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Hobbit Premiere Celebrations Revealed

Things are gearing up in Wellington for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey world premiere, with crowds greater than the 120,000 who turned out for The Return of the King hoped for. Details of a week […]

World Premiere Stars Kept Secret

Wellingtonians are getting excited about The Hobbit world premiere, with details of the celebrations expected later this week. It has just been confirmed that, as expected, The Embassy Theatre will host the premiere, with the […]

An Eagle’s View of Middle-earth

If you’re looking for an easy dwarf costume solution for Halloween or the midnight showing of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, ThinkGeek has you covered! (Evie Bowman) The Weather Channel has already named the storms for the […]

Warner Bros. Reveals New ‘Hobbit’ Banners

Warner Brothers has just released these new banners for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey on their official Hobbit Twitter account (@TheHobbitMovie).    Though they’re utilizing images we’ve seen before on the large scrolls, its still exciting to […]

Buckets, Sandcastles and The Hobbit

There’s a fabulous competition being launched in Wellington just now: The Golden Bucket, where winners get to take part in beating the Guinness world record for building sandcastles. Adventure Wellington have taken on the sandcastle […]

Hobbit Stamps and Coins are “Wizard”

Last month we reported that New Zealand Post was releasing commemorative stamps and coins of The Hobbit and now, with pre-orders available, we can see what they look like. There are individual stamps and coins […]

Hobbit World Premiere Info Out Soon

Details of the world premiere of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey will be announced next week. The premiere is on the 28th November and thousands are expected to attend the red-carpet event at the Embassy Theatre […]

New White Council Hobbit Poster

Lest we forget that The Hobbit movies are about more than dwarves and dragons, a new poster has appeared with members of the White Council taking center stage. Galadriel, Elrond, Gandalf, and Saruman appear amidst […]

James Nesbitt and a Little More on The Hobbit

James Nesbitt is a busy man.  He seems to pop up somewhere new every day. Earlier this week he was giving a talk to schoolchildren as part of the launch of Northern Ireland’s Cinemagic International Film […]

Benedict Cumberbatch Talks Smaug and Motion-Capture

In a recent interview with Total Film magazine, Benedict Cumberbatch talked about his rising career and sex-symbol status – and, most importantly, portraying the dragon Smaug in Peter Jackson’s upcoming Hobbit films. “It’s very freeing, […]