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The Hobbit Premiere Tour Heads to Japan

The Japanese premiere of  The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey  will take place in Tokyo on 1st December. Peter Jackson, Martin Freeman (Bilbo), Andy Serkis (Gollum), Richard Armitage (Thorin), Elijah Wood (Frodo) and Hugo Weaving (Elrond) […]

Eat Second Breakfast at ‘The Hobbit’ World Premiere!

Authored by Middle-earth News contributor Jack Machiela of Welly-moot. One week to go, and the new Hobbit movie will have its premiere! To say we’re mildly excited about this would be a bit of an understatement! Welly-moot […]

Olsen and Beagle and Tolkien, Oh My!

This just in from Trish Lambert! Olsen and Beagle and Tolkien, Oh My! Mythgard Institute’s First Annual Mythmoot will be all Hobbit, all the time… It was a real problem. After listening to The Tolkien […]

Alamo Drafthouse Adds ‘Hobbit’ Food to Epic Feasts

C’mon, admit it! One of the first things you think of when you think about hobbits is food. They are infamous for eating seven meals a day, though Second Breakfast might be the most hobbity. […]

Hobbit Animal Rumours: Not all that glitters is gold…

…or why stopping to think isn’t just for Samwise Gamgee. Authored by Middle-earth News contributor Martin Burrows. (Ed: You’ll most likely have noticed that yesterday’s highest profile story surrounding the Hobbit movies was missing from Middle-earth News […]

Announcing an EXCLUSIVE Bonus Chapter from ‘The Wisdom of the Shire’

The Wisdom of the Shire: A Short Guide to a Long and Happy Life by Noble Smith was officially released in the US and UK last month. If you long for the simple and well-fed life of a […]

New Zealand Geologists warn “She’s gonna blow”

Authored by Middle-earth News contributor Martin Burrows. In a curious mashup of fandoms, geologists in the home of movie Middle-earth have declared, “She cannie take it, she’s gonna blow!” about Mount Doom itself. Mount Ruapehu, which doubled for […]

Peter Jackson Answers Questions about HFR 3D

In the final days before the world premiere of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey in Wellington, director Peter Jackson must be a busy man. The score for the film was just locked off this weekend […]

Creator of LotrProject speaks at TEDx event

Emil Johansson, creator of the Tolkien website LotrProject, was invited to TEDxGöteborg to speak about how his geeky web project has changed his life. LotrProject was published in January this year and has been receiving […]

Stars Confirm Red Carpet Appearances For ‘The Hobbit’ Premiere

New details have just been released about the red carpet premiere of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey at the Embassy Theatre in Wellington on November 28. Pre-carpet entertainment will start at 3:00pm, and the celebrities […]