The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien, Movies, Art, Literature, Gaming This is the opening to the EXCLUSIVE Bonus Chapter: The Children of the Shire from The Wisdom of the Shire. Frodo Baggins was twelve years old when his parents met their untimely death, which just happens to […]
…which is why we’re not embedding it on Middle-earth News! You may remember that back on November 14, we made a No Unexpected Spoilers Pledge. That means we will have no spoilers for The Hobbit: An […]
Air New Zealand unveiled their massive, newly made-up Hobbit plane this morning. Well technically, it’s made-up with dwarves! The Boeing ER is 73 metres and the largest of the Air New Zealand planes. General Marketing […]
Updated 11 December – The Duchess of Cambridge will not be attending the premiere due to her pregnancy sickness. The Duke still plans to attend. The first of the film-makers and cast members who’ll be […]
I made it!! I have now spent my first night in New Zealand. It was quite the journey getting here, but no troubles were met on the way and everything went very smoothly. Upon arriving […]
As we get closer and closer to the world premiere of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey in Wellington, Weta Workshop releases more and more movie swag! The most recent round of additions are all things […]
Things have been rather quiet in Sweden for The Hobbit recently, which is suprising seeing as one of their biggest film stars, Mikael Persbrandt, is cast as Beorn. But this week there’s been news both […]
On 28 November the lucky few (thousand) may be in Wellington enjoying the world premiere of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, but the rest of us don’t need to miss out! We’re starting to hear of […]
Richard Armitage, who plays Thorin Oakenshield in The Hobbit, has been talking to Dominion Post about the role, getting into character and fame. Talking about the audition for The Hobbit Richard says, “I thought, first of […]
Unless you are endowed with ample facial hair, turning yourself into a dwarf from The Hobbit usually means hours in the makeup chair. Warner Bros. recently released a new app on their Hobbit website that […]
