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Peter Jackson Live Event

Just how exciting is this? Peter Jackson will be hosting a live event at www.hobbit.com/sneak on Sunday 24th March at 3 pm Eastern time (7 pm in the UK. For worldwide times see The Time […]

Grand Opening of Sarehole Mill

Sarehole Mill is celebrating it’s recent renovation with a Grand Opening on 30-31st March. The mill was a childhood haunt of JRR Tolkien and his brother and they would often play together there. Later on […]

What The Hobbit Cast at Armageddon Said

Last weekend some of the cast from The Hobbit were at Armageddon Expo in Christchurch, NZ . Dean O’Gorman (Fili), Jed Brophy (Nori), Peter Hambleton (Gloin) and William Kircher (Bifur) all took to the stage […]

Hobbit Tea Anyone?

Isn’t this just darling? A selection of  The Hobbit character teas by Adagio. There are twenty teas to choose from: Bilbo and Gandalf, Thorin and the dwarves, Galadriel, Elrond, Thranduil and even Smaug.    Each […]

Martin Freeman Talks About The Hobbit, Benedict and Andy

Martin Freeman, star of The Hobbit films, has been talking to CraveOnline about his role as Bilbo Baggins. In the exclusive interview Martin talks about the casting of Benedict Cumberbatch as Smaug the dragon and about […]

The Hobbit Cast At Conventions

Like to meet some dwarves and other cast  from The Hobbit or Lord of the Rings?  Then check out our list of conventions coming up in the next few weeks in New Zealand, Australia, Germany […]

Coming Soon from The Bridge Direct: Radagast and Yazneg 6″ Figures

This October, The Bridge Direct will be releasing another wave of figures based on characters from “The Hobbit” films. Among their Fall 2013 6″ Scale Collector Figures sets are the wizard Radagast and the Orc-commander […]

An Eagle’s View of Middle-earth

S-von-P has put together this awesome piece of Evangeline Lilly as Tauriel. The character, who comes not from the pages of Tolkien, but was created by the filmmakers, is the head of the Elven guard of Mirkwood. […]

‘The Hobbit’ is Expected to Pass $1 Billion Mark in Box Office Over Weekend

Submitted by Middle-earth News contributor, Nomadic Writer. Even Gandalf’s now eponymous words, “You shall not pass!” could not have stopped The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey from being a hit with audiences of all ages around the world. The […]

5 Empire Award Nominations for The Hobbit

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey has been nominated for five Jameson Empire film awards. The categories in which The Hobbit is nominated are Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy – The Hobbit: AUJ The Art of 3D – The […]