Year 2941 – The Hobbit October 30 Bilbo finds and opens the Secret Door Soon he saw the orange ball of the sun sinking towards the level of his eyes. He went to the opening […]

Advance Tickets for The Desolation of Smaug on Sale in UK

Advance tickets for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug can now be booked at cinemas in the UK. Selected ODEON and Cineworld  cinemas have the tickets on sale for certain screenings. The earliest I’ve found is at […]

EXCLUSIVE Excerpt From ‘The Riddles of The Hobbit’

If you’ve ever read J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit or if you’ve seen any of the film adaptations, I’m sure you can recall the famous “Riddles in the Dark” scene. In it, Bilbo and Gollum engage […]

Alcohol Free Malt Beer Gets Hobbit Inspired Makeover

Last year, Middle-earth News reported that the German coffee maker Krüger received a Hobbit makeover. Now, another German beverage company presents its pruducts Hobbit-themed. The German company Karamalz, producing alcohol free malt beer, received a Hobbit […]

Dean O’Gorman on The Hobbit

Actor Dean O’Gorman, who plays the dwarf Fili in The Hobbit, talks about filming the trilogy and says how he’s looking forward to the premiere of The Desolation of Smaug. In an interview with Rip It Up Dean is asked […]

The Simpsons take on The Hobbit

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug is darker than the first The Hobbit film we all enjoyed last year, so let’s lighten the mood a little with this video of The Simpsons version of The Hobbit.  That […]

Andy Serkis’s Vision to Inspire Imaginative Young Minds

With the help of motion capture, Andy Serkis’s iconic portrayal of Gollum in The Lord of the Rings created one of the most memorable characters in films. For The Hobbit, the actor and director returned […]