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Meet The Cast Of The Hobbit: Martin Freeman – An Unexpected Hero?

This is the first in a special “Meet The Cast Of The Hobbit” series by Middle-earth News Contributor NomadicWriter. Who would have imagined that Martin Freeman, who had previously played Tim in the BBC’s Golden […]

New Zealand Stars in ‘The Hobbit’

Air New Zealand has released a new video called “The Magic Making of Middle-earth” that shows off some of the beautiful locations that were used to film The Hobbit movies. “It’s a totally magical place,” […]

Join us for a LIVE Interview with Tolkien Chef Heath Dill

Tomorrow at 5:00pm EST, we’ll be chatting with Heath Dill, the creator of the recently funded Kickstarter campaign to create a Tolkien-themed cookbook. Medium Rare and Back Again will feature at least 30 recipes alongside […]

Getting To Know You – All About Dwarves (And Their LEGOs)

When he was a guest on The Colbert Report, actor Martin Freeman said that receiving his LEGO Bilbo figure was one of the proudest days of his life. “On the last day of shooting, we […]

Peter Jackson’s Naughty Dwarf Calendar

Last year, when Peter Jackson was 50, I recall hearing that The Hobbit dwarves had given him a rather unique Dwarven Calendar as a birthday gift. And that was that.  No other details were given…until now. The […]

The Hobbit TV Spot #10

Oh My!  Things  just got serious.  

A Wellington Tour of Middle-earth

Here’s another trip update from Arwen as she travels with the tour group from Middle-earth Network’s A Long Expected Journey to New Zealand! Tuesday in Wellington was filled with the most “ooooooh!” s and “awwwwww!” s […]

The Hobbit Pinball

Jersey Jack Pinball have secured the license to make The Hobbit table, reports Hardcore Gamer. The Hobbit pinball machine will take from all three films. It’s 26″ LCD HD-quality monitor will display, among other things, scores, movie […]

Hobbit Review Embargo Lifted, Spoilers Abound

The final cut of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey was only handed in last week, but since then, an assortment of journalists, bloggers, and critics were lucky enough to screen the film. They had to keep their […]

There and back again – The England journey of the Inda-Gymnasium Tolkien group

Thanks to Becky Dillon for sending this in.  She writes, “DTG member, Dr Julian Eilmann, took his whole class to Oxford on a “search for Tolkien,” and the kids made a video of the event.” […]